KALI RISING

ANCIENT SANSKRIT STORIES TOLD UNDERWATER ON ONE BREATH

Underwater Art & Poetry Exhibition
2027

How might movement, 
breath, water and 
storytelling hold tradition 
in new forms?

We rise. 
Not alone.
Carrying the breath of every woman, 
who came before,
their laughter
their wounds
their unshakable will.
We rise for the mothers
who burned quietly.
For the sisters,
who swallowed their truth.
For the daughters,
who dreamed of more
We rise
as Kali,
The one who dances,
between creation and destruction.
The one who shatters
the cages built of fear and silence.
Her skin, is the night sky.
Her eyes,
the fire, that shall not be dimmed.
Her hands hold the sword
to cut through fear and ignorance
The drum to call on new beginnings.

Skins of expectation are shed.
What does not serve is cut away.
What was always ours is reclaimed.

Kali whispers,
Break the chains inside.
Drown the voice
of doubt.
Rise. 
With the strength of your lineage
and the freedom of your own being.

FROM THE DEPTHS

KALI RISING
A collection of fine art combining underwater photography, videography and poetry.
Ancient wisdom and storytelling from ancient Sanskrit epics reminding us of our true essence,
the Self.

Through the lens of ancestral wisdom and underwater photography, Kali Rising surfaces questions that are deeply present today; women’s empowerment, human rights and ocean conservation. The sacred archetypes of Sanatana Dharma tradition become a powerful vehicle for these conversations, grounding them in ancestral wisdom while speaking directly to the world as we know it today.

Something is taking shape beneath the surface

Bringing ancient wisdom and contemporary art together to create new forms of belonging, where brown women are seen in the water, whole, with our heritage and our history held close, and where the stories that shaped us are
reclaimed, retold by us and returned to the world.

KALI RISING

FROM THE DEPTHS

KALI RISINGA collection of fine art combining underwater photography, videography and poetry. Ancient wisdom and storytelling from ancient Sanskrit epics reminding us of our true essence, the Self.

Something is taking shape beneath the surface

Bringing ancient wisdom and contemporary art together to create new forms of belonging, where brown women are seen in the water, whole, with our heritage and our history held close, and where the stories that shaped us are reclaimed, retold by us and returned to the world.

KALI RISING
A collection of fine art combining underwater photography, videography and poetry.
Ancient wisdom and storytelling from ancient Sanskrit epics reminding us of our true essence,
the Self.

Bringing ancient wisdom and contemporary art together to create new forms of belonging, where brown women are seen in the water, whole, with our heritage and our history held close, and where the stories that shaped us are
reclaimed, retold by us and returned to the world.