Observing the 'self' through the lens of a fixed camera is like documenting your own action. It can be a performance as natural. Does it supply a content which harbors information or it displaces the aura of 'Art'? Bathing, an everyday ritual, signifies cleaning. It can signify experiencing day by day purification. Thus transcending the mundane act into a contemplation and 'documentation' into a work (of art). When taking bath in an enclosed bathroom, the mind is focused towards step by step hand- washing of clothes and the body. The room is an enclosed room. A corner of the mind gets engaged activity possible in the room next door. Urban housing uplicates houses as flats. Thus, the next door bathroom appears as an illusion within the frame. In place of one person, there are two people, alike in character and odes of expression- taking bath simultaneously.
A 'family' comprising man woman and a child taking bath together represents a close-knit family. When it is an open bath room space at the back yard of a house, it suggests a rustic 'Indian' surrounding. The family shown in 'How Slow We Are Today?' is separated, and has come together to bathe.
A 'family' may come to extend beyond the relationship of blood. Binu's 'Family Portraits' are real people, whom he considers as his own extended family. These portraits are seen in a mysterious kind of background - the light filtering through trees. In the midst of present day experiences of fragmentation and separation in relationships, the long-term relationships have come to become mysterious today. - SUBHALAKSHMI SHUKLA 2008