Mourning Sita is a 15–30 minute live, multimodal performance that weaves together poetry, embodied gesture, and audience participation. At its center is the figure of Sita, the heroine of the Ramayana epic, whose story has circulated across South and Southeast Asia in countless retellings. Sita is born from the Earth, wed to Rama, and abducted to Lanka—only to have her purity questioned. Though she walks through fire to prove her chastity, she remains doubted, ultimately cast aside by Rama.

In Thailand, Sita has been reappropriated as a symbol of resistance in the #MeToo movement, an emblem for survivors who refuse to carry the burden of shame imposed upon them. Drawing from this lineage, Mourning Sita transforms performance into ritual. The artist stages a burial, inviting the audience to grieve collectively—not only for Sita, but for all women who have been subjected to violence, disbelief, and erasure.

The work unfolds as both mourning and refusal. By gathering the audience in a shared act of lamentation, Mourning Sita disrupts the isolation of trauma and insists on the power of communal witness.