Hirantha Perera
a hill station guesthouse in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Hirantha Perera spends countless hours scanning the tea slopes from his vantage point as a wildfire lookout, vigilant against the hillside's encroaching danger. His collection of receipts, amassed over decades, documents a frugal life marked by small but vital transactions — a physical ledger of survival. Captivated by the slow dance of dust in a sunbeam, he seeks moments of stillness amid the constant worry about nature's potential havoc and his precarious existence.
About
Obsession
Dust in sunlight as a timekeeper
Voice
Settled silence of falling dust
Artistic Medium
Layered paper collages underneath water
Technique
Layering
Influences
Binoculars, mist-shrouded hill stations, fire watch
Materials
Old receipts, diluted tea, rainwater
Scale
On the scale of a shoebox lid
Selected 1 time · Last: June 08, 2026
Commissioned Works
"Chiaroscuro of Discovery"
June 08, 2026 · contemplative
"Tension's Needle"
June 07, 2026 · tense