Keeper was shot in Shodoshima Japan, at the foothold of the Yoshida Dam, which holds a man made ‘island’ behind it. Formed by the ebbing flow of water held by the dam, the isolated island had never been set foot on. Through the course of the performance the ‘Keeper’ played by Yuichiro Takarada (a municipal officer from Shodoshima), along with other performers visit or ‘breach’ the otherwise untouched island. Shot inside the old art deco-style Opera House in Mumbai, Katabasis features a burly shamanic being occupying the only working elevator, and physically impeding the movement of other residents, as they attempt to move in and out of the building. Borrowing from the myth of the Hero’s descent or downfall, Rahal refers not only to the physical displacement of this disembodied being in an unfamiliar space, but also plays with tropes of masculinity, playing with the fragility of this perceived disguise.