Dispatches

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale

K. SATCHIDANANDAN
The recently renovated Durbar Hall, near Kochi's main railway station, Ernakulam South, is an important venue for the biennale. Photo: K.K. Mustafah
A view of Pepper House, located between Fort Kochi and Bazar Road, is another of the biennale venues. Photo: Thulasi Kakkat
Mumbai-based Anant Joshi's contribution. Photo: l;flsd;fk
Atul Dodiya reflects upon the mystery of creativity using a poem and many photographs of artists and poets. Photo: Thulasi Kakkat
Ernesto Neto from Brazil, in "Life is a River", used local textiles for his creation complete with pouches that carry spices, whose fragrance contributes to the total impact and turns the attact of what was once a coconut fibre-processing factory into a magical cave. Photo: Sangeeth Thali
Ibrahim Quraishi organised a series of violins to invoke a chapter from the history of music and of his country in the installation "Islamic Violins". Photo: afdaf
Subodh Gupta packed a lot of things into from the daily life of the common people in Kerala into a typical Kerala wooden boat, suggesting several contexts. Photo: adfasd
Amar Kanwar, the film-maker and artist, presented the state of the peasants of Odisha through the photographs of the farmers who committed suicide, albums, books, newspapers reports, the paddy seeds they use. the cultural artefacts from their everyday life. Photo: adfsa
In his video installation "So Sorry", Ai Weiwei, the great Chinese artist and dissenter, reflects on h9is situation, the destiny of a dissenting artist in a totalitarian regime. The artist himself was not allowed to leave China to visit Kochi. Photo: Thulasi Kakkat
Dylan Martorell with his work "Soundtracks-Kochi". He crossed the boundaries between music and visual art when he designed his own magical musical intruments from objects he picked up from the locality. Photo: Thulasi Kakkat
A view of Aspinwall House, the vheif of the biennale venues. Photo: Thulasi Kakkat
K.P. Reji at work on his huge canvas depicted village life. Photo: aasdfasd
The work of the Delhi-based Mrida behind the Cochin Club. Photo: Vijay Verma/PTI
The Portuguese artist Rigo 23's installation. Photo: Thulasi Kakkat
Sheela Gowda and Christoph Storz paid homage to a vanishing lifestyle by displaying scores of grinding stones, once used to grind spices, rice and wheat, but now replaced by electric grinders and mixies. Photo: Thulasi Kakkat
The artists of the Kochi Biennale A fallen tree at Vasco Da Gama Square in Fort Kochi that was painted by the artists of the Kochi Biennale. Photo: H.Vibhu
.Vivek Vilasini with his work "The Last Supper" on the opening day of the biennale. Photo: K.K. Mustafah
The Chinese artist Zhang Enli with his space painting inspired by life in India. Photo: K.K. Mustafah
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