Sixth Kochi-Muziris Biennale curated by Nikhil Chopra to begin from Dec 12
Titled "For the Time Being", the biennale will be curated by artist Nikhil Chopra with HH Art Spaces, a Goa-based artist-led organisation.
The 110-day international contemporary art exhibition will feature a diverse programme of talks, performances, workshops, and film screenings, as well as programme verticals including the Students' Biennale, Invitations, Art By Children, the Residency Programme and the Collateral.
Even though the full list of artists will be announced in October, a curatorial note by Chopra said that the KMB will embrace process as methodology and position 'friendship economies' as the very scaffolding of the exhibition.
The biennale will move away from the convention model of a singular, central exhibition-event.
It has been envisioned as a living ecosystem "one where each element shares space, time, and resources, and grows in dialogue with each other".
"In Kochi, a historic port city where trade once connected distant worlds, we begin with our site and region to engage in dialogue with emerging global perspectives.
This rootedness allows us to resist the pressures of the conventional biennale model as a finished spectacle, and instead shape something that is evolving, responsive, and alive," Chopra said in the note.
The multidisciplinary artist said that the biennale will be shaped by the generative force of the "ecological, political, and emotional precarity of Kochi", as he invited artists to seek resonance across geography and time, "to trace shared memories, mirrored struggles, and new affinities rooted in empathy and deep listening".
"We would much rather learn from the complexities of human history, choosing to confront the contradictions and fragilities of our present.
While we recognise that art alone may not change the world, we believe when cultures collide, that encounter can, at the very least, provoke conversations," he said.
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