Kochi, Dec 12: It’s
official. The 2014 edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the country’s
pioneering new-art show, will begin on 12-12-2014.
Artist Namboodiri announced the dates for the second edition of
India’s only biennale in a function held at Pepper House in Fort Kochi on
Thursday evening. The inaugural edition of the epoch-making art carnival had
opened at the culturally-rich Fort Kochi on 12-12-2012.
The function paid tributes to the departed South African leader
Nelson Mandela with a large inscription at the venue that read “Madiba! We’ll
always remember you!”
Mr. Jitish Kallat, Artistic Director and curator of the
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014, inaugurated the ‘Pepper House Residency’ programme
on the occasion. The Residency, which is being conducted in collaboration with
Pepper House, is part of the preparations towards the 2014 edition of the
international platform for contemporary art.
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Artist Namboodiri
declaring the date of the 2014 edition
of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale at a
function held in
Pepper House at Fort Kochi on Thursday evening.
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MLA Mr. Dominic Presentation presided; Kochi Corporation
councillors Mr. K. J. Sohan and Mr.Antony Kureethra; Kochi Biennale Foundation
(KBF) trustees including Mr. Bose Krishnamachari, Mr. Hormis Tharakan and Mr.
Bonnie Thomas were present at the announcement of the dates for the Kochi-Muziris
Biennale 2014. The function began with a musical performance on harmonium by
Bhasha Bhai.
Kochi Biennale Foundation representatives pointed out that the
Pepper House Art Residency programme will invite artists from all artistic
disciplines to live, work, and collaborate during their preferred time of
working at Pepper House studio.
The Residency aims to create a dialogue between locals, artists
and institutions, offering them an opportunity to establish relationships in
the local community while also serving as a platform to explore their creative
potentials.
The residency opens with three artists chosen by the KBF - Avantika Bawa, an Indian artist, academic and
curator who is settled in the US, German photographer Anja Bohnhof, who is
supported by the Goethe Institute and Keralite painter Leon K.L.
Pepper House will also house artist Bose Krishnamachari’s
travelling installation, Laboratory of Visual Arts (LaVA) – a curated
collection of over 5,000 books and 1, 800 DVDs on visual arts. The library is
free and open to all.
The inaugural
edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale had showcased works by 89
artists from 23 countries. It saw revelry of different mediums, including
painting, sculpture, installation, film, digital media and performing arts
at sites in Kochi and the Muziris region. Nearly 400,000
people visited the 96-day show which started on 12/12/12.
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