Final list for KMB 2016 includes 97 artists
working across diverse modes of artistic expression
Kochi,
Nov 11: In just one month, on 12/12/16, the largest celebration of
contemporary art in South Asia will get underway as curtains rise on the third
edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB). Titled ‘Forming in the pupil of an eye’, the Biennale will run for 108
days till 29/03/17.
Over that near-four month period,
KMB 2016 will feature the performances and production of 97 artists, cutting
across disciplines, forms and styles. The final list includes writers, dancers,
poets, musicians and theatre practitioners along with a host of visual artists from
36 countries.
The
Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, will inaugurate KMB 2016 at an
official opening ceremony at Parade Ground in Fort Kochi on December 12. Prior
to the evening function, a flag hoisting at primary venue Aspinwall House will signal
the grand opening of India’s only Biennale.
In
keeping with the artistic vision of its curator, eminent artist Sudarshan
Shetty, KMB 2016 seeks to question the labels attributed to and blur the lines between
various modes of artistic expression. The tone had been set as early as last
year with the announcement of iconic Chilean poet-revolutionary Raul
Zurita as the Biennale’s ‘first artist’.
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| Aspinwall House, Fort Kochi |
There are 36 Indian artists
from across the country participating in the Biennale, including some of the
leading lights of their respective crafts. KMB 2016 will feature works by
master cartoonist E.P. Unny, eminent Malayalam litterateur Anand, renowned graphic
artist Orijit Sen, stage performances by Anamika Haksar and Kalakshetra
Manipur, Sangam poetry recitals, dance performances and printmaking, among
other artistic mediums.
“The final list of artists is but
a sampling of the richness and range to be found along the art spectrum. The coming
together of, and the conversations between, their diverse approaches, sensibilities,
practices, creations and performances as they unfold in Kochi will showcase to
the world what the ‘People’s Biennale’ is all about,” Shetty said.
The
main exhibition — spread across 11 venues in Fort Kochi-Mattancherry and
Ernakulam — will be supported by an ancillary programme of events that includes
the Students’ Biennale (SB), a unique exhibitory platform for the works
of over 350 young artists from 55 schools across the country and a core
component in the Kochi Biennale Foundation’s art education and outreach
efforts. The second edition of the SB will be inaugurated by Prof C.
Raveendranath, Minister for Education, Government of Kerala, on December 13.
As well, there are conversations, talks, seminars, the Art By Children
and the Pepper House Residency exhibitions, workshops, film screenings and
music sessions, among other activities.
These are a significant aspect of the multifaceted
programme presented by the Biennale. They showcase the efforts of the
KBF’s year-round education and outreach activities – made possible with the
support of corporate CSR programmes, institutional partners and individual
patrons – to augment art education for emerging artists of all ages and foster inclusive
debate and discussion on contemporary art.
The
Biennale will use as venues restored heritage properties, reclaimed formerly
overgrown locations, once-dilapidated godowns, public spaces, and galleries. The
venues for KMB 2016 include Aspinwall
House, Cabral Yard, Pepper House, David Hall, Durbar Hall, Kashi Art Café, Kashi
Art Gallery, M.A.P. Warehouse, Anand Warehouse and T.K.M. Warehouse.
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 Participating Artists:
Abhishek Hazra (Performance, India), Abir
Karmakar (Painting, India), Achraf
Touloub (Drawing and video, Morocco/France), AES+F (Video and photo, Russia), Ahmet Öğüt (Installation and video, Turkey/Germany), Aki Sasamoto (Performance,
installation and video, Japan/USA),
Aleksandra Ska (Installation, Poland),
Aleš Šteger (Poetry, Slovenia), Alex
Seton (Installation, Australia),
Alicja Kwade (Sculpture and installation, Poland/Germany), Anamika Haksar (Theatre, India), Anand (Sculpture and book release, India), Avinash Veeraraghavan (Embroidery and
video, India), Bara Bhaskaran (Drawing,
India), Bob Gramsma (Site-specific
sculpture, Switzerland), Bharat Sikka (Photography,
India), C. Bhagyanath (Drawing, India), Camille Norment (Sound and
performance, USA/Norway), Carl Pruscha
and Eva Schlegel (Architecture, Austria), Caroline Duchatelet (Video, France), Charles Avery (Drawing and painting, UK), Chittrovanu Mazumdar (Sculpture and installation, India), Chris Mann (Sound and video, Australia/USA), Dai Xiang (Scroll, China), Dana Awartani (Drawing and
embroidery, Saudi Arabia), Daniele
Galliano (Painting, Italy), Desmond
Lazaro (Installation, UK/India), Dia
Mehta Bhupal (Photography, India),
E.P. Unny (Cartoons, India), Endri
Dani (Photography, Albania), Erik
van Lieshout (Performance, Netherlands),
Éva Magyarósi (Drawing and video, Hungary), Eva Schlegel (Installation, Austria), François Mazabraud (Installation, France), Gabriel Lester (Installation, Netherlands), Gary Hill (Video, sculpture and installation, USA), Gauri Gill (Photography, India), G.R.
Iranna (Sculpture and installation,
India), Hanna Tuulikki (Sound,
word, drawing and other media, UK),
Himmat Shah (Sculpture, India),
István Csákány (Installation, Hungary),
Javier Peréz (Video and sculpture, Spain), Jonathan Owen (Sculpture and drawing, UK), K.R. Sunil (Photography, India), Kabir Mohanty (Video, India),
Kalakshetra Manipur (Theatre, India),
Katarina Zdjelar (Video, Netherlands),
Katrīna Neiburga and Andris Eglītis (Installation and video, Latvia), Khaled Sabsabi (Video, Lebanon/Australia), Lantian Xie (Installation, UAE), Latifa Echakhch (Visual art, Morocco/Switzerland), Leighton Pierce (Video, USA), Lisa Reihana (Video and photographs, New
Zealand), Liu Wei (Sculpture, China), Lundahl & Seitl (Interactive
performance, Sweden), Mansi Bhatt (Photography,
India), Martin Walde (Installation, Austria), Mikhail Karikis (Video, Greece/UK), Miller Puckette (Sound installation, USA), Naiza Khan (Installation, Pakistan/UK), Nicola Durvasula and John Tilbury (Piano
performance and object installation, UK),
Orijit Sen (Graphic arts, India),
Ouyang Jianghe (Poetry and installation, China), Padmini Chettur (Dance and video, India), Paweł Althamer (Performance and sculpture, Poland), Pedro Gómez-Egaña (Installation, Colombia/Norway), P.K. Sadanandan (Mural painting, India), Prabhavathi Meppayil (Installation, India), Praneet Soi (Drawing, sculpture and
performance, India/Netherlands), Rachel
Maclean (Video and film, UK), Rajeev
Thakker (Architecture, India), Raúl
Zurita (Poetry and installation, Chile),
Ravi Agarwal (Video, sculpture and sangam poetry performance, India), Remen Chopra (Installation, India), Salman Toor and Hasan Mujtaba (Painting
and poetry, Pakistan/USA), Samooha (Architectural
installation and social project, India),
Sergio Chejfec (Text installation, Argentina/USA), Sharmistha Mohanty (Poetry and installation, India), Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia (Video,
India), Sirous Namazi (Installation,
Iran/Sweden), Sophie Dejode and Bertrand
Lacombe (Outdoor installation, France),
Subrat Behera (Printmaking and lithography, India), Sunil Padwal (Drawing, India),
T. Shanaathanan (Drawing and installation, Sri Lanka), T.V. Santhosh (Painting and sculpture, India), Takayuki Yamamoto (Sculpture, Japan), Tom Burckhardt (Installation, USA), Tony Joseph (Architecture, India), Valerie Mejer Caso (Installation, Mexico), Voldemārs Johansons (Video and sound, Latvia), Wu Tien-Chang (Installation, Taiwan), Wura-Natasha
Ogunji (Drawing, Nigeria), Yael Efrati (Installation, Israel), Yang Hong Wei (Scroll, China), Yardena Kurulkar (Photography and
installation, India), Yuko Mohri (Installation,
Japan), Zuleikha Chaudhari (Installation
and performance, India)
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