Noted filmmaker
said KMB is a growing movement that is shaping global and local communities
Kochi, Jan 28:
On his first visit to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) in 2014, filmmaker Anand
Gandhi was surprised to find a familiar work in exhibition: the iconic 1977
film Powers of Ten.
“The
short piece of cinema had helped shape our perspectives as filmmakers. To see
it here in Kochi was wonderful. Now, I'm always looking for that spark of
magic: to be surprised, to be shocked, to be forced to look at things in ways I
hadn't previously considered,” Gandhi said.
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| Noted filmmaker Anand Gandhi and actress Kani Kusruti at Aspinwall House during their visit to KMB 2016 |
On
a visit to KMB 2016 last week, the Ship
of Theseus director noted that the Biennale is a place where “insights,
inspirations and epiphanies” are shared. “This is the reason I am back here
again: to look at life with insight, inquiry and curiosity. This is a deeply
inspiring place,” he said.
This
inspiration has spread to the local communities, the National film award winner
observed. “Each time I'm here, I get the sense of a growing movement. How this
space has provided an opportunity to people from this part of the world who would
otherwise not been able to interact with its insights and playfulness,” he
said.
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| Noted filmmaker Anand Gandhi and actress Kani Kusruti at Aspinwall House during their visit to KMB 2016 |
“The
impact a movement like this has on global and local communities: it will expand
the scope of our language, our know-how, our ways of understanding and it is going
to inform our lives. I'm seeing that there is a progression and growth in that
aspect between editions,” he added.
Noting
that “we are all cartographers of time, reality and space working with shared
maps”, Gandhi said, “The Biennale is a place where this sharing is going on.
Each time I come here, I leave with enough to sustain me till the next time.”
Gandhi
singled out the work of eminent litterateur and KMB 2016 participating artist Anand
– titled Map-Makers and Map-Breakers:
Space-to-Time along the Maps – as being particularly in sync with his view
about the “politics and distortions of cartography and how distortion is
unavoidable in cartography”.
Inspired
by the Biennale’s spirit of involvement, Gandhi said he was hoping to
“contribute to the conversation in some small way”. “I would love to come back
here and share with the community the virtual reality experiences we have been
creating over the past year,” he said.
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