Veteran filmmaker termed his first visit to the Biennale on Saturday
a ‘learning experience’
Kochi, Jan 23: Observing that an
interesting frame can be found anywhere provided one perceives it as such, celebrated
filmmaker Priyadarshan said the variety of perspectives and concepts at
Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2016 can be adapted to film.
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| Filmmaker Priyadarshan at artist Istvan Csakany's installation 'Ghost Keeping' at KMB 2016 in Aspinwall House,Fort Kochi |
A favourable
shooting schedule meant the director of more than 100 films across industries
and languages was able to visit the Biennale for the first time on Saturday. He
termed it a “learning experience that satisfied the artist in me”.
“As a filmmaker, I think many of the ideas are
adaptable in terms of medium. When I was going around and looking always at the
points of view expressed by different people on similar issues, I asked myself
why I didn’t think about this. This is also something we can show on screen and
there were several things I thought I should try in my films,” Priyadarshan
said
“Expressions
of creativity are like the sea or the sky: there are no limits. There are
things I understood and others that I did not, but I appreciated the aesthetic
sense behind the Biennale. Unlike the boring spaces in art galleries, the KMB is
the venue for these expressions,” he added.
Singling
out the photography of KMB 2016 artist K.R. Sunil, Priyadarshan said, “I never
thought Kerala could be shot like this. Looking at his stills of Ponnani, I
felt that I had to go there immediately and find a story around the town. The
looks and the ways he has framed it and the realism and story behind each photo
was inspiring.”
‘Artists’ Cinema a platform for serious works’: Joshy Mathew
Award-winning
filmmaker Joshy Mathew also visited the Biennale recently. Besides the works on
display, he appreciated the Kochi Biennale Foundation initiative to screen
serious films as part of its ongoing ‘Artists’ Cinema’ series at the Pavilion
in Cabral Yard, Fort Kochi.
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| Filmmaker Priyadarshan with Kochi Biennale Foundation President Bose Krishnamachari at Subrat Kumar Behera's installation 'Mythological Paradigm Prophesied' at KMB 2016 in Aspinwall House,Fort Kochi |
“For
filmmakers, the initiative provides a platform to promote serious Malayalam
cinema in front of an international audience. Moreover, we can market our films
more intensively in the international film festival circuit after being
screened in such an internationally acclaimed art festival like the Biennale,”
said Mathew, whose film Black Forest won
a National award in 2012.
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