Tuesday, November 27, 2012

For the travellers : Kochi Muziris Biennale - till March 3rd

India’s first Biennale, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, will feature nearly 90 artists from 24 countries, the large majority of whom are creating new site-specific works.

Artists working on new commissions for the biennale include Sudarshan Shetty (India), Sanchayan Ghosh(India), Subodh Gupta (India), Hossein Valamanesh (Iran/Australia), Ariel Hassan (Argentina), Amanullah Mojadidi (Afghanistan), Anita Dube (India), Jyothi Basu (India), Tallur LN (India), Vivan Sundaram (India), Sheela Gowda (India), Joseph Semah (Netherlands), Nalini Malani (India), Atul Dodiya (India), UBIK (Dubai), Rigo 23 (Portugal), Jonas Staal (Netherlands), Dylan Martorell (Scotland/Australia), Ernesto Neto (Brazil), Reghunathan (India), PS Jalaja (India) and Mathangi Arulpragasam (M.I.A.) (UK).

'Let’s Talk,' Kochi-Muziris Biennale’s daily programme of talks, presentations, performances,
conversations and panel discussions featuring artists, academics, curators and critics, will be held at the Outset Carnoustie Pavilion.

The BRICS Project, a collateral exhibition curated by Alfons Hug, director of the Goethe-Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, features artists from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and Germany.

Ten international films selected by renowned filmmaker Adoor Gopala krishnan will be screened as a special programme at the biennale.

Artistic Director: Bose Krishnamachari
Director of Programmes: Riyas Komu

http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/

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