"Say someone brings you a bouquet of flowers. You get a vase and one by one intuitively place each stem inside, allowing an arrangement to unfold on its own. It was on this level, as lead curator Nikhil Chopra suggests, that the Kochi-Muziris Biennale was not curated so much as created. On a stroll through the largest contemporary art biennale in south Asia, creation takes centre stage."
"The idea, as the biennale's title For the Time Being suggests, is to enter, be present and exit, said multidisciplinary artist Chopra, who curated the show with artist-led organisation HH Art Spaces which he co-founded in 2013. This allowed us to use time in a way as material, as clay or wood or charcoal, where we would invite time into each and every one of the artworks we were presenting and be present in the moment."
Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces organized the Kochi-Muziris Biennale to emphasize creation and presence, using time as a material element within artworks. Sixty-six artists animate Kerala's colonial warehouses and bungalows with site-responsive installations that invite viewers to enter, be present and exit. Half the participants are Indian and Keralan, selected through local networks without international scouting flights. Works confront social and environmental issues, including Birender Kumar Yadav's installation on exploitative brick-industry labor and Kulpreet Singh's Indelible Black Marks video that poetically echoes ploughing while challenging misplaced blame for urban pollution.
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