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New Indian Express
3 days ago
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- New Indian Express
Sixth Kochi-Muziris Biennale curated by Nikhil Chopra to begin from Dec 12
NEW DELHI: The 6th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale will begin from December 12 across various sites in Kochi, the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) announced on Wednesday. Titled "For the Time Being", the biennale will be curated by artist Nikhil Chopra with HH Art Spaces, a Goa-based artist-led organisation. The 110-day international contemporary art exhibition will feature a diverse programme of talks, performances, workshops, and film screenings, as well as programme verticals including the Students' Biennale, Invitations, Art By Children, the Residency Programme and the Collateral. Even though the full list of artists will be announced in October, a curatorial note by Chopra said that the KMB will embrace process as methodology and position 'friendship economies' as the very scaffolding of the exhibition. The biennale will move away from the convention model of a singular, central exhibition-event. It has been envisioned as a living ecosystem "one where each element shares space, time, and resources, and grows in dialogue with each other". "In Kochi, a historic port city where trade once connected distant worlds, we begin with our site and region to engage in dialogue with emerging global perspectives. This rootedness allows us to resist the pressures of the conventional biennale model as a finished spectacle, and instead shape something that is evolving, responsive, and alive," Chopra said in the note. The multidisciplinary artist said that the biennale will be shaped by the generative force of the "ecological, political, and emotional precarity of Kochi", as he invited artists to seek resonance across geography and time, "to trace shared memories, mirrored struggles, and new affinities rooted in empathy and deep listening". "We would much rather learn from the complexities of human history, choosing to confront the contradictions and fragilities of our present. While we recognise that art alone may not change the world, we believe when cultures collide, that encounter can, at the very least, provoke conversations," he said.
The Hindu
3 days ago
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- The Hindu
Sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale titled ‘For the Time Being', to get under way on December 12
The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), organised by the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF), will be titled 'For the Time Being.' Curated by artist Nikhil Chopra with HH Art Spaces, a Goa-based artist-led organisation, the biennale will run for 110 days, from December 12, 2025, through March 31, 2026. Curatorial framework The KBF also announced the curatorial framework for KMB '25. Alongside the international exhibition, the biennale will feature a diverse programme of talks, performances, workshops, and film screenings, unfolding across various sites in Kochi. Key programme verticals include the Students' Biennale, Invitations, Art By Children, the Residency Programme and the Collateral. The curatorial note by Nikhil Chopra states that the sixth edition of the KMB will embrace process as methodology and position 'friendship economies' as the very scaffolding of the exhibition. Moving away from the conventional biennale model of a singular, central exhibition event, the sixth edition is envisioned as a living ecosystem 'one where each element shares space, time, and resources, and grows in dialogue with each other,' a release issued here said. KBF Chair V. Venu said the biennale, over its past editions, has consistently risen in stature, attracting artworks from both celebrated and emerging talents from India and abroad. 'Organising such an event needs meticulous planning and strategies. We have introduced important organisational changes in the Kochi Biennale Foundation and we are confident to make a grand success of the sixth edition of the biennale. For both commoners and connoisseurs, it will offer a dynamic experience,' he was quoted as saying in the release. Bose Krishnamachari, president of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, said that Nikhil Chopra's emphasis on durational exhibitions and performances will be a highlight of the sixth edition. 'Those visiting the biennale will be introduced to an immersive atmosphere, featuring spectacular artworks and site-responsive installations. The event will also offer abundant opportunities to engage with artists and fellow art enthusiasts, and witness the layered cultural life of Kochi, a city where global and local currents converge and diverge all at once,' he said.
Time of India
4 days ago
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- Time of India
‘For the Time Being': Kochi Biennale to reimagine art as living ecosystem
Kochi: Kochi Biennale Foundation unveiled the title and the curatorial framework of the sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, which is set to begin on Dec 12. The upcoming Biennale, titled 'For the Time Being', will be curated by artist Nikhil Chopra and will run for 110 days, until 31 March 2026. The Biennale will feature an international exhibition, alongside a diverse programme of talks, performances, workshops and film screenings. It will also include key verticals such as the Students' Biennale, Invitations, Art By Children and Residency Programme across various sites in Kochi. According to the curatorial note authored by Chopra, the sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale is an invitation to embrace process as methodology and to place the friendship economies that long nurtured artist-led initiatives as the very scaffolding of the exhibition. "We move away from the idea of the Biennale as a singular, central exhibition-event and instead envision it as a living ecosystem; one where each element shares space, time and resources, and grows in dialogue with each other," read the note. The note further adds that, "In Kochi, a historic port city where trade once connected distant worlds, we begin with our site and region to engage in dialogue with emerging global perspectives. This rootedness allows us to resist the pressures of the conventional biennale model as a finished spectacle, and instead shape something that is evolving, responsive, and alive." Chopra is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice interweaves performance, drawing, photography, sculpture and installation and is part of HH Art Spaces, an artist-led organisation based in Goa.
Indian Express
4 days ago
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- Indian Express
What to expect at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025-26?
With less than six months for the opening of the sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale — which will be held from December 2025 to March 2026 — its curators, multi-disciplinary artist Nikhil Chopra and Goa-based artist-led organisation HH Art Spaces, shared their curatorial vision on July 15. Titled 'For the Time Being' the curators note that the Biennale 'is an invitation to embrace process as methodology, and to place the friendship economies that have long nurtured artist-led initiatives as the very scaffolding of the exhibition'. Alluding to Kochi's past as a historic port city and centre for trade, the note states, 'we begin with our site and region to engage in dialogue with emerging global perspectives. This rootedness allows us to resist the pressures of the conventional biennale model as a finished spectacle, and instead shape something that is evolving, responsive, and alive.' It adds: 'This edition of the biennale is also an invitation to think through embodied histories, of those that came before us and continue to live within us in the form of cells, stories and techniques… We invite artists to seek resonances across geography and time, to trace shared memories, mirrored struggles, and new affinities rooted in empathy and deep listening.' One of India's biggest art events that also draws significant global attention, the biennale that had its inaugural edition in December 2012 has been grappling with challenges in recent years. Postponed a day before it was to open its fifth edition in 2022, the sixth edition of the biennale was initially scheduled to be held in December 2024. While Chopra and HH Art Spaces were announced curators for the forthcoming edition in November 2024, a release issued had also noted that the event will feature 60 artists and artistic practices from across India and the world. Last year also saw several organisational changes in the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF). While former Chief Secretary to the Government of Kerala Venu Vasudevan is now the chairperson of the KBF, former United Nations official Thomas Varghese is CEO of the foundation. Conceived in 2010 at the behest of the then culture minister for Kerala, MA Baby, and with Kerala-born Mumbai-based artists Bose Krishnamachari and Riyas Komu at the helm, the first edition of the biennale was curated by the duo. In the subsequent years, the biennale has seen artist-curators such as Jitish Kallat (2014-15), Sudarshan Shetty (2016-17), Anita Dube (2018-19) and Shubigi Rao (2022-23). The list of participants for this year is expected to be announced in October. The curatorial vision further states, 'Many forms of liveness — performances, actions and conversations — will bring alive the 110 days of the Biennale. Durational works that blur process and presentation will invite audiences into embodied, participatory moments, challenging a static exhibition. We believe this is what a Biennale can be: a space of aliveness, presence, and communion. A place where people come together, not just to see art, but to be with it, and with each other.'
