NAMASTE!

© SWANOOP JOHN

STYLE   |  KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE

Raul Zurita: The Sea of Pain

KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE

Chilean poet and featuring artist at the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016 on the possibility of an artistic response to the human crises of our time, including the refugee crisis surrounding the conflict in Syria. The sea, which became a grave for hundreds of people, including children.

© RAKESH ANAND

story   |  ARTISTS & INSPIRATIONS

THEYYAM: RED GODS

RAKESH ANAND

Theyyam is a vibrant and colourful form of ritualistic worship that is deeply rooted in the culture and traditions of Kerala, India. This living tradition involves elaborate rituals, music, dance, and vibrant costumes that bring to life the divine spirits being invoked.

© GILBERT XAVIER

story   |  ARTISTS & INSPIRATIONS

and I asked

GILBERT XAVIER

Search for the questions to the answers written on the skin...and i asked. am i connected to the deep inside you? with the invisible roots from the layered skin of you? all the energy you transfer to the heart of your thoughts?i asked again am i still connected?

© 101 INDIA

STYLE   |  AAZHI ARCHIVES

THE SEA IS HISTORY REALLY BEGINNING

AAZHI ARCHIVES

Histories of the sea have extended concepts from terrestrial narratives and recreated the sea as the mirror of the land. What does it mean to think about the sea as a boiling vessel? How can we think histories of the sea on its own terms?

© 101 INDIA

STYLE   |  GALLERY OED COCHIN

DISMANTLING AESTHETICS OF INHIBITION

GALLERY OED COCHIN

Ambedkarian Aesthetics is a world free from prejudices, inhibitions, metanarrative of Brahmanic modernity, cultural nationalism thus subverting the narrative of the given and proposing to get into a process of dismantling several inhibitions.

© ZUZANA ZWIEBEL

STYLE   |  AAZHI ARCHIVES

ORIGIN NARRATIVES

AAZHI ARCHIVES

Stories of communities about origin, spread and apocalypse being presented through episodic memories, narrative and visual texts, travel writings, murals, divine objects, church paintings, and songs provide a dense and myriad repository of historical and artistic imagination.

© KR SUNIL

story   |  ARTISTS & INSPIRATIONS

IN HIS PURSUIT

KR SUNIL

KR Sunil goes beyond his frames to explore and discover soulful human stories. In this journey, he pursues a long forgotten life, that of a Tamil boy who endured the worst in a journey to Kerala. As the World Cup fever peaks, here is a story.

© INDIA IN STYLE

STYLE   |  AAZHI ARCHIVES

SEA A BOILING VESSEL

AAZHI ARCHIVES

Aazhi archives presents Sea A Boiling Vessel. Its first exhibition as part of a long term multidisciplinary project that brings together artists, performers, scholars and intellectuals to contemplate together on the cosmopolitan pasts and futures of Kerala.

© AJAY MENON

story   |  AJAY MENON & VIMAL CHANDRAN

THE BIRTH

VIMAL CHANDRAN

Presenting to you the most exciting project that we have worked on this year! A short film shot entirely on phone, this project has been a dream & after a lot of anticipation & hard work from all of us here, we are super duper excited to finally bring this to you!

© SHUBIGI RAO

STYLE   |  KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE

IN OUR VEINS FLOW INK AND FIRE

SHUBIGI RAO

This edition of the KMB 2022 embodies the joy of experiencing practices of divergent sensibilities, under conditions both joyful and grim. There is optimism even in the darkest absurdity, and this is what leavens the direness of our time.

© KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE

STYLE   |  KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE

KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE 2022

KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE

The Kochi Muziris Biennale 2022 seeks to invoke the latent cosmopolitan spirit of the modern metropolis of Kochi and its mythical past, Muziris, to create a platform that will introduce contemporary, global visual art theory and practice to India.

© ZUZANA ZWIEBEL

STYLE   |  MALIKA AYURVEDA HOSPITAL

MALIKA AYURVEDA HOSPITAL

AYURVEDA TRAILS

Situated on the cliff of Varkala, has one of the most magnificent and secluded stretch of beaches in Kerala. In this serene setting of calm sea, gentle breezes and lush coconut groves it is an ideal, quiet location for healing ayurveda treatment.

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