Thursday 13 December 2012

Kochi-Muziris Biennale


  In partnership with Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the HFV-Project website —a codicil to Ariel Hassan’s HFV-Project series of works— offers a space for a parallel criteria through which we can all participate in the construction and analysis of the project’s rational. Using text as a tool for a[...]



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  • Captivated by the Biennale

    Mumbai-born artist Atul Dodiya discusses Kochi, his ideas for the biennale and the need for alternative spaces for contemporary art in India. Primarily a painter, Dodiya talks about his craft and his process of thought pertaining to his work for this Biennale. He touches on his amazement at the beau[...]
  • The Traditionalist

    K P Reji thinks India's first Biennale will be a huge success. For Kerala-born artist K.P. Reji, it's all about connections. Working on his painting for theinaugural Kochi-Muziris Biennale, opening on December 12th, Reji is drawing upon oral histories from the region to convey to the viewer a s[...]
  • Seeking silence through chaos

    South African artist experiments painting at a busy Fort Kochi junction Seeking silence, he lunged into chaos. Clifford Charles is enamoured with the energy and space found in Kochi and the subtle mix of what can be achieved when you break the boundaries of both. “It’s so important to use ener[...]
  • Interview with Amar Kanwar

    In this candid interview filmed on site at Aspinwall House, Kanwar discusses his life and the experiences that his shaped his work over the past two decades. Amar Kanwar is an independent film-maker living and working in New Delhi. His films and installations are multi-layered, contemporary exper[...]

  • Interview with Robert Kluijver

    Robert Kluijver, a curator and specialist in international relations, shares his excitement of working with the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Having worked in the Middle East since 2005, Robert was recently in Kochi to discuss the participation of a group of artists from the region including Saudi artist[...]
  • Interview with Jonas Staal

    Jonas Staal is a Dutch visual artist born in Zwolle in 1981. His work deals with the relationship between art, politics, and ideology and has often generated public debate. Recently in Kochi for the first time, the artist reflects on history and democracy and their contemporary interpretations and m[...]
  • Artist In Laboratory

      Atul Dodiya says there is a tremendous buzz around the country about the biennale. Space is the creative laboratory for artists, and Kochi-Muziris Biennale has plenty of it. “Space in this place excites me,” says Atul Dodiya, one of the prominent Indian artists taking part in the bienn[...]
  • Interview with Vivan Sundaram

    Artist Vivan Sundaram discusses his practice and the sense of history that has influenced his practice for more than four decades. Recently in Kochi to produce his site specific work for the upcoming Kochi Muziris Biennale, the artist discusses the genesis of his new work. On site just weeks befo[...]


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