The Ultimate Guide & Map to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025/26 Venues
Kochi-Muziris Biennale is finally here. Browse through Daily Schedules, Highlights, Events, Galleries, Artists in this ultimate guide
The Ultimate Guide & Map to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025/26 Venues
Kochi-Muziris Biennale is finally here. Browse through Daily Schedules, Highlights, Events, Galleries, Artists in this ultimate guide
See the Kavaru Bioluminescence: Science Behind The Glowing Water Near Kochi
Every summer, the water near Kochi lights up electric blue. Here's the science behind it - It's not magic. It's not a filter. Tiny creatures in the water near Kochi make their own light. Here's how.
Calendar of Things To Do in Fort Kochi
I created a Google Calendar to Keep Track of Events. I update it every 1-2 days. You can click on each and add to your Calendar.
Inside Anand Warehouse, Your Guide to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale's Most Intense Venue
A 200-year-old godown in Mattancherry holds eight of the Biennale's most political works. From Flint's water crisis to the Parliament of Ghosts, Anand Warehouse holds the Biennale's toughest stories
Latest
Beaches Around Fort Kochi That Most Travellers Never Find
Fort Kochi has a beach everyone visits. But not faraway, there are shores with 500 years of stories and almost no tourists. From a beach that once held Portuguese cannons to a fishing village where nothing has changed in a century Kochi's best beaches aren't the ones on the map.
![hack4play: DIY Workshops, Live Music in Fort Kochi [Till Mar 6]](/content/images/size/w30/2026/03/hack.webp)
hack4play: DIY Workshops, Live Music in Fort Kochi [Till Mar 6]
Free DIY workshops, live music & a makerspace in Mattancherry. Walk in any day till March 6.
India's first woman photojournalist at Fort Kochi's freedom jail?
Imagine this. It's 1947 Delhi. A woman in a sari is cycling through the capital with a nine-kilogram
Food walks, A Floating Concert on Sea, Basheer on Stage & more in Fort Kochi
Dearest Gentle Traveller, Wake up! Here is a guide for you to this week in my beloved Fort Kochi | Feb
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A Workshop to Sit With Conflict, Not Solve It. Fort Kochi [Feb 12]
In a world that keeps demanding we pick sides and reach consensus, the Conflictorium approach is honest. Is conflict something to be solved or should it be something that is understood, felt, and held? A participatory workshop on conflict at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Free entry, 12 Feb.
![The Vanishing Sea: Baħar Biss Film Screening at Fort Kochi [Feb 7]](/content/images/size/w30/2026/03/vanishing-sea--1--1.jpg)
The Vanishing Sea: Baħar Biss Film Screening at Fort Kochi [Feb 7]
What happens when a thousand-year-old tradition meets a modern, empty ocean? Join us on 7 February for a screening of Baħar Biss. Watch a story about Malta's ancient fishing traditions and the changing Mediterranean Sea.
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Saving Our Shores: A Guide for Fort Kochi [5 feb]
Fort Kochi is changing. The risk of Coastal floods is real. Join experts in Fort Kochi to find practical solutions that could actually work for our beautiful historic city. Let's find out how Mangroves or brick walls can stop the sea from swallowing our coastal neighborhoods.
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Beyond the Mudra: Dismantling the Classical in Indian Dance | Fort Kochi [Feb 7-8]
Think of a dancer. You likely see a figure of perfect symmetry, performing "classical" movements honed over centuries. But what if those movements—and the labels we give them—are actually walls? What if the distinction between "folk" and "classical" isn't just about style, but about power?
Food
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Tales From The Table: Peruvian & Mattancherry Food Traditions Meet in Fort Kochi [Feb 4]
In the spice-laden air of Mattancherry, the story of a culture is usually told through what remains in the bottom of a cooking pot. But this Wednesday, the familiar scent of coconut oil and cardamom will face a quiet, revolutionary interloper: the sharp, Andean acidity of a Peruvian kitchen.
Peter Celli Street, Fort Kochi - Exploring Teapot cafe, a cozy spot filled with stories
A recounting of my venture through the vibrant streets of Fort Kochi, discovering quaint houses and yummy food.
Nature
Beaches Around Fort Kochi That Most Travellers Never Find
Fort Kochi has a beach everyone visits. But not faraway, there are shores with 500 years of stories and almost no tourists. From a beach that once held Portuguese cannons to a fishing village where nothing has changed in a century Kochi's best beaches aren't the ones on the map.
A Bird Walk for Children
Early Bird invites children aged 8–15 to discover migratory and wetland birds on a morning walk in Kochi this January.
Kochi Biennale
A Workshop to Sit With Conflict, Not Solve It. Fort Kochi [Feb 12]
In a world that keeps demanding we pick sides and reach consensus, the Conflictorium approach is honest. Is conflict something to be solved or should it be something that is understood, felt, and held? A participatory workshop on conflict at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Free entry, 12 Feb.
The Vanishing Sea: Baħar Biss Film Screening at Fort Kochi [Feb 7]
What happens when a thousand-year-old tradition meets a modern, empty ocean? Join us on 7 February for a screening of Baħar Biss. Watch a story about Malta's ancient fishing traditions and the changing Mediterranean Sea.
Saving Our Shores: A Guide for Fort Kochi [5 feb]
Fort Kochi is changing. The risk of Coastal floods is real. Join experts in Fort Kochi to find practical solutions that could actually work for our beautiful historic city. Let's find out how Mangroves or brick walls can stop the sea from swallowing our coastal neighborhoods.
Beyond the Mudra: Dismantling the Classical in Indian Dance | Fort Kochi [Feb 7-8]
Think of a dancer. You likely see a figure of perfect symmetry, performing "classical" movements honed over centuries. But what if those movements—and the labels we give them—are actually walls? What if the distinction between "folk" and "classical" isn't just about style, but about power?
Students Biennale
A warm kind of panic
The rug extends a muted invitation, asking the body to settle within its folds. Monika traces the quiet turbulence of everyday life—frictions, doubts, and the comforting panic of solitude.
The Power of the Peta / Honour
The Peta (turban) and Mancha (rope bed)—two objects that carry a farmer's life. When the turban is placed on the bed, it signifies rest, grueling work completed, earned repose.
Ginning Justice
Phule-Ambedkarite sculpture, Mumbai housing installations, Manchester cloth histories—three artists uncover Maharashtra's intertwined histories of labour, community, and resistance.
Achidu
Pork fat melts, echoing jhum traditions. Fabric clouds release crystal bead rain—tears. Two Arunachal Pradesh artists explore how time erodes memory and meaning, how relief and pain blend.
Events
hack4play: DIY Workshops, Live Music in Fort Kochi [Till Mar 6]
Free DIY workshops, live music & a makerspace in Mattancherry. Walk in any day till March 6.
A Workshop to Sit With Conflict, Not Solve It. Fort Kochi [Feb 12]
In a world that keeps demanding we pick sides and reach consensus, the Conflictorium approach is honest. Is conflict something to be solved or should it be something that is understood, felt, and held? A participatory workshop on conflict at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Free entry, 12 Feb.
The Vanishing Sea: Baħar Biss Film Screening at Fort Kochi [Feb 7]
What happens when a thousand-year-old tradition meets a modern, empty ocean? Join us on 7 February for a screening of Baħar Biss. Watch a story about Malta's ancient fishing traditions and the changing Mediterranean Sea.
Saving Our Shores: A Guide for Fort Kochi [5 feb]
Fort Kochi is changing. The risk of Coastal floods is real. Join experts in Fort Kochi to find practical solutions that could actually work for our beautiful historic city. Let's find out how Mangroves or brick walls can stop the sea from swallowing our coastal neighborhoods.
Fort Kochi
Beaches Around Fort Kochi That Most Travellers Never Find
Fort Kochi has a beach everyone visits. But not faraway, there are shores with 500 years of stories and almost no tourists. From a beach that once held Portuguese cannons to a fishing village where nothing has changed in a century Kochi's best beaches aren't the ones on the map.
hack4play: DIY Workshops, Live Music in Fort Kochi [Till Mar 6]
Free DIY workshops, live music & a makerspace in Mattancherry. Walk in any day till March 6.
A Workshop to Sit With Conflict, Not Solve It. Fort Kochi [Feb 12]
In a world that keeps demanding we pick sides and reach consensus, the Conflictorium approach is honest. Is conflict something to be solved or should it be something that is understood, felt, and held? A participatory workshop on conflict at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Free entry, 12 Feb.
The Vanishing Sea: Baħar Biss Film Screening at Fort Kochi [Feb 7]
What happens when a thousand-year-old tradition meets a modern, empty ocean? Join us on 7 February for a screening of Baħar Biss. Watch a story about Malta's ancient fishing traditions and the changing Mediterranean Sea.
VKL Warehouse
The quiet beneath the rubble
Nights in a crumbling hostel, weak staircases, constant vigilance—Pratik Khurkutiya's sculptures and paintings trace how fear embeds itself in the body long after we've left dangerous spaces.
Known and Unknown
Soil becomes shared ground. Harshal Khatri's two-channel video installation with paintings explores the entanglement between visible and invisible forces of nature.
Land Erosion / Memories of a Land
The red soil of Birbhum, Bankura, and Purulia tells a story of displacement. Tanmoy Dutta creates a charged memorial for the Santal Adivasi community denied agency over their native land.
Earth's Last Stand / Restricted Terrain
The Musi River in Hyderabad, deteriorating under urbanization, becomes a dystopian focus for Dindi Praveen Sagar's paintings and sculptures interrogating capitalism and consumption.
Mattancherry
Beaches Around Fort Kochi That Most Travellers Never Find
Fort Kochi has a beach everyone visits. But not faraway, there are shores with 500 years of stories and almost no tourists. From a beach that once held Portuguese cannons to a fishing village where nothing has changed in a century Kochi's best beaches aren't the ones on the map.
hack4play: DIY Workshops, Live Music in Fort Kochi [Till Mar 6]
Free DIY workshops, live music & a makerspace in Mattancherry. Walk in any day till March 6.
Tales From The Table: Peruvian & Mattancherry Food Traditions Meet in Fort Kochi [Feb 4]
In the spice-laden air of Mattancherry, the story of a culture is usually told through what remains in the bottom of a cooking pot. But this Wednesday, the familiar scent of coconut oil and cardamom will face a quiet, revolutionary interloper: the sharp, Andean acidity of a Peruvian kitchen.
Our Lands Sing On
Murthovic and Gopika of Nadabramha Studio invite you to a sensory evening of field recordings, live sound, and conversations at Forplay Society, Mattancherry.
Art & Culture
A Workshop to Sit With Conflict, Not Solve It. Fort Kochi [Feb 12]
In a world that keeps demanding we pick sides and reach consensus, the Conflictorium approach is honest. Is conflict something to be solved or should it be something that is understood, felt, and held? A participatory workshop on conflict at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Free entry, 12 Feb.
The Vanishing Sea: Baħar Biss Film Screening at Fort Kochi [Feb 7]
What happens when a thousand-year-old tradition meets a modern, empty ocean? Join us on 7 February for a screening of Baħar Biss. Watch a story about Malta's ancient fishing traditions and the changing Mediterranean Sea.
Beyond the Mudra: Dismantling the Classical in Indian Dance | Fort Kochi [Feb 7-8]
Think of a dancer. You likely see a figure of perfect symmetry, performing "classical" movements honed over centuries. But what if those movements—and the labels we give them—are actually walls? What if the distinction between "folk" and "classical" isn't just about style, but about power?
![Short Stories, Long Shadows: Contemporary Malayalam Voices at Fort Kochi [Feb 4-6]](/content/images/size/w30/2026/03/short--1-.png)
Short Stories, Long Shadows: Contemporary Malayalam Voices at Fort Kochi [Feb 4-6]
From Feb 4–6, the Bastion Bungalow, Fort Kochi becomes a hive of literary giants. NS Madhavan, Sara Joseph, and Paul Zachariah gather to discuss why the shortest stories cast the longest shadows.
BMS Warehouse
A warm kind of panic
The rug extends a muted invitation, asking the body to settle within its folds. Monika traces the quiet turbulence of everyday life—frictions, doubts, and the comforting panic of solitude.
The Power of the Peta / Honour
The Peta (turban) and Mancha (rope bed)—two objects that carry a farmer's life. When the turban is placed on the bed, it signifies rest, grueling work completed, earned repose.
Ginning Justice
Phule-Ambedkarite sculpture, Mumbai housing installations, Manchester cloth histories—three artists uncover Maharashtra's intertwined histories of labour, community, and resistance.
Achidu
Pork fat melts, echoing jhum traditions. Fabric clouds release crystal bead rain—tears. Two Arunachal Pradesh artists explore how time erodes memory and meaning, how relief and pain blend.
Arthshila
Thinking Threads
Working with discarded clothing, Kerala-based artist Harsha P S cuts, sews, and repurposes textiles into forms of protest. See her work at Kochi Biennale, Kerala
To Be Who? Eight Artists Unravel Identity
Eight artists from Shimla explore identity through video and cyanotype—asking not who we are, but how we become and unbecome through inherited stories.
The Conference of Anti-Apocryphal Beings
Twelve Kashmir students summon folklore figures that refuse erasure—winter demons, forest spirits, and the Braid-Chopper—in a sculptural "conference" that's forensic, political, and unforgettable.
Imagined Ecosystem: Where Decay Meets Dwelling
Two young artists reimagine home and habitat. Insects become companions. Rooms become ecosystems. A quiet meditation on where we end and the world begins.
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