This is our Fort Kochi insider guide for you curated experiences, updated regularly by the cats who call this place home. Whether you're here for the Heritage, the food, or just the light on the harbour at dusk, we've got you.
Plan your Fort Kochi visit with day-by-day itineraries for April & May 2026. Morning cafes, heritage walks, sunset times & night plans all in one place.
The Anchal Post Runners ran with postal bags balanced on their heads and carried a two-foot staff with bells attached. When people heard the bells coming down the road, they made way.
Soil becomes shared ground. Harshal Khatri's two-channel video installation with paintings explores the entanglement between visible and invisible forces of nature.
The soil beneath our feet connects us to everything—to celestial phenomena above and microbial life below. Harshal Khatri makes the invisible visible.
Harshal Khatri (Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, Hyderabad)
Soil on canvas, animation
Vallabhdas Kanji Limited (VKL) Warehouse, Mattancherry, Fort Kochi, Kerala
Landmark: Opposite Canara Bank, Near Mattancherry Government Hospital
10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday)
Till March 31st, 2026
Known and Unknown is a two-channel video installation paired with paintings that explores the fundamental entanglement between the visible and invisible forces of nature. Soil itself acts as the shared ground, blurring boundaries between human and natural worlds.
One channel presents abstract phenomena inspired by celestial and microbial forms—making visible the subtle processes of life like breathing and decay that we take for granted. The second unfolds a surreal landscape where tangible and intangible converge.
Through shifting animated surfaces, Harshal invites contemplation on existence while subtly satirizing the absurdity of human desire measured against nature's vast, sustaining, unsettling power.
The Students' Biennale, running alongside the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has always been a space where tomorrow's artistic giants take their first bold leaps.
This is our Fort Kochi insider guide for you curated experiences, updated regularly by the cats who call this place home. Whether you're here for the Heritage, the food, or just the light on the harbour at dusk, we've got you.
Plan your Fort Kochi visit with day-by-day itineraries for April & May 2026. Morning cafes, heritage walks, sunset times & night plans all in one place.
Iced coffee in a former godown on a 600-year-old spice street. Coz Layover Cafe, Mattancherry in Fort Kochi
Rainforests, incense sculptures, insect paintings - all read through a 2,000-year-old Tamil system of landscape and emotion.
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