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10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Digging Into Basics: Appreciating and Exploring Visual Art Through Its Basic Elements. Facilitated by Prajakta Palav
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Building Third Spaces: A Collaborative Workshop on Creating Shared Community Spaces. Facilitated by Geo and John
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Celebration of Death (Malayalam 2025, 72 min), directed by Vishnu B Beena.
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: First Light - Resonant Frames | IFFK @KMB 2025-2026 Await (കാത്തിരിപ്പ്, Malayalam, 83 min), directed by Nipin Narayanan.
10:30 AM–4:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
How to Create an Electronic Music Track, facilitated by Sebastian and Hartmut
10:30 AM–4:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Stitching the Happiness City: Using the Medium of Embroidery, Quilting and Fabric Collage, facilitated by Puja Das & Khushboo Tejwani – Makkala Hubba
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: First Light - Resonant Frames | IFFK @KMB 2025-2026 The Remnant / ശേഷിപ്പ്( Malayalam, 83:37 min), directed by Sreejith S Kumar & Gritto Vincent.
10:30 AM–4:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
How to Create an Electronic Music Track, facilitated by Sebastian and Hartmut
11 AM–3 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Imagining Begumpura: A City With No Rules, facilitated by Percy Kaki
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: First Light - Resonant Frames | IFFK @KMB 2025-2026 OAK ( Malayalam/English, 147:08 min), directed by Arun Vardhan.
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10:30 AM–4:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
How to Create an Electronic Music Track, facilitated by Sebastian and Hartmut
11 AM–3 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Imagining Begumpura: A City With No Rules, facilitated by Percy Kaki
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening : First Light - Resonant Frames | IFFK @KMB 2025-2026
Stolen Skies ( Malayalam, 98:20 min), directed by Sreekumar K.
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
A Multi-Story Life: Exploring Ideas of Home, Community and Neighbourhood, facilitated by Vishnu Thozhur Kolleri | Add to your Calendar
10:30 AM–12 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Prem Pathare (On the Path of Love): Wisdom Poetry Workshop, facilitated by Santhi Priya | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–3 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Imagining Begumpura: A City With No Rules, facilitated by Percy Kaki | Add to your Calendar
1 PM–9 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
hack4play 2026: Final Day Technology, Art & Music. DIY Workshops, Makerspace & Performances | Add to your Calendar
5 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Performance: LEONARDO DA VINCI: Anatomie spirituali | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening : First Light - Resonant Frames | IFFK @KMB 2025-2026 Ambrosia (അംബ്രോസിയ, Malayalam, 82 min), directed by Adhithya Baby | Add to your Calendar
6:30 AM–9 AM | Puthuvype Beach, Opp Lighthouse
VELLAM: The Art of Survival at Sea, facilitated by Dominic Justin, Blue School Kerala | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
A Multi-Story Life, facilitated by Vishnu Thozhur Kolleri | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Craft of Unmaking, facilitated by Meghna Menon | Add to your Calendar
3 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Prem Pathare (On the Path of Love), facilitated by Santhi Priya | Add to your Calendar
5 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Performance: At Odds With Even Love by Balakrishnan Gayathri Raghavan Presented by Kochi Biennale Foundation | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening : First Light - Resonant Frames | IFFK @KMB 2025-2026 The Banquet of Primal Love (Malayalam, 73:51 min), directed by Mini I G. | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
A Multi-Story Life, facilitated by Vishnu Thozhur Kolleri | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Mapping Memory Through Cyanotype: Impressions of Light, facilitated by Rajeev Peethambaran | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Farming the Revolution, Directed by Nishtha Jain | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Conversation as Material: Anthotype and Collective Memory, facilitated by Rajeev Peethambaran | Add to your Calendar
5:00 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Animalesque Conference: Panel Artistic Methodologies with Animal, Vegetal & Ecological Networks Wantanee Siripattananuntakul, Mithra Kamalam, Maha Maamoun, followed by Panel Discussion at 6:00 PM | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Infiltrator by Kirrt Collective | Add to your Calendar
9:30 AM–3:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Art-Based Education in Classrooms, facilitated by Sukriti Datt & Lokesh Khodke | Add to your Calendar
10:30 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Colours of the Earth: Prehistoric Way of Paint making and Painting Facilitated by Mobeersha K M | Add to your Calendar
10:30 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Acting Through Unlearning: Theatre Workshop facilitated by Aliyar Ali | Add to your Calendar
4:00 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Animalesque Conference: Panel Animals in Changing Cities, Pratchaya Phinthong, Lucas Morin (Online), Mariam Suhail (Online), followed by Panel Discussion at 5:00 PM | Add to your Calendar
5:30 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Animalesque Conference: Panel Politics of Life: Disappearance, Endangered Life & Speculative Futures , Robert Zhao Renhui, Mochu, Neha Choksi (Online), followed by Panel Discussion at 6:30 PM | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Turtle Walkers | Add to your Calendar
9:30 AM–3:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Art-Based Education in Classrooms, facilitated by Sukriti Datt & Lokesh Khodke | Add to your Calendar
10:30 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Acting Through Unlearning, facilitated by Aliyar Ali | Add to your Calendar
4:00 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Animalesque Conference: Panel Mythological, Religious & Folkloric Roles of Animals , Madhurjya Dey, Arko Datta, Lavkant Chaudhary, Mario D'Souza, followed by Panel Discussion at 5:20 PM | Add to your Calendar
9:30 AM–3:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Art-Based Education in Classrooms, facilitated by Sukriti Datt & Lokesh Khodke | Add to your Calendar
10:30 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Acting Through Unlearning, facilitated by Aliyar Ali | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Pressing Matter: Exploring Biomaterials and Making with Natural Waste Facilitated by Nanditha & Susmith | Add to your Calendar
10:30 AM– 5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Reframing Development Narratives: Stories from an Alternative Media Platform Facilitated by Keraleeyam | Add to your Calendar
2 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Fire Drawing Workshop Facilitated by Arta Raituma & Prem Jyotis. Free entry, register here | Add to your Calendar
3 PM–5 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
The Body as a Living Room: Weaving Stories through Movement, The Making of Neythe By Rima Kallingal / Mamangam Dance Company Entry: ₹400 per person, tickets at venue from 3 PM on the day | Add to your Calendar
6 PM - 7.30PM | The Stage, Cochin Club
Edges of Time: The Photograph As Evidence Images That Return by Rahaab Allana; Decolonising History Through Performance by Dakxinkumar Bajrange | Add to your Calendar
9:30 AM–4:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Patasala, Arangottukara (Manveedu)
Workshop on Eco Theatre Facilitated by Parthasaraadhi, Azeez Peringod, Sreeja K V | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Neythe Kala — Tapestry Weaving Workshop Facilitated by Geethika Pramod | Add to your Calendar
2 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Lines & Matters: Etching Workshop Facilitated by Muriel Moreau | Add to Your Calendar
2 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Fire Drawing Workshop Facilitated by Arta Raituma & Prem Jyotis. Free entry, register here | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Hand of God (theatre play, Malayalam, 18+ only) Directed by P.R. Arun. Entry: ₹300 per person, tickets at venue from 3 PM on the day | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
When Communities Under Threat (RE:ACT Space) Performance by Hemant Sreekumar. Display of art works, performances, presentations & memorabilia| Add to your Calendar
9:30 AM–4:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Patasala, Arangottukara (Manveedu)
Workshop on Eco Theatre Facilitated by Parthasaraadhi, Azeez Peringod, Sreeja K V | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Shaping Matter: Sculpting Memory through Found Objects ,Plaster Mold & Casting Workshop Facilitated by Abijith E A | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Intimate Lens, 2 day workshop on film by R.V. Ramani (Day 1) | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Of Land and Labour Film Curation by Kirrt Collective. Trolley Times Directed by Gurvinder Singh | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
When Communities Under Threat (RE:ACT Space) Performance by Floating Folks, followed by film screening by R.V. Ramani | Add to your Calendar
8:30 AM–12:30 PM & 2 PM–6 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
The Train: Workshop as Performance Facilitated by M R Vishnuprasad | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Intimate Lens , 2 day workshop on film by R.V. Ramani (Day 2) | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Of Land and Labour Film Curation by Kirrt Collective
1. The Brick Moulders by Gurdeep Dhaliwal and Sukhan Saar
2. Dogs and Dust by Tanny Kaler
3. Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where The Twain Shall Meet) by Ajay Bhardwaj | Add to your Calendar
7:30 AM–9PM | Peter Celli St, Fort Kochi
Le Té by Iyami: Early Morning Coffee & Breudher Toast at a 400 year old Dutch building on Princess Street, Fort Kochi. The perfect Biennale morning stop | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Patch Our Lives, 2 day fabric patch making workshop by Sahitha A S (Ithiri Kunjan) (Day 1) | Add to your Calendar
2 PM–4 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Joyful Rhythm & Non-Competitive Games Workshop Facilitated by Blaise Joseph. Open to public | Add to your Calendar
5 PM | Armaan Collective & Cafe, Mattancherry
Keralam... Kerala... Keralam: Conversation presented by Kochi Biennale Foundation & Edam, featuring Dr. PK Michael Tharakan, NS Madhavan and Sunil P Ilayidom | Add to your Calendar
6 PM | Anand Warehouse, Mattancherry
Bass Boss Film screening by Rana Ghose followed by DJ Khobir (Live) | Add to your Calendar
6 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screenings by Emami Art Experimental Film Festival
10.30PM -11.30PM | Kumbalangi & Chellanam
See the Kavaru Bioluminescence Electric blue glowing backwaters. Best on dark moonless nights. ~12–15 km from Fort Kochi | Add to your Calendar
7:30 AM–9PM | Peter Celli St, Fort Kochi
Le Té by Iyami: Early Morning Coffee & Breudher Toast at a 400 year old Dutch building on Princess Street, Fort Kochi. The perfect Biennale morning stop | Add to your Calendar
Vruthantham: Chronicles of Perpetual Becoming a workshop series on queer creative expressions, curated by Be / Sahayatrika
6 PM onwards | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Post Workshop Events | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Patch Our Lives, 2 day fabric patch making workshop by Sahitha A S (Ithiri Kunjan) (Day 2) | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Thalayezhuthu: Performance by Kalyani Sarada | Add to your Calendar
10.30PM -11.30PM | Kumbalangi & Chellanam
See the Kavaru Bioluminescence Electric blue glowing backwaters. Best on dark moonless nights. ~12–15 km from Fort Kochi | Add to your Calendar
7:30 AM–9PM | Peter Celli St, Fort Kochi
Le Té by Iyami: Early Morning Coffee at a 400 year old Dutch building on Princess Street, Fort Kochi. | Add to your Calendar
Vruthantham: Chronicles of Perpetual Becoming a workshop series on queer creative expressions, curated by Be / Sahayatrika
10:30 AM–4 PM | ABC Art Room, Aspinwall House, Coir Godown
പാലുവം പെണ്ണ്: Calling the 'Spectral' An interactive and performative workshop collaborated with folk artists, facilitated by Aravind Chedayan, co-facilitated by Kunjumol & Ashokan | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–12 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Gathering: Currents and Circulations Day 1 | Re-navigating the Silk Route | Add to your Calendar
12 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: China, Beijing, I Love You! by Köken Ergun | Add to your Calendar
4 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening, Open Mic and Discussion. Facilitated by Sahayatrika | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
JD's Juke Box , Sharing session & performance by JD's Juke Box | Add to your Calendar
4 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Analog Sessions A vinyl talk & synesthesia workshop with JD's Jukebox. Part of When Communities Under Threat / RE:ACT Space | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Rana Ghose Live solo improvised music performance | Add to your Calendar
6 PM–6:30 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Pre-Screening Conversation: Ligy J Pullappally in conversation with Aswathy Gopalakrishnan | Add to your Calendar
6:30 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Sancharam (Malayalam, 2004), directed by Ligy J Pullappally. In kind support & Knowledge Sharing: Sahayatrika | Add to your Calendar
8 PM onwards | Dinner & walk
Try the Burgers & other yummy food at Club House in Fort Kochi followed by a stroll along the beach walkway, chinese fishing nets at night.
8:30 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Bathakka Hridayam Thunna Ponnu (To Stitch Together a Watermelon Heart), directed by Harshappi Harsh. In kind support & Knowledge Sharing: Sahayatrika | Add to your Calendar
8:30 AM–9PM | Burger Street, Fort Nagar, Fort Kochi
Kashi Art Café: Freshly brewed Arabic coffee and the legendary chocolate cake make every visit worth the detour. The perfect Biennale morning stop | Add to your Calendar
10:30 AM–4 PM | ABC Art Room, Aspinwall House, Coir Godown
പാലുവം പെണ്ണ്: Calling the 'Spectral' An interactive and performative workshop collaborated with folk artists, facilitated by Aravind Chedayan, co-facilitated by Kunjumol & Ashokan | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
When Communities Under Threat (RE:ACT Space) - Open programme, watch for poster updates | Add to your Calendar
12 PM–3 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Gathering: Currents and Circulations: Day 2 | Add to your Calendar
2 PM | Lunch | Santa Cruz, Basilica, KB Jacob Road
Tibetan Chef's Restaurant: A pocket of Tibet tucked into coastal Kerala, Handmade noodles, soups and Thenthuk in a laid-back space with terrace seating draped in prayer flags | Add to your Calendar
4 PM–6 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
Erasing the 'Kalam': A Performance of Body Movements and Music. Performed by the Workshop Participants with Raji VB, Rajagopal, Nithin Shams, Rajaneesh & Aravind Chedayan | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Dilruba & Taus recital: Performance by Shri Sandeep Singh & Shri Harmeet Singh (Tabla) | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Botanical Impressions: The Art of Eco Printing. Facilitated by Mounica Chitturi | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Maker's Lab: A Collaborative Experimentation with Materials. Facilitated by Art Room Team | Add to your Calendar
12 PM – 2 PM | Palace Rd, Mattancherry
Lunch at Vijaya Lakshmi Bhavan: A no-frills vegetarian Kerala meals spot for lunch. Follow it up with a lassi from Rawal Lassi right opposite. Simple, local, and exactly what you need between Biennale venues | Add to your Calendar
🏛️ Exhibition | Kara, Fort Kochi
Archaeological Camera: Mohamed A photographs Kerala's 2,600-year-old prehistoric sites; rock carvings, megalithic burials and Iron Age monuments and turns them into art. Free entry | ⏰open: 10 AM – 6 PM | Recommended time to visit: 1 PM – 3 PM | Add to your Calendar
4 PM–6 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
(Un)poor Imeges of a Revolution: Lecture Performance by Rahul Juneja and Anurag Singraur | Add to your Calendar
5:30 PM–7 PM | Durbar Hall
Poetry, Translation, and the Ethics of Living in Between: Gathering and open discussion. Presented by KNMA | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Bharatanatyam: Performance by Padma Shri Narthaki Nataraj and Team | Add to your Calendar
10.30PM -11.30PM | Kumbalangi & Chellanam
See the Kavaru Bioluminescence Electric blue glowing backwaters. Best on dark moonless nights. ~12–15 km from Fort Kochi | Add to your Calendar
8:30 AM – 9.30 AM | Peter Celli St, Fort Kochi
Chez Teapot, Fort Kochi: A charming heritage cafe perfect for high tea, brews, sandwiches, cakes, omelettes and appam with veggie stew. Vegetarian friendly & Vegan options | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Botanical Impressions: The Art of Eco Printing. Facilitated by Mounica Chitturi | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
The Living Blue: An Indigo Dyeing Experience. Facilitated by Hizqeel Mohamed | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Comics For Resistance. Facilitated by Sanid Asif Ali & Mohammed Rahil Monsin | Add to your Calendar
🏛️ Exhibition | Kara, Fort Kochi
Archaeological Camera: Mohamed A photographs Kerala's 2,600-year-old prehistoric sites; rock carvings, megalithic burials and Iron Age monuments and turns them into art. Free entry | ⏰open: 10 AM – 6 PM | Recommended time to visit: 1 PM – 3 PM | Add to your Calendar
11 AM | Armaan Collective & Cafe, Mattancherry
Book Launch: Chithrakalyum Cinemayum in the presence of K Satchidanandan and Sabitha Satchi. Published by: കേരള ലളിത കലാ അക്കാദമി | Add to your Calendar
11:30 AM | Durbar Hall
Game Day: Discovery Trail. Presented by KNMA | Add to your Calendar
4:30 PM | Monsoon Culture, Mattancherry
Knowledge Sharing Session: കാടർ / Kadar: Open Your Eyes. A conversation with Chandrika, forager, honey hunter, farmer and forest keeper from the Kadar community. Facilitated by Dr. Sreeja KG & Dr. Manju Vasudevan, Forest Post | Add to your Calendar
5 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
STILL: Performance by Anja Ibsch | Add to your Calendar
5:30 PM | Durbar Hall
'Maaya': Performative Storytelling by the Kaavad Project. Presented by KNMA | Add to your Calendar
6:00 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Film Screening: A Very Normal Day of Wonders. Facilitated by Rima Mathew | Add to your Calendar
6 PM–8 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Sunday Chilli Willy: Live Music with Papa Rocky & The Psyntist (IN) and Alwin Weber (GER) | Add to Your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Blues, Ballads, and the Music World of Nagas: Exploring the tribal Folk Music tradition of the Tangkhul Nagas of Manipur. By Padma Shri Rewben Mashangva | Add to your Calendar
5 PM | Aspinwall House, Fort Kochi
Performance Art: STILL By Anja Ibsch. An open process performance exploring making, material, form and memory. Free to witness | Add to Your Calendar
shemeer7:30 AM–9PM | Peter Celli St, Fort Kochi
Le Té by Iyami: Early Morning Coffee & Breudher Toast at a 400 year old Dutch building on Princess Street, Fort Kochi. The perfect Biennale morning stop | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Comics For Resistance. Facilitated by Sanid Asif Ali & Mohammed Rahil Monsin | Add to your calendar
2 PM | Santa Cruz, Basilica, KB Jacob Road
Lunch @ Tibetan Chef's Restaurant: A pocket of Tibet tucked into coastal Kerala, Handmade noodles, soups and Thenthuk in a laid-back space with terrace seating draped in prayer flags | Add to your Calendar
2 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: A la Belle Étoile (1.5 hrs), directed by Sébastien Tulard. A true story of grit and passion from foster homes to the World Pastry Championship. In kind support: Alliance Française de Trivandrum | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Body, Sexuality and Image & Colonial Mentality. Presented by Spanish Embassy | Add to your Calendar
8.30 PM onwards | Dinner & walk
Try the Burgers & other yummy food at Club House in Fort Kochi followed by a stroll along the beach walkway, chinese fishing nets at night | Add to your Calendar
☕ Morning Coffee | Peter Celli Street, Fort Kochi
Cafe Tamara: Start your Biennale day right, great coffee and food on Princess Street. Opens around 8:30 AM | Add to your Calendar
2 PM–6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Workshop: Patch Our Lives: A community quilting & body mapping workshop. Facilitated by Ithiri Kunjan (Sahitha A S). Participation fee: ₹600 | Add to your Calendar
1:30 PM–8:30 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Kitchen Alchemy: A multi-sensory installation where children take over the kitchen and the storytelling| Recommended time 3PM to 5PM | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Performance: Human in the Loop by Cie Nicole Seiler. Presented by Sandbox Collective. (Supported by Pro Helvetia — Swiss Arts Council) | Add to your Calendar
🍽️ Dinner | Princess Street, Fort Kochi
Club House: Gourmet burgers, French omelettes and late-night bites in a heritage building on Princess Street. One of the few places open after 10 PM in Fort Kochi. ₹300–500 for most mains | Add to your Calendar
10.30PM -11.30PM | Kumbalangi & Chellanam
See the Kavaru Bioluminescence Electric blue glowing backwaters. Best on dark moonless nights. ~12–15 km from Fort Kochi | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
The Bodyworkshop: Exploring the Body as a Tool for Expression and Performance. Facilitators: Jana Prepeluh with HH Art Spaces. Co-facilitators: Anja Ibsch, Nikhil Chopra, and Madhavi Gore | Add to your Calendar
2 PM–6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Workshop: Patch Our Lives: A community quilting & body mapping workshop. Facilitated by Ithiri Kunjan (Sahitha A S). Participation fee: ₹600 | Add to your calendar
4 PM onwards | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Students Biennale Seminar: Pedagogies, Possibilities, Precarities | Add to your Calendar
🏛️ Exhibition | Kara, Fort Kochi
Archaeological Camera: Mohamed A photographs Kerala's 2,600-year-old prehistoric sites; rock carvings, megalithic burials and Iron Age monuments and turns them into art. Free entry | ⏰open: 10 AM – 6 PM | Recommended time to visit: 1 PM – 3 PM | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Aspinwall House
The Moving Sculptures: A Living Tradition of Kalarippayattu. Presented by E.P.V – C.V.N Kalari Ayurveda Hospital, Kaduthuruthy | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Introduction to Primordial Acting Techniques. Facilitated by Kannanunni | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
The Bodyworkshop: Exploring the Body as a Tool for Expression and Performance. Facilitated by Jana Prepeluh & HH Art Spaces | Add to your Calendar
11:30 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Film Screening: Le Chant Du Cachalot (12 mins), directed by Antoine de Bary | Add to Your calendar
4 PM onwards | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Students Biennale Seminar: Pedagogies, Possibilities, Precarities | Add to your Calendar
5:15 PM–6:15 PM | ABC, Bastion Bungalow
An introduction to "How Dare You?" a live and performance art platform scheduled for 28 March at Aspinwall House. By Teena Lange (gruentaler9, Berlin) | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Introduction to Primordial Acting Techniques. Facilitated by Kannanunni | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
The Bodyworkshop: Exploring the Body as a Tool for Expression and Performance. Facilitated by Jana Prepeluh & HH Art Spaces | Add to your Calendar
11:30 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow Film Screening: Mon Papi S'est Caché (7 mins), directed by Anne Huynh. In kind support: Alliance Française de Trivandrum | Add to your Calendar
11:30 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow Film Screening: Shadows (12 mins), IFcinéma 2024 selection. In kind support: Alliance Française de Trivandrum | Add to your Calendar
11:30 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow Film Screening: L'Arbre (15 mins), directed by Lucie Sunková. In kind support: Alliance Française de Trivandrum | Add to your Calendar
3 PM onwards | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Students Biennale Seminar: Pedagogies, Possibilities, Precarities | Add to your Calendar
6.36 PM🔅 Sunset today & the beach and walkway are great spots to watch it.
6 PM–7:30 PM | 111 Markez Cafe
Seeds, Unscorched: An evening of deep listening in Otobong Nkanga's garden, unfolding as the sun sets and night falls. Live Sounds: Nithin Shams, Aravind Chedayan & Flux Vortex. Lights: Jayraj Patil & Erik Verwaaijen | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Introduction to Primordial Acting Techniques. Facilitated by Kannanunni | Add to your Calendar
11 AM–3 PM | Aspinwall House Courtyard
Open Call: How Dare You? Open Performance Art Platform. Organised by HH Art Spaces & grüntaler9 (Berlin) | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–4 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Frames of Mind: A Two-Day Immersive Film Appreciation Programme. Facilitated by Nandalal R & Sreelal KS from Open Frame Payyanur | Add to your Calendar
3 PM–5:30 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Soft Land Soul - Perfume as an Art Tool: Exploring scent as structure, memory, and artistic expression. A masterclass and workshop by Esperança Prats | Add to you Calendar
6 PM–6:30 PM | Aspinwall House
Kunti - the unwed mother by Mandakini Trivedi: a conversation with Nikhil Chopra. Musical Performance: Ziskakan | Add to your Calendar
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Musical Performance: Ziskakan | Add to your Calendar
10 AM–11:30 AM | Aspinwall House
YES TO LOVE: Hussain Mon highlights Kochi's singers, musicians and producers: a sonic performance of Malayalam Music on Vinyl | Add to your calendar
10 AM–4 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Frames of Mind: A Two-Day Immersive Film Appreciation Programme. Facilitated by Nandalal R & Sreelal KS from Open Frame Payyanur | Add to your Calendar
11:30 AM–1 PM | Aspinwall House
YES TO LOVE: A workshop by ethnomusicologist Raji VB spotlighting the myriad folk traditions of Kochi and beyond | Add to your calendar
11 AM–5 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Live Performances as a Continuation of the Body Workshop. Facilitated by Jana Prepeluh and HH Art Spaces | Add to your calendar
3 PM–5 PM | Earthship, Aspinwall House
YES TO LOVE: Creole Journeys and Music as Resistance: a sonic performance by Kenneth Lobo | Add to your calendar
5 PM - 7 PM| Aspinwall House, Fort Kochi
Performance Art: STILL By Anja Ibsch. An open process performance exploring making, material, form and memory. Free to witness | Add to your Calendar
6 PM–7 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Memories in Fragments: A Tribute to Chinnammu Amma Mohiniyattam Recital by Amith K. Nattuvangam: Sreenima N P | Vocal: Rohith Aneesh | Mridangam: Abineesh Krishnan
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Concert by Parimal Shais x The Imbachi | Add to your calendar
☕ Coffee at Le Te housed in a 400 year old Dutch Building
📚 Browse, Read & Buy Books at 3 of Fort Kochi's Bookstores
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12 PM–2 PM | Aspinwall House
YES TO LOVE: Ambient music from across the world: a sonic mixtape crafted by Nithin Shams | Add to your Calendar
3 PM–5 PM | Aspinwall House
YES TO LOVE: Hope & Rebellion as a soul-stirring soundscape: Sonic performance by Akshay Hegde | Add to your Calendar
5 PM–7:30 PM | Aspinwall House
YES TO LOVE: 'We don't build spaceships': a sonic performance by Loopkin & Justy | Add to your Calendar
🕍 Explore Jew Street's beautiful shops, Paradesi Synagogue & the new museum after experiencing the Mattancherry Palace's beautiful wall murals from the Ramyana.
6 PM onwards | Durbar Hall, Kochi
Wall, Courtyard, Street, City, World, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh in conversation with Roobina Karode. Presented by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art under the aegis of Kochi Muziris Biennale
5:30 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Electronica Live Act by Mittayi Traders featuring Sachyn, Hanna, Suru & Sekher. Entry: ₹150. Presented by RE-ACT Space
7 PM–7:30 PM | Bastion Bungalow
Rythm of Circle: A Kolkali performance by Team Durga
7:30 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Performance by Agharath. Presented by RE-ACT Space. Entry: ₹300.
12 PM | Aspinwall House, Fort Kochi
കൊടിയിറക്കം: Ceremonial Lowering of the Flag ⚠️ Gates close at all Main Biennale venues at 4 PM | Add to your Calendar
📚 Browse, Read & Buy Books at 3 of Fort Kochi's Bookstores
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6 PM | Forplay Society, Mattancherry
Forplay Society x Discothecary: Soulkollektiv Audio/Visual Night. Audio: Scatterforms x Denoykp, Lional Lishoy. Visuals: Stereo Blind
7 PM | Durbar Hall Ground, Ernakulam
Addresses and Felicitations | Add to your Calendar
7:30 PM | Durbar Hall Ground, Ernakulam
Closing Concert by Parvaaz | Add to your Calendar
Ginger
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Earth 1002025: Imagining Life, Intelligence, and Landscape in a Distant Future Facilitated by Argha Manna
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station, Fort Kochi
Find Your Clown – Where Failure Becomes Play Facilitated by Ajithlal Sivalal & Anamika Anand S
4 PM–6 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
To be Touched by What one Touches: Reading Kallen Pokkudan A roundtable and reading session led by Vibin George with Panjeri Artists' Union
6 PM | David Hall Gallery, Fort Kochi
Green Silence – A Site-specific Movement & Sound Performance Choreography: Sarah Elsworth (New Zealand) | Music: Anita Clark (New Zealand) Presented by BOHO & AAL Studio Free Entry
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Upcycled Giant Soft Sculpture Workshop Rashi
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Comic Making Workshop Mohit Mahato
10 AM–2 PM | Aspinwall House
"Being in a Junkyard" – A performance by Panjeri Artists' Union, led by Samapti Mondal
10 AM onwards | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Holding Space: Institution Building in South Asia – A Gathering
4 PM–6 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
'I am the grass, I cover all' – A conversation with Argha Manna on Comics in India Presented by Panjeri Artists' Union
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Comic Making Workshop Mohit Mahato
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Upcycled Giant Soft Sculpture Workshop Rashi
10:30 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Math Meets Art Ardra Bindu & Varshaa Ramesh (Aavishkar Center)
10 AM onwards | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Common Ground: Institution Building in South Asia – A Gathering
12 PM–1 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
Stri-Parva: Unmute the questions Performance by Panjeri Artists' Union, led by Bhaskar Hazarika
4 PM–5 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
"Other Songs" – A performance by Panjeri Artists' Union, led by Saptak Mistri
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Comic Making Workshop Mohit Mahato
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Upcycled Giant Soft Sculpture Workshop Rashi
10:30 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Math Meets Art Ardra Bindu & Varshaa Ramesh (Aavishkar Center)
10:30 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
ചെറുരൂപത്തിന്റെ പ്രതിധ്വനികൾ: മലയാള ചെറുകഥയുടെ ഇന്നലെയും ഇന്നും (അതിനപ്പുറവും) Echoes in a Small Form: Past and Present of the Malayalam Short Story (and Beyond) Keynote by NS Madhavan In Malayalam
11 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
In Conversation: Paul Zachariah with VS Ajith Kumar In Malayalam
11 AM–1 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
Ploughing the Metrics of Power Performance by Panjeri Artists' Union, led by Arzu Tarafdar & Tathagata Paul
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
തിരണം ഈ തിരദൃശ്യം: Community Adaptation and Resilience Strategies Dr Rani Varghese, Grassroute Team & Blaise Joseph
10:30 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
In Conversation: Sara Joseph with Sangeetha Srinivasan In Malayalam
11:30 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
ശൈലി, ഭാഷ, സൂക്ഷ്മത / Form, Language, and Precision Panel featuring M. Nandakumar, R. Shyamkrishnan, Aash Ashitha Moderated by Priya K Nair In Malayalam
3 PM–6 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
"The Noon Show" – A performance led by Subhankar Sengupta, Panjeri Artists' Union
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
D&D Dance & Democracy (For Children 12-18 yrs) Amith Kannan
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Kidding – Early Childhood Development and the Role of Pictures SMI team (Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design And Technology), Bangalore
10:30 AM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
ഓർമ്മ, വിവർത്തനം, പ്രചരണം / Memory, Translation, and Circulation Panel featuring C. S. Chandrika, N. S. Madhavan, E. Santhosh Kumar Moderated by Shahina K. Rafiq In Malayalam
11 AM–3 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Sound Hunt – 1 by 1 Facilitated by Prisha Patel
3 PM–5 PM | Students' Biennale | Space, Indian Chamber of Commerce
Govandi Arts Festival – Exhibition and Workshop Mohalla game facilitated by the youth of Govandi
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Dismantling the Classical and Imagining Democratic Futures (For Adults 18+ yrs) Amith Kannan
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Kidding – Early Childhood Development and the Role of Pictures SMI team
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Clay Relief Workshop Trespassers
10 AM–12:30 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Oridathoridath – Reviving the Art of Malayalam Storytelling Kalyani Gopakumar
10 AM–11 AM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Sound Hunt – 1 by 1 Facilitated by Prisha Patel
10 AM–12 PM | Aspinwall House
N.H.O.P (The New Human Orientation Programme) Facilitated by Dhwani Ved
10 AM–12 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow, Fort Kochi
Govandi Arts Festival – Exhibition and Workshop Panel discussion: "Arts for Community Building"
2 PM–2:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Stories Behind Stories Facilitated by Nehal Aggarwal
3 PM–4:30 PM | Students' Biennale | Space, Indian Chamber of Commerce
Govandi Arts Festival – Exhibition and Workshop Photowalk led by photography artists from Govandi
3 PM–4:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Beyond The Right Answer Facilitated by Kavisha Pagaria
4 PM–5:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Languages We Live In Facilitated by Swapnali Patil
5 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Kadhayanam By Ala centre for culture and alternative education, Mulanthuruthy
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Dismantling the Classical and Imagining Democratic Futures (For Adults 18+ yrs) Amith Kannan
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Kidding – Early Childhood Development and the Role of Pictures SMI team
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Clay Relief Workshop Trespassers
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Epoche 2 – Clay Relief Workshop Facilitated by Trespassers
5 PM | Monsoon Culture (Collateral Exhibition)
High Tea & Opening of Church of Palm by AMMA studios
5 PM–6 PM | SMS Hall Rooftop
Performance: Kaseko cycle: imaginary map for traveling rhythms By Uriel Barthelemi
8 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Performance: Nammu Haada By Kalburgi Kala Mandali with Shilpa Mudbi
10 AM–11:30 AM | On board Arka Kinari
(sailing ship, Kochi International Marina KTDC) Arka Kinari: Laboratory of Sustainability & The Sea Arka Kinari
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Clay Relief Workshop Trespassers
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
ചെതാങ്ങൾ – Sounds of Neighbourhood, A Wall Mural Project Hariprasad R
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Epoche 2 – Clay Relief Workshop Facilitated by Trespassers
10 AM–4 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
South About Gathering
11 AM–12:30 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
"Water is a political word" – A workshop with Taufik Riaz, Panjeri Artists' Union
2 PM–4:30 PM | Ibrahim Mahama's Parliament of Ghosts, Anand Warehouse
Book Launch & Seminar: "Palestine Is Everywhere" By Skye Arundhati Thomas with Hussain Haidry, Avian D'souza, and contributors
3 PM–5 PM | Coir Godown, Aspinwall House
"Water is a political word" – Performance Art by Taufik Riaz
4 PM–5 PM | SMS Hall
Performance: Hallucinations of an Artifact By Akanksha Kumari, Manju Sharma, and Mandeep Raikhy
5:30 PM–6:30 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow ENTERTAINMENT+TECHNOLOGY+ELEVATION Lecture by Todd Eckart
8 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Performance: Padakalam By Folk India Nattyamanch
10 AM–5 PM | Fort Kochi streets (location TBA)
ചെതാങ്ങൾ – Sounds of Neighbourhood, A Wall Mural Project Hariprasad R
10 AM–4 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
South About Gathering Topic: Alliances — Co-operations & Friendships
6 PM–8 PM | Samudrika Convention Centre, Willingdon Island
Lecture: History of Performance Art and MAI (Marina Abramović Institute) By Marina Abramović
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Language as Flux – A Writing Workshop on Language, Ecology, and Caste-Based Environmental Relationships Shripad Sinnakaar (Shared Ecologies)
3 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Suara Bumi: A Children's Storytelling & Illustration Workshop Rossi Narika (Arka Kinari)
10 AM–5 PM | Fort Kochi streets (location TBA)
ചെതാങ്ങൾ – Sounds of Neighbourhood, A Wall Mural Project Hariprasad R
10 AM–2 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
South About Gathering Topic: Non-alignment, Regional Orders & Distant Utopias
11:30 AM–12:30 PM | Parliament of Ghosts, Anand Warehouse Performance: Mathroo Basha By Hetain Patel
3 PM–5 PM | Wall of LOVE, Arthshilla
Wall of LOVE – A Gathering Featuring Hussain Mon & Munir Kabani
4 PM–5 PM | Earthship, Aspinwall House
Conversation featuring Rustom Bharucha & Pepita Seth
5 PM | BMS Warehouse
Yethiroli: transitional summoning, a performance By Anu
5:30–6:30 PM | SMS Hall
Performance: Hallucinations of an Artifact By Akanksha Kumari, Manju Sharma, and Mandeep Raikhy
5:30–7 PM | Aspinwall House
Sound Performance By Ruhail Qaiser
7:30 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
When winds in Monsoon play, the White Peacock will sweep away Film Screening & Conversation featuring Driant Zeneli and Pasquale Auricchio
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow
Sonic Microclimates: A Sonic Exploration Workshop Using Field Recordings and Modular Synthesis to Sense Environmental Change Sirfpaudhonsepyaar (Shared Ecologies)
6 PM–8:30 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
This Is Not a Film: Looking Otherwise Abhishek Kukreja (Conflictorium)
10 AM–4 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Looking for the Invisible: An Interactive Performance with the Little Prince Abhishek Kukreja (Conflictorium)
10 AM onwards | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
After(Live): Making Publics By Khoj x Alkazi
11:30 AM–12:30 PM | 111 Markez & Cafe, Mattancherry
Performance: The Touch By Yasmin Jahan Nupur
5 PM–6 PM | Island Warehouse
Performance: Blood Line Screaming By Yuko Kaseki
8 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Blurred Lines: Performance By Dayita Nereyeth, Abhaydev Praful, and Joshua Sailo
3 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Laut Loud: A Sonic Journey Across Archipelagos Raka Ibrahim & Hibatul Hakim (Arka Kinari)
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station
Glorious Misfits – Clown Playshop Facilitated by Sukhmani Kohli
7 AM–10 AM | Mattancherry streets (Start: Old Mattancherry Boat Jetty)
Understanding Gudham – A Visual Documentation Walk – Spice Trade Edition (Adults) Facilitated by Community 40
11 AM–12 PM | Parliament of Ghosts, Anand Warehouse, Mattancherry
Conversation Feat. Rustom Bharucha & Pooja Sood
5:30–6:30 PM | SMS Hall
Performance: Hallucinations of an Artifact By Akanksha Kumari, Manju Sharma, and Mandeep Raikhy
5:30–6:30 PM | Parliament of Ghosts, Anand Warehouse, Mattancherry
Performance: Mathroo Basha By Hetain Patel
8 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Theatre: Under the Mangosteen Tree By Perch Theatre Collective
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Glorious Misfits – Clown Playshop Facilitated by Sukhmani Kohli
3 PM–4 PM | Parliament of Ghosts, Anand Warehouse, Mattancherry Conversation: Rustom Bharucha with HH Art Spaces
5:30–6:30 PM | SMS Hall Performance: Hallucinations of an Artifact By Akanksha Kumari, Manju Sharma, and Mandeep Raikhy
2 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Drawn Mediations: A Drawing Workshop Exploring Anatomy & Difference through a More-Than-Human Lens. Facilitated by Anju Acharya- Shared Ecologies
8 PM | Aspinwall House Grounds Performance: Taala Tamate By Beru Art & Cultural Foundation
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Drawing / Drawn Together Facilitated by Veda Thozhur Kolleri
10 AM–5 PM | RLV College From Intimate Traces to Collective Worlds Facilitated by Soumya Yadav
11 AM–1 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Inclusion Patch by Patch Facilitated by Siddhant Shah & Rohan Marathe
3 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Flags of Inclusion Facilitated by Siddhant Shah & Rohan Marathe
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow Film Screening: Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism By Fiona Cunningham Reid
8:45 AM–1:30 PM | St. Paul’s Public School, Fort Kochi Make Your Own Hortus Malabaricus (A Zine Making Workshop for Children) (Ages 9-16) Facilitated by Community 40
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Drawing/ Drawn Together Facilitated by Veda Thozhur Kolleri
11 AM–1 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Inclusion Patch by Patch: Inclusive Patchwork & Upcycling Art Workshop for Children Facilitated by Siddhant Shah & Rohan Marathe
3:00–4:00 PM | SMS Hall Performance: Hallucinations of an Artifact By Akanksha Kumari, Manju Sharma, and Mandeep Raikhy
3 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Flags of Inclusion: Community Flag - Making & Participatory Art Installation Workshop Facilitated by Siddhant Shah & Rohan Marathe
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Drawing/ Drawn Together Facilitated by Veda Thozhur Kolleri
11 AM–1 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Inclusion Patch by Patch: Inclusive Patchwork & Upcycling Art Workshop for Children Facilitated by Siddhant Shah & Rohan Marathe
3 PM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Flags of Inclusion: Community Flag - Making & Participatory Art Installation Workshop Facilitated by Siddhant Shah & Rohan Marathe
4 PM–7 PM | Jail of Freedom Struggle (Meeting Point) — "Choreographic Promenade: The Secular Project" by Mandeep Raikhy
shemeer10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Silence in Performance: An intensive acting workshop on the power of silence Facilitated by Margherita Marincola and Alakshender Prabhakar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Collective Imprints: Co-carving stories together Facilitated by Padma Reddy and Shree Tej
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Silence in Performance: An intensive acting workshop on the power of silence Facilitated by Margherita Marincola and Alakshender Prabhakar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Water Metro Station Collective Imprints Facilitated by Padma Reddy and Shree Tej
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow — Performance by Floating Folks
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Silence in Performance: An intensive acting workshop on the power of silence Facilitated by Margherita Marincola and Alakshender Prabhakar
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Collective Imprints: Co-carving stories together Facilitated by Padma Reddy and Shree Tej
7 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow — Film Screening curated by Palestine Film Institute
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station The Patch Lab: Fabric Patchmaking Workshop Facilitated by Sahitha AS
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station The Patch Lab: Fabric Patchmaking Workshop Facilitated by Sahitha AS
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Building Learning Cities: Reimaging our being through locality and community Facilitated by Learning City Thrissur
9 AM–11 AM, 4 PM–6 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station What will be ours?: A mural painting workshop Facilitated by Artreach India
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Applied Theatre Workshop Facilitated by Manu Jose
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Colours of the Earth: Rammed Earth Workshop Facilitated by Nripal Adhikary & Bisnit Paul
shemeer9 AM–11 AM, 4 PM–6 PM | Fort Kochi streets (location to be announced) What will be ours?: A mural painting workshop Facilitated by Artreach India
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Applied Theatre Workshop Facilitated by Manu Jose
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Colours of the Earth: Rammed Earth Workshop Facilitated by Nripal Adhikary & Bisnit Paul
9 AM–11 AM, 4 PM–6 PM | Fort Kochi streets (location to be announced) What will be ours?: A mural painting workshop Facilitated by Artreach India
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Colours of the Earth: Rammed Earth Workshop Facilitated by Nripal Adhikary & Bisnit Paul
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Weaving Stories Through Portraits: Portrait Photography Workshop on Empathy Facilitated by Akash Upadhyay
shemeer9 AM–11 AM, 4 PM–6 PM | Fort Kochi streets (location to be announced) What will be ours?: A mural painting workshop Facilitated by Artreach India
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Water Metro Station Colours of the Earth: Rammed Earth Workshop Facilitated by Nripal Adhikary & Bisnit Paul
10 AM–5 PM | ABC Art Room, Bastion Bungalow Weaving Stories Through Portraits: Portrait Photography Workshop on Empathy Facilitated by Akash Upadhyay
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
The Last Refuge: Theatre in Eelam Performances and a panel discussion featuring Tamil theatre artists exploring resistance performed through the body and theatre as a mobilizing tool,Featuring D’Lo, Professor Sithamparanathan, and Rani Moorthy.
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Fracturing: Writing the Politics of Separation & Exile A panel discussion with journalists and writers focusing on narrative threads that shape the new contours of a Tamil nation and the legacies of violence. By Dr. Meena Kandasamy, Dr. Nimmi Gowrinathan, and TU Senan.
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Pavilion, Bastion Bungalow
Drumbeats of Rebellion A concert and reflective lecture titled "Sensory Reclamation: On Being Eelam Tamil" exploring the power of Tamil music to protect identity and signal survival. Featuring: Dr. Nimmi Gowrinathan, Bhi Bhiman, Sollisai Podiyan, and Arivu.
A finale rooted in the traditions of Central Kerala.
Insightful lectures and a tribute to the legendary H. Mehboob.
Start the week with deep conversations and end with The F16s.
Highlights include the Children's programme, collateral projects, and indigenous folk performances.
A day dedicated to exploring the warehouses, special projects, and a musical finale.
The festivities kick off at the main venue, Aspinwall House, with traditional percussion and the official flag hoisting.
The 6th Edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is finally here. Hosted across several public venues on the islands, this year's programme celebrates the unique context and communities of Kochi.
If you are planning your trip to Fort Kochi, Mattancherry, or Willingdon Island, navigating the massive schedule can be daunting. We have curated the complete Opening Week Programme (December 12–17, 2025) to help you catch every performance, walkthrough, and inauguration.
📍 Key Venues at a Glance
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