Remains of a home

What remains when a home is taken away? And how can we claim belonging in an ever-changing world? Aadil Farooq Malik knows this question intimately.

Artist

Aadil Farooq Malik (Institute of Music & Fine Arts, University of Kashmir)

Medium

Mixed Media

Venue

Vallabhdas Kanji Limited (VKL) Warehouse, Mattancherry, Fort Kochi, Kerala

Timings

10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday)

Till March 31st, 2026

About

Remains of a home explores the interrelations between memory, identity, and space in a context of rapid urban transformation. The work confronts tensions between growing cities, infrastructure projects, and the intimate losses experienced by individuals in the name of progress.

Drawing from his own experience of losing a home to a road expansion project, Aadil explores how objects, architectural remnants, and everyday structures hold memory. Personal rupture becomes a lens for broader questions of displacement and land rights.

What remains? What can be claimed? The answers, this work suggests, are more fragile than we imagine.

Kochi Biennale 2025