The Paradesi Synagogue: 450 Years of Spice, Prayer, and Hand-Painted Tiles in Mattancherry
Chinese tiles, Ethiopian rugs, a Malayalam clock tower. What if I told you that Kochi's oldest synagogue is a world in one room?
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.
Murthovic and Gopika of Nadabramha Studio invite you to a sensory evening of field recordings, live sound, and conversations at Forplay Society, Mattancherry.
Poet, novelist, and activist Dr. Meena Kandasamy delivers a reflective lecture on Tamil identity—exploring womanness, Tamilness, caste, and the politics of language.
Join Blaise Joseph and the ABC Art Room Team for rhythm activities and non-competitive games—a full-day workshop exploring play, movement, and collaborative creativity without winners or losers.
Drop in to the ABC Art Room for a day of creative exploration—work with natural materials, experiment freely, and make art in a non-competitive, fearless space open to all ages.
Experimental sound, noise, and multichannel sonic practices return to Mattancherry. Wetspace Noise Drips 4.0 brings DIY electronics, custom synthesizers, and cross-disciplinary performance across three days at Forplay Society.
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 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.
Phule-Ambedkarite sculpture, Mumbai housing installations, Manchester cloth histories—three artists uncover Maharashtra's intertwined histories of labour, community, and resistance.
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.
Touch grains. Smell straw. Witness cooking. Six Odisha artists reconstruct rural hearths, asking: what seeds of culture do we carry forward? A living archive of food sovereignty and ecological wisdom.
Dried leaves become cockroaches. Fish thorns transform into Venus flytraps. Sharan B works with overlooked materials to explore life, death, memory, and the beauty hidden in ordinary things.
The Jogappas of Northwest Karnataka—a transgender community devoted to Renuka Yellama—come alive in Banashree Vagga's acrylic paintings celebrating their music, dance, and miracles.
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