The house that remembers

Each material carries its own story of erosion and persistence—termite traces, fragments shaped in childhood mills, beadwork that forms images. These marks reveal how histories are erased, sold, or rendered insignificant.

Artists

Ambika Shirodkar (Goa College of Art), Reedhvi Hanumant Thanekar (Goa College of Art), Shilpeksh Khalorkar (MSU, Baroda), Unik Ramchandra Chari (Goa College of Art)

Medium

Beads; Sawdust; Laser print on cardboard, wooden frame; Cow dung and Plastic

Venue

BMS Warehouse, Opposite Holy Cross Church Mattancherry (Kuriachante Nada)

Timings

10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday)

Till March 31st, 2026

About

The house that remembers begins within the unstable terrain of memory. Termite-marked cardboard, sawdust sculptures, cow dung utensils, the quiet labour of women unfolding from a box-like home—four artists from Goa and Baroda gather what is often overlooked.

Ambika Shirodkar works in beads, forming meticulous images. Reedhvi Hanumant Thanekar sculpts in sawdust. Shilpeksh Khalorkar uses laser prints on cardboard. Unik Ramchandra Chari combines cow dung and plastic—materials that shouldn't coexist, yet do.

Together they assemble a slow archive of impermanence: figures formed from sawdust, unnamed faces salvaged from flea markets, sewn images of women in shifting roles. All refuse disappearance. The work practices quiet disobedience, attending to what lingers, what has been discarded, and what must be re-seen to be remembered.

Kochi Biennale 2025