The Mark of a Shift
Five artists from Santiniketan explore how ‘shift’ pushes all things into existence—the human desire to shape land, the resistance faced, and the traditions born of negotiation.
Published 31 December 2025
This has finished
- On view
- 12 December 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Times
- 10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday) Till March 31st, 2026
- Part of
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025–26
Where
BMS Warehouse
Event venue · Bazaar Road, Mattancherry
You’ve just missed it — take it home anyway
The 2025–26 Biennale ended on 31 March 2026. The next is expected around December 2027. We made a book of all 72 exhibits, venue by venue, with the photographs — 76 pages, 9 MB.
Nothing is isolated. There is always an underlying force behind it. The collective observes how ‘shift’ pushes all things into existence—and the resistance they face.
Artists
Gully Collective: Bikramjit Paul, Pranab K Dhal, Shalem Kachhap, Sudip Jana, Toyef Ali Khan (Kala Bhavana Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan)
Medium
Mixed Media Installation
About
The Mark of a Shift presents a phenomenological response to the idea of ‘shift,’ uncovering narratives, ecology, and politics within it. The Gully Collective—five artists from Kala Bhavana Visva-Bharati—attempts to understand how shift pushes all things into existence.
One cannot truly push and pull by oneself. It becomes visibly political due to complex human-environment relationships. The collective observes subtle shifts within our surroundings—the phenomena of shift in an immersive landscape now moved indoors.
Here we observe the human desire to consume and shape the land, the resistance faced, and the memory, knowledge, and traditions born of it. The constant negotiation of power between us and the land, veiled behind everyday lives.