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A river rushes through nostalgia, holding memories of childhood, family picnics, sweet water through orchards of the heart. Now it carries thirst and sorrow. Three Kashmiri artists create an elegy.
A river rushes through nostalgia. It holds memories of childhood, of family picnics. Its sweet water passes through orchards of our heart. Now it homes thirst and sorrow.
Artists
Shahid Wani, Mohmmed Umer Bhat, Basharat Bashir (Institute Of Music & Fine Arts, University of Kashmir)
Medium
Installation
Venue
Vallabhdas Kanji Limited (VKL) Warehouse, Mattancherry, Fort Kochi, Kerala
VKL WArehouse, MATTANCHERRY
Landmark: Opposite Canara Bank, Near Mattancherry Government Hospital
The River that Remembers is a poetic installation by three Kashmiri artists—Shahid Wani, Mohmmed Umer Bhat, and Basharat Bashir. Their words flow like water itself:
"A river carried water once; it homes thirst and sorrow now. A river drifts through waterswept forests. It shouts grief and anger, for being ignored. It flows wood, stone and weight of naked mountains and lost landscape. A river finds itself in burning coal?"
Here, rivers become witnesses—to environmental destruction, to loss, to the weight of what remains. Memory moves through landscape like current through stone.
Kochi Biennale 2025
Kochi Biennale 2025-26
The Students' Biennale, running alongside the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has always been a space where tomorrow's artistic giants take their first bold leaps.
This is our Fort Kochi insider guide for you curated experiences, updated regularly by the cats who call this place home. Whether you're here for the Heritage, the food, or just the light on the harbour at dusk, we've got you.
