Where Memories Are Immured

I was told the world is beautiful and that I should be kind. But when I needed help, when I had no voice, no one came for me. The playground has turned into a battlefield.

Artists

Arshaan Ali Khan, Haris Raza Ashraf, Sharmili, Zara Malik, Zoha Sajid Azmi — Free Thinkers Collective (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)

Medium

Installation (mixed media)

Venue

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

Timings

10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday)

Till March 31st, 2026

About

Where Memories Are Immured is a haunting mixed-media installation by the Free Thinkers Collective—five artists from Aligarh Muslim University. Their words carry the weight of innocence confronting harsh realities:

"Every day feels like struggle and suffering. People say this is how the world works, but it feels unfair and confusing to me. Sometimes I wonder if I am being punished for something I don't even know. Did I do something wrong, Mother? Where was my fault in all of this?"

The collective transforms these questions into spatial experience. Memories are immured: walled up, sealed away, yet somehow still speaking.

Kochi Biennale 2025