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William Kentridge is best known for his expressionist short animation films he creates out of charcoal drawings. "No It is" is a triptych of three flip book films by Kentridge. The three simultaneous streams split a viewer's attention as a character modeled on himself paces anxiously on pages, occasionally breaking into a dance or sweeping a woman into his arms. Landscapes, abstract forms and provocative fragments of text fade in and out of view as the pages flip past in a steady procession accompanied with the sound of a running movie projector. #williamkentridge #art #artist #installation #kmb2014 #kochimuzirisbiennale2014 #biennale #kochi #kerala #malayali #malayalam

Balancing Act by Gulammohammed Sheikh at Vasco Da Gama Square, Fort Kochi. It is a public sculptural installation inspired by an 18th century Jaipur School miniature painting depicting acrobats on a tightrope performing before a ruler and his court. In his sculptural translation of these acrobats, Gulammohammed has modified their facial features to resemble current political figures, thus conflating political intrigues of the present with a similarly turbulent period in the past. In doing so, he points to art's enduring entanglement with politics, as a site to critically reflect on the present. #Gulammohammed #sheikh #art #artist #installation #painting #kmb2014 #kochibiennale #kerala #malayalam (at vasco da gama square)

"Chronicle of the shores foretold" by Gigi Scaria. A performance based sculptural installation that draws together multiple histories and mythologies of labour, religion and maritime trade that entwined on the coastline it stands on. The installation is composed of a large bell which has been converted into a fountain that sprouts water from backwaters nearby. The bell by itself is a universally acknowledged symbol of time and morality. According to Gigi, by putting holes in it and letting water stream through, he is symbolically puncturing time. #gigiscaria #art #artist #installation #kmb2014 #kochibiennale #kochi #kerala #malayali #malayalam #sculpture #shore #foretold

"Chronicle of the shores foretold" by Gigi Scaria. A performance based sculptural installation that draws together multiple histories and mythologies of labour, religion and maritime trade that entwined on the coastline it stands on. The installation is composed of a large bell which has been converted into a fountain that sprouts water from backwaters nearby. The bell by itself is a universally acknowledged symbol of time and morality. According to Gigi, by putting holes in it and letting water stream through, he is symbolically puncturing time. #gigiscaria #art #artist #installation #kmb2014 #kochibiennale #kochi #kerala #malayali #malayalam #sculpture #shore #foretold

"Chronicle of the shores foretold" by Gigi Scaria. A performance based sculptural installation that draws together multiple histories and mythologies of labour, religion and maritime trade that entwined on the coastline it stands on. The installation is composed of a large bell which has been converted into a fountain that sprouts water from backwaters nearby. The bell by itself is a universally acknowledged symbol of time and morality. According to Gigi, by putting holes in it and letting water stream through, he is symbolically puncturing time. #gigiscaria #art #artist #installation #kmb2014 #kochibiennale #kochi #kerala #malayali #malayalam #sculpture #shore #foretold