KOCHI:
The Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2018, beginning on December 12, will feature 95 artist projects, and will feature ‘infra-projects’, a model that was non-existent in the previous three editions of India’s largest contemporary art event.
The Biennale’s infra-projects are novel assemblages of artworks put together by external curators within the framework and spirit of the Biennale. Five such projects have been included in the Biennale by invitation of Anita Dube, the curator and artistic director of the festival ending on March 29 next year.
The upcoming KMB is also the world’s first biennial exhibition to have women totalling more than half the number of participating artists. It has also expanded the exhibition model to include an interactive Pavilion, which permits visitors to share and initiate dialogue, as a learning experiment. In addition, the majority of the artists are from the global South, decentralising focus that can often be skewed to the West.
The complete list:
Artists of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018
Aernout Mik (Netherlands), Afrah Shafiq (India), Ajay Desai (India), Akram Zaatari (Lebanon), Anagram Architects (India), Anjali Monteiro + KP Jayasankar (India), Anju Dodiya (India), Annu Palakunnathu Matthew (India/US), Anoli Perera (Sri Lanka), Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook (Thailand), Arun Kumar HG (India), Aryakrishnan Ramakrishnan (India), Bapi Das (India), Barthélémy Toguo (Cameroon), Bracha Ettinger (Israel/France), Brook Andrew (Australia), BV Suresh (India), Celia – Yunior (Cuba), Chandan Gomes (India), Chitra Ganesh (India/US), Chittaprosad (India), Cyrus Kabiru (Kenya), Dennis Muraguri (Kenya), Domenec (Spain), E.B. Itso (Denmark), Goshka Macuga (Poland/UK), Guerilla girls (USA), Hassan Khan + Andeel (Egypt), Heavy Industries (South Korea), Heri Dono (Indonesia), Ines Doujak + John Barker (Austria/UK), Jitish Kallat (India), Julie Gough (Australia), Jun Nguyen Hatsushiba (Vietnam/Japan), Juul Kraijer (Netherlands), K.P.Krishnakumar (India), Kausik Mukhopadhyay (India), Kibuuka Mukisa Oscar (Uganda), Leandro Feal (Cuba), Lubna Chowdhary (London/UK), Madhvi Parekh (Delhi, India), Marlene Dumas (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Martha Rosler (USA), Marzia Farhana (Bangladesh), Mireille Kassar (France/ Lebanon), Mochu + Suvani Suri (Delhi, India), Monica Mayer (Mexico), Mrinalini Mukherjee (India), Nathan Coley (Glasgow, UK), Nilima Sheikh (Delhi, India), Oorali (India), Otolith Group (UK), Pangrok Sulap (Malaysia), Prabhakar Pachpute (Mumbai, India), Priya Ravish Mehra (Delhi, India), Probir Gupta (Delhi, India), Radenko Milak (Bosnia / Herzegovina), Rana Hamadeh (Netherlands), Rania Stephan (Lebanon), Rehana Zaman (Pakistan/ UK), Rina Banerjee (Manhattan, USA), Rula Halawani (Palestine), Santu Mofokeng (South Africa), Satheesh PR (Kerala, India), Shambhavi Singh (Delhi, India), Shanta (Tasara) (Kerala, India), Shilpa Gupta (Mumbai, India), Shirin Neshat (New York), Shubigi Rao (Singapore), Song Dong (China), Sonia Khurana (Delhi, India), Sue Williamson (Capetown, South Africa), Sunil Gupta + Charan Singh (India/UK), Sunil Janah (India), Tabita Rezaire (Johannesburg, South Africa), Tania Bruguera (Havana, Cuba), Tania Candiani (Mexico), Tejal Shah (India), Temsuyanger Longkumer (India/UK), Thomas Hirschhorn (Paris, France), VALIE EXPORT (Austria), Vanessa Baird (Norway), Veda Thozhur Kolleri (Kerala, India), Vicky Roy (Delhi, India), Vinu VV (Kerala, India), Vipin Dhanurdharan (Kerala, India), Vivian Caccuri (Brazil), Walid Raad / The Atlas Group (Lebanon), Willam Kentridge (South Africa), Zanele Muholi (South Africa)
Infra Projects of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018
Edible Archives (India), Oskar Schlemmer (Germany), Sister Library (India), Srinagar Biennale (India), Vyams Project (Bhopal, India)
