Art Exhibition
Pepper House Residency Exhibition feat. 3 artists from Germany
Collateral to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018
We are happy to announce the Opening of the Pepper House Residency Exhibition on Friday, December 14, 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
This showing, as part of the fourth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale with the enchanting theme 'Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life', curated by Anita Dube, presents the artists-in-residence at Pepper House, Fort Kochi, including three bangaloREsidents@Pepper House.
After Joy by Anton Kats:
The work follows the traces of four cargo ships: Vishwa Umang, Vishwa Tarang, Vishwa Asha and Vishwa Abha - Universal Joy, Wave, Hope and Grace - that were built at the shipyard in artist’s hometown as a part of the Indo-Soviet Partnership in 1973 and 1974. The work combines a two-channel audio-visual installation at Heritage Arts and a sculpture made of scrapped propellers at the St. Paul School Junction in Kochi. After Joy is developed through a series of radio interventions in the specificity of both sites – Kherson, Ukraine and Kochi, India and draws on the correlations between Russian cosmism and the recent Ukrainian history.
Singing Patterns by Lisa Premke:
Lisa Premke created the site-specific performative installation Singing Patterns during her bangaloREsidency@Pepper House in 2018.
She was triggered by the many oppositions she saw
Gulfi by Sophie-Therese Trenka-Dalton:
During the Pepper House Residency Exhibition in Kochi, Trenka-Dalton will present two video works, which document different places in Kerala where this influence of the UAE manifests. Her video Dubai Ports World Kochi shows the container port of Kochi and the diverse ship traffic along the canal in front of it. Kochi is the commercial centre of Kerala. On the cranes of the container port one can read the name of the operator DP World, short for Dubai Ports World. The Emirati company manages a growing number of industrial and free ports worldwide.
The second video piece Gulfi was filmed in Kochi, Kozhikode and Malappuram district. The shots show street scenes, shops and billboards with direct motif and text references to the UAE and other Gulf states. Travel agencies use prominent buildings like the Burj Khalifa for advertisements and businesses are named after cities, such as the restaurant Sharjah Palace, the garage Abu Dhabi Motors, or the jewellery chain Dubai Gold and Diamonds.
The Exhibition remains on display till March 29, 2019.
Details
Heritage Arts
Jews St
Jew Town, Kappalandimukku, Mattancherry
Kochi
682002
India