Students' Biennale 2021: Finding Commonalities Between City and Village Experience.
Artists: Ahalya Rajendran and Kanika Nagpal. Curated by Vasudha Thozhur.
Vibration over my house Vibration over my house (detail 2) by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
“Vibration over my House” is about the constant vibration Kanika experiences..
Vibration over my house Vibration over my house (detail) by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
..due to the working of machines under her house.
Untitled Untitled by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
Kanika has worked on four images showing the workings inside and outside her home.
Untitled Untitled (4) by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
She shows window grates and electronic wiring.
Untitled Untitled (3) by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
With sacks and poles placed against the brick walls outside.
Untitled Untitled (2) by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
The MOHIT sacks are stacked outside the open door.
Untitled Untitled (1) by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
With labels indicating the ingredients and objects inside each one.
Working under my house 1 Working under my house 1 by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
These two works are based on different parts of her house and the factory beneath. The workspace of the canvas has been divided in such a way that the upper half represents the house and the lower half represents the factory.
Working under my house 1 Working under my house 1 (detail) by Kanika NagpalKochi-Muziris Biennale
A dividing line representing the roof strip of the house conveys the two different lives that amalgamate on a daily basis within the structure.
Honey haunt by Ahalya RajKochi-Muziris Biennale
Ahalya comes from a family with an agricultural background.
Distance to honey by Ahalya RajKochi-Muziris Biennale
Her work mainly features aspects of farming,
Untitled by Ahalya RajKochi-Muziris Biennale
her personal experiences and the scenes from her village.
The Students’ Biennale seeks to complement and strengthen the fine arts education system in India and is the largest educational initiative of the Kochi Biennale Foundation. The fourth edition was led by a team of five artists and art educators – Adip Dutta, Archana Hande, Manoj Vyloor, Suresh K Nair and Vasudha Thozhur, and featured 314 student artists from over 62 education institutions across India to produce approximately 45 projects.
Compiled and Edited by Mala Yamey
https://art.snu.edu.in/people/faculty/vasudha-thozhur
https://www.instagram.com/ahalya_rajendran/?hl=en
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