ART

ART IS A DIVERSE RANGE OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND THE PRODUCT OF THOSE

ACTIVITIES.

CULTURAL CENTRE
THE CULTURAL CENTRE IS OFTEN A MEETING POINT IN SMALL COMMUNITIES WHERE
PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO PRESERVE TRADITIONS AND DEVELOP CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE THE PARTICIPATION OF THE WHOLE FAMILY.
AS A GENERAL RULE, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CULTURAL CENTRES ARE FREE OR
VERY AFFORDABLE, SO THAT NOBODY BE DISMISSED FOR ECONOMIC REASONS.
THE PROPERTY OF CULTURAL CENTRES IS USUALLY STATE OR COOPERATIVE,
BECAUSE IT GENERALLY NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS

KERALA
KERALA, A LAND OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY,IS A COMPLETE WHOLE MADE UP OF A
BLENDING OF VARIOUS RELIGIONS, COMMUNITIES, REGIONAL CULTURES AND
LANGUAGE VARIATIONS.
THE CULTURAL VARIETY OF KERALA WAS CREATED BY ITS UNIQUE GEOGRAPHIC
FEATURES AS IT LIES BETWEEN THE ARABIAN SEA AND THE WESTERN GHATS.
RICH IN RAIN FORESTS, ITS ANCIENT TRADE RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN LANDS,
ENTRY OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES DURING DIFFERENT PERIODS, AGRICULTURAL
TRADITION, CUISINE AND ITS TRADITION OF ART LITERATURE SCIENCE AND ALL
THESE MAKE THE LAND, KERALA.

CHANGANACHERRY IS MUNCIPALITY IN KOTTAYAM DISTRICT IN THE STATE

OF KERALA, INDIA, LOCATED 18 KM SOUTH OF KOTTAYAM ,WITH A POPULATION
OF ABOUT 50,000.
THE TOWN IS SITUATED NEAR THE TRIPOINT OF KOTTAYAM,
ALAPPUZHA AND PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICTS.

SOCIAL
1. TO PROVIDE A GOOD WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CREATION , WORKSHOP,
EXHIBITION AND PRESENTATION.
2. TO FULFIL THE SOLITUDE ENVIRONMENT REQUIRED BY ARTISTS , COHERENT WITH
THEIR WAY OF LIVING AND WORKING STYLE.
3. ENCOURAGE INTER CULTURAL ARTISTIC DIALOGUES AND COLLABORATION
BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, ARTS PRACTITIONERS AND LOCAL INDIAN
ARTISANS.
4. PERPETUATE AND STRENTHEN THE CULTURAL ROOTS OF THE EMERGING
GENERATIONS.
5. TO STRENGTHEN SHARED IDENTITIES AND CREATE MORE OPPURTUNITIES FOR
SOCAIL INTERACTION AND CELEBRATE THE POTENTIAL OF PUBLIC SPACE

CULTURAL
1. INCREASE THE APPRECIATION OF INDIAN ARTS , HERITAGE AND CRAFTS THROUGH
EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.
2. A CULTURAL CENTRE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING AND
APPRECIATION OF INDIAN TRADITIONAL ARTS.

PHYSICAL
1. TO PROMOTE PLAZAS AND PARKS AS A WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
2. A PLATFORM WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ARTISTS TO CONDUCT LECTURES, SEMINARS
AND READINGS OF THEIR LITERARY WORK.
3. TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR SEMINARS AND EXHIBITIONS AND FOR EXCHANGE OF THEIR
VIEWS AND IDEAS.
4. OFFER VISIBILITY TO INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL ARTS AND ARTISANS, CRAFTS AAND
CRAFTS PERSONS THROUGH MUSEUM.

OBJECTIVE
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE TO CREATE A PLATFORM SHARE THE
INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS FORMS OF ART THROUGH WORKSHOPS, GALLERY AND
EXHIBITIONS, AND PROVIDE A SPACE FOR ATRISTS TO COME TOGETHER AND CREATE
NEW PIECES OF ARTWORK.
TO SPREAD THE INFLUENCE OF, AND INTEREST IN LITERATURE THROUGHOUT THE
STATE TO FACILITATE CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE REGIONS ETHNICALLY
DIVERSE POPULATION THROUGH THE APPRECIATION OF WORKS OF LITERATURE.
ALSO TO IGNITE CREATIVE INSTINICT IN PEOPLE THROUGH THESE EXHIBITIONS AND
INTERACTIONS.

ART GALLERY AND WORKSHOPS

MULTI PURPOSE HALL
QUARTERS
TRADE CENTRE
INTERACTIVE SPACE

THE KOCHI BIENNALE FOUNDATION (KBF) IS A NON-PROFIT CHARITABLE TRUST

ENGAGED IN PROMOTING ART & CULTURE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN INDIA;
PRIMARY AMONGST THEM THE HOSTING OF THE KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE. KBF
WORKS AROUND THE YEAR TO STRENGTHEN CONTEMPORARY ART
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO BROADEN PUBLIC ACCESS TO ART ACROSS INDIA.

THE BIENNALE ACCRUED 150,000 VISITORS IN ITS FIRST MONTH AND 250,000
VISITORS IN ITS SECOND, AVERAGING A THOUSAND VISITORS A DAY (AS HIGH AS
5,000 DAILY AND 10,000 ON WEEKENDS, EARLY JANUARY)