The three-month-long Kochi-Muziris
Biennale that opens Dec 12 with an art and music gala will be playing to
packed houses in this ancient Kerala city’s tourism industry that is
currently stagnating.
Kochi (formerly Cochin), dating back to Biblical times, is booked for 12/12/12 — a day that many god-fearing residents await with bated breath. The biennale will exhibit artwork and create site-specific installations in Fort Kochi, Mattancherry, Kochi city and Muziris town, the site of an early secular port that was washed away by a deluge around 13 AD.
The non-profit event will use heritage buildings and disused structures in the old quarters of Kochi and Muziris as exhibition venues to regenerate the region’s history and open its culture to the world.
The tourism industry is thus pinning its hopes on the biennale to
breathe new blood in the city’s stagnating tourism economy. The inflow
of domestic and foreign visitors here has not seen any increase despite
investment and growth in the shipping trade. The bulk of tourists here
are business travellers who come for short stays.
Kochi (formerly Cochin), dating back to Biblical times, is booked for 12/12/12 — a day that many god-fearing residents await with bated breath. The biennale will exhibit artwork and create site-specific installations in Fort Kochi, Mattancherry, Kochi city and Muziris town, the site of an early secular port that was washed away by a deluge around 13 AD.
The non-profit event will use heritage buildings and disused structures in the old quarters of Kochi and Muziris as exhibition venues to regenerate the region’s history and open its culture to the world.
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