Rina Banerjee "Pass me the mustard, hide your self like a blemish unseen. Where ever you may be, quiet yourself, play confused, pretend, be absent because the scent of females like mustard sting. Pass me not the mustard but Durga turmeric, saffron and sun.," 2019, acrylic and false eyelashes on paper, 22 x 30 inches
Though this year's biennial is as yet untitled, Dube explained its premise in a statement in which she called the 2018 Kochi-Muziris Biennale a "knowledge laboratory." "My earliest intuitive vision for this edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale to explore the possibilities for a non-alienated life has remained with me," she said. "The need to listen, think, and learn with each other, particularly voices from the margins-of women, of the queer community, the oppressed castes, the whispers and signs of nature-with a spirit of freedom and comradeship is vital."
