Biennale opens up to bring everyone on board in Kochi

An immersive sound art installation by 43-year-old Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta titled “For, In Your Tongue I Cannot Hide” is dedicated to poets imprisoned, and even executed, for their writings in different countries and centuries. Lines penned by 100 such literary renegades are transmitted through speakers strung from the ceiling in a room. Under the microphones are metal stands that hold printouts of the poems of such rebels as Dareen Tatour, Liu Xia, Habib Jalib, Amanuel Asrat, Irina Ratushinskaya, Hadraawi and Mikayil Mushfig, to name only a few. Gupta’s purpose is obvious: bring. . .

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