Art that Breathes

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale returns this December. Multidisciplinary artist and curator Nikhil Chopra on what to expect.

- Chelna Khatau

Curator of the sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale Nikhil Chopra has collaborated with HH Art Spaces, a Goa-based artist-run collective and movement, to co-create an exhibition that he hopes is responsive, alive, and continually evolving, thereby resisting the pressures and expectations of a more conventional biennale. Chopra, who co-founded the collective that works with performance, visual, sonic, and installation artists says, “We have become the space—or set of people—who are invited to activate the ‘live’ aspect of exhibitions. We were part of the Invitations Programme at the fifth edition of the Kochi Biennale, so it naturally flows into looking at what we do as an art space.”

Titled For the Time Being, the sixth edition of the Biennale will open on December 12, 2025 and will run until March 31, 2026. Chopra shares more.

What is your vision for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale?