Kochi is a coastal city tempered by sea waters and warm breezes. Mould, moss and rust underline the city’s rustic beauty, with the salty sea air giving it an unpolished character. Old weatherbeaten warehouses impose themselves onto lanes, providing windows that look into the by-lanes. Brightly painted colours seem to be peeling off in search of their original identity. The town’s fading surfaces have already been appropriated into galleries filled with art, open to everyone through the popular Biennale. A motley collection of seeds, spices, objects of a bygone era with daubs of Che Guevara’s quotes are visuals commonly seen in the community spaces and street markets.
