Chennai Photo Biennale – The Schedule

Here is a list of all the events and exhibitions that will take place during Chennai Photo Biennale from 26 February–13 March 2016:

Exhibitions

Stones & Stories
Photographer Amar Ramesh tells the timeless story of  Kailasanathar Temple, built on the banks of the Vegavathy River in Kanchipuram, in this exhibition.

Dates: 24 February–2 March 2016
Venue: Art Houz Gallery
Timing: 10am–7pm

Heavenly Bodies—A Photo Diary
C P Satyajit’s photographs which explore the uniqueness of the human body will be exhibited during Chennai Photo Biennale.

Dates: 24 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Lakshana Art Gallery
Timing: 10am–7pm

Beyonder
Sudarshan Chari explores the realm beyond the perception of the human eye.

Dates: 24 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Connexions, Crowne Plaza
Timing: 11am–8pm

In Dreams
In his series In Dreams, Madhavan Palanisamy takes you inside the rabbit hole where interesting and bizarre things happen. The series explores the space inside our subconscious where dreams are born, filled with strange experiences and whimsical stories with photography, writing and film work.

Dates: 25 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Focus 2 Art Gallery
Timing: 11am–7pm

PhotoConcierge Presents Urban Water
Under the guidance of mentors Munem Wasif and Ravi Agarwal, 15 photographers have created bodies of work surrounding the issues of water in Chennai. The participants in the project were Anshika Varma, Arun M, Arun Vijai Mathavan, Balaji Maheshwar, Dhruv Dhakan, Gayatri Ganju, Jordi Pizzaro, Kannagi Khanna, Karen Dias, Nikhil Roshan, Ronny Sen, Sathish Kumar, Sebastian Forkarth, Swastik Pal and Zishaan Akbar.

Dates: 26 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Light House MRTS
Timing: 10am–5pm

Selected Works from Delhi Photo Festival
A curated selection of works from Delhi Photo Festival 2015 will be showcased during Chennai Photo Biennale. Works from legends like Kishor Parekh and Raghu Rai as well as emerging international photographers like Olivier Culman and Daniella Zalcman will also be exhibited.

Dates: 26 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Lalit Kala Akademi
Timing: 10am–7pm

The Last Breath of the Prince
During his three year scholarship with the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta, Spanish documentary photographer Diego Zapatero covered and reconstructed the complete set of characters, costumes and poses of an ancient Panji play, true to the old style of portrait photography.

Dates: 26 February–13 March 2016
Venue: DakshinaChitra
Timing: 10am–6pm

Apparao Galleries
Photographs by Bhupendra Karia, Gautam Bhatia, George K and Navroze Contractor will be exhibited.

Dates: 26 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Apparao Gallery
Timing: 11am–7pm

Surrealistic by Nature
Curated by Yannick Cormier, the exhibition explores the blurring of reality and poetry through the eyes of internationally renowned photographers. Some of the photographers whose works will be displayed in the exhibition are Cristina De Middel, Suresh Punjabi, Piotr Zbierski and Zhang Xiao.

Dates: 27 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Nageswara Rao Park
Timing: 5am–9pm

A Plague o’ Both Your Houses
Olya Morvan’s photographs from the recent pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine shows the human side of the conflict.

Dates: 27 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Alliance Française de Madras
Timing: 11am–7pm

Alter Vision
The body of works presented in this exhibition engages with issues around contemporary culture, specifically on identity and privacy. The photographers who are part of this exhibit are Harsha Biswajit, Maximus Clarke, Rachel Rampleman and Ronny Sen.

Dates: 28 February–28 March 2016
Venue: Forum Art Gallery, Besant Nagar
Timing: 11am–7pm

Behind the Landscape
The exhibition features the works of photographer Miguel Angel Garcia

Dates: 29 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Thiruvanmiyur MRTS
Timing: 10am–10pm

The Indian Dog Show Project
Karan Vaid explores the unique sub culture of the Indian dog show participants.

Dates: 29 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Velechery MRTS
Timing: 10am–5pm

Lensational
Lensational is a non-profit social enterprise that aims to empower marginalised women in developing countries through equipping them with cameras and photography training. Small groups of girls from two NGOs in Chennai were taught the basics of photography and were taken to different locations to shoot on different days. Their selected works are being showcased here.

Dates: 29 February–13 March 2016
Venue: Thiruvanmiyur MRTS
Timing: 10am–5pm

The Tasveer Journal
As part its 10th anniversary, Tasveer presents a special publication of a selection of portfolios previously featured in the Tasveer Journal, in the last four years. The exhibition features the works of 21 artists, including Anna Fox, Aparna Jayakumar, Manjari Sharma, Ryan Lobo and Soumya Sankar Bose.

Dates: 1–8 March 2016
Venue: The Folly at Amethyst
Timing: 11am–8pm

Remembering Chandralekha
Curated by Sadanand Menon, this is a large-format open-air exhibition spanning 20 years of the legendary dancer Chandralekha’s choreographic work.

Dates: 1–13 March 2016
Venue: Spaces, Besant Nagar
Timing: 11am–7pm

Observations of a Time Traveller
Sudarshan Chari shows us how to travel through time in a series of 12 photographs.

Dates: 6–27 March 2016
Venue: Gallery Veda OMR
Timing: 10.30am–6pm

Artist Talks

Pushpamala N
Date: 26 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 1–2.30pm

Rahab Allana
Date: 26 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 2.30–3.30pm

Sebastian Cortes
Date: 26 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 3.30–5pm

Walter Astrada
Date: 27 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 12–2pm

Denis Dailleux
Date: 27 February 2016
Venue: Alliance Française de Madras
Timing: 6–8pm

Pablo Bartholomew
Date: 28 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 12–2pm

Nayantara Gurung Kakshapati
Date: 28 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 2.30–3.30pm

Smita Sharma
Date: 28 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 3.30–4.30pm

Philip Blenkinsop
Date: 28 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 5–7pm

Olivier Remualdo
Date: 29 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 2–3pm

Bonnie Chiu
Date: 29 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 3–4pm

Karolin Klueppel
Date: 29 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 4.30–5.30pm

Samar Jodha
Date: 29 February 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Chennai
Timing: 5.30–7pm

Navaroze Contractor
Date: 1 March 2016
Venue: The Folly at Amethyst
Timing: 5–6pm

George K
Date: 6 March 2016
Venue: Spaces, Besant Nagar
Timing: 6–7pm

Sadanand Menon
Date: 6 March 2016
Venue: Spaces, Besant Nagar
Timing: 7pm

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