Chennai Photo Biennale’s third edition is open from 9 December – 6 February 2022, which includes digital and physical exhibitions, online journals, biennale publications, artist talks, photo awards, student engagements and much more.
● Chennai Photo Biennale is set to open its doors for it’s third edition from 9 December 2021 – 6 February 2022 – the only biennale to launch in India this year.
● The biennale’s third edition is curated by Arko Datto, Bhooma Padmanabhan, Boaz Levin and Kerstin Meincke. Titled Maps of Disquiet, the third edition of the Biennale will reflect on the exigencies of our times: resisting majoritarian impositions, ecological collapse, and technological dystopias by reclaiming pluralities of thought, voices, and art, and building new networks of solidarity and care.
● In advance of the launch, two online journals titled ‘Through the Glass Darkly’ (released on 27 November) and ‘Maps of Disquiet’ launching (mid December) will include reflective texts, podcasts and artworks on the respective themes.
● The Biennale will include an array of programmes including physical exhibitions, hybrid screenings and talks, book launches and conversations, Photo activity day, Student Programs, Virtual and in-person guided tours, amongst others.
The third edition of the Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB), is being presented in hybrid physical-digital forms this year. The international biennale of photography will be held between 9 December 2021 – 6 February 2022, with physical exhibitions in Chennai in spaces including Forum Art Gallery, Ashvita’s Gallery, Roja Muthiah Research Library and Madras Literary Society along with hybrid screenings of video works at Goethe-Institut, Chennai.
