The house that remembers
Termite traces, sawdust figures, cow dung and plastic—four artists gather what is often discarded, assembling a slow archive of impermanence that refuses disappearance.
Published 31 December 2025
This has finished
- On view
- 12 December 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Times
- 10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday) Till March 31st, 2026
- Part of
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025–26
Where
BMS Warehouse
Event venue · Bazaar Road, Mattancherry
Each material carries its own story of erosion and persistence—termite traces, fragments shaped in childhood mills, beadwork that forms images. These marks reveal how histories are erased, sold, or rendered insignificant.
Artists
Ambika Shirodkar (Goa College of Art), Reedhvi Hanumant Thanekar (Goa College of Art), Shilpeksh Khalorkar (MSU, Baroda), Unik Ramchandra Chari (Goa College of Art)
Medium
Beads; Sawdust; Laser print on cardboard, wooden frame; Cow dung and Plastic
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About
The house that remembers begins within the unstable terrain of memory. Termite-marked cardboard, sawdust sculptures, cow dung utensils, the quiet labour of women unfolding from a box-like home—four artists from Goa and Baroda gather what is often overlooked.
Ambika Shirodkar works in beads, forming meticulous images. Reedhvi Hanumant Thanekar sculpts in sawdust. Shilpeksh Khalorkar uses laser prints on cardboard. Unik Ramchandra Chari combines cow dung and plastic—materials that shouldn't coexist, yet do.
Together they assemble a slow archive of impermanence: figures formed from sawdust, unnamed faces salvaged from flea markets, sewn images of women in shifting roles. All refuse disappearance. The work practices quiet disobedience, attending to what lingers, what has been discarded, and what must be re-seen to be remembered.