The Cabral Yard, one of the venues of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is just a few yards away from the Aspinwall house, the main venue. The yard is a huge plot surrounded by a compound wall that comes alive during the time of the Biennale. It goes back into its natural state with vegetations growing and as of now, there are no structures built permanently.
The Pavilion is a creative installation by the Anagram architects designed temporarily at the Cabral Yard which consists of a dome resembling a 'Koothambalam', the apex is simply beautiful! Koothu is an ancient and popular traditional art-form where the main artist performs a certain dance like moves at the same time narrating stories with humor, mostly from the epics,
The concept of this installation is wonderful. Designed in such a way, an easily removed structure erected respecting nature and when the Biennale will be over the structure will be removed and the yard goes into its natural state until the next Biennale. Numerous programs take place during the Biennale here.
What fascinated us is the apex of this magnificent pavilion! Of course, there are iron beams all around somehow e get the feel that these are submerged into the wooden poles, the sky, and natural light illuminating the interior! Marvelous! I was thinking about how beautiful it would be here with moonlight embracing the yard and a star-studded sky visible through the roof!
It was a very sunny day and we were tired already. On the way to the beach, we spotted this beautiful cafe, the Bench Restocafe.
It was refreshing to enjoy a cup of tea after a long and tiring walk!
The bread and butter sprinkled with balsamic vinegar was yummy.
Lemonade with soda!
I do not think anyone would disagree with the fact that Biennale is getting better and better over the years. Fortkochi is witnessing a steady inflow of people from all over the world and the star attraction is Biennale!
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