 the 3rd edition of the Chennai Photo Biennale, reflects 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 today’s world of highly specialized fields of operation, rigid chains of command and niche disciplinary focus, a space such as a biennale offers the possibility of rethinking our futures through broader parameters that address the complexity of the disquiet that we are experiencing.

The site of the 'Great Trigonometrical Survey' of 1802, the first colonial attempt to measure and map the subcontinent, Chennai today is an arena for the creation of resistant cartographies. The biennale illuminates the invisible realms of power and knowledge that shape our global present while simultaneously navigating contested visions of our global future. It asks, whose resources? Whose rivers? Whose interests? Whose voices? Whose images?

CPB3 - Archive Page

Edition III

CPB III Highlights

Art Houz - 2019

Cholamandal Art Gallery - 2019

Forum Art Gallery - 2019

Gallery Veda - 2019

GCFA - 2019

InKo Centre - 2019

MLS - 2019

MRTS - 2019

Edition II - 2019

IN Chennai Photo Biennale 2019 | Highlights

Dakshinchitra - 2016

Gallery Veda - 2016

Lakshana Gallery - 2016

Lalit Kala Akademi - 2016

Nageshwara Rao Park - 2016

Phoenix Marketcity - 2016

Spaces - 2016

Edition I

Biennale

Edition III

Maps of Disquiet

09 DES - 05 FEB 2022

Maps of Disquiet

09 DES - 05 FEB 2022

Edition II - 2019

Fauna of Mirrors

21 FEB - 23 MAR 2019

Fauna of Mirrors

21 FEB - 23 MAR 2019

Edition I

26 FEB - 13 MAR 2016

26 FEB - 13 MAR 2016

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