Chennai Photo Biennale announces the theme for its third edition in 2021

As with every live event, the pandemic had rained on Chennai Photo Biennale’s plans for its third edition too, which was scheduled to be held this month. At a virtual webinar held on December 9, Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation joined hands with the four-member curatorial team of the third edition to announce the first list of artists and theme. Maps of Disquiet plans to address the “exigencies of our times” : Everything from the resistance to majoritarian impositions, ecological collapse and technological dystopia, by building “new networks of solidarity.” The idea of cartography and borders come in to address the invisible realms of power and knowledge: “It asks, whose resources? We didn’t want it to be too much of a reaction to the news, but at the same time, the question was how we would speak about what’s happening around us.” The first list of artists include Andreas Langfeld, Babu Eshwar Prasad, Gauri Gill, Hito Steyerl, Katrin Koenning, Lieko Shiga, Lisa Rave, Mohini Chandra, Nico Joana Weber, Rohini Devasher, Rory Pilgrim, Sanchyan Ghosh, Saranraj, Senthil Kumaran, Siva Sai Jeevanantham, Soumya Shankar Bose, Susanne Kriemann, Tobias Zelony, Vamika Jain, Vasudha Thozhur and Yuvan Aves.