Archive · 17 Dec 2025
Artist Highlights Migrant Labor at Kochi Biennale
An artist named Birender Yadav created a special art piece at a big art show in Kochi.
His work is like a brick kiln, but instead of workers, it shows their tools, clothes, and other things made of clay.
This is to show how hard migrant workers work and how their hard work is often not noticed.
He also talked about these workers at another art event in Goa, saying that they keep moving to new places and new workers come every few months.
The artist wants people to understand the difficulties these workers face.
Artist Birender Yadav's installation at Kochi-Muziris Biennale highlights migrant labor through clay artifacts.
The installation includes tools, clothes, and a trunk symbolizing the belongings of migrant workers.
A clay vertebra suspended from the roof represents the physical strain of lifting heavy weights.
Yadav is also part of the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa, sharing stories of migrant workers.
He notes that migrant workers frequently move, with new batches replacing old ones every few months.
- Who
- Artist Birender Yadav
- What
- Installation highlighting migrant labor
- When
- During Kochi-Muziris Biennale and Serendipity Arts Festival
- Where
- Aspinwall House, Kochi and Goa
- Why
- To acknowledge the suffering and labor of migrant workers
- Artist
- Birender Yadav
- Installation Title
- Only the Earth Knows Their Labour
- Location
- Aspinwall House, Kochi-Muziris Biennale
- Additional Exhibition
- Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa
- Curator
- Ravi Agarwal
- Exhibition Title
- Murmurations