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The Kochi-Muziris Biennale's third edition, entitled forming in the pupil of an eye, opening on December 12 and running for 108 days, closing March 29, is the largest contemporary art biennial in South Asia. The main exhibition and an ancillary programme of talks, seminars, workshops, film screenings, and music will take place across a range off venues in Kochi, Kerala, India. Curated by acclaimed Indian artist Sudarshan Shetty, his vision for the 2016 Biennale draws from mythical accounts of India as the "land of seven rivers." The idea of streams flowing, converging and diverging underlies the curatorial questions which KMB 2016 will raise and the knowledge explored through the display and performance of the selected artworks. Looking at motifs such as tradition and community, the central question asks: what does it mean to be together in time—to be contemporary?