Kochi, Dec. 3 -- Contrasting a cacophony in class IV of the school, students next door are in deep silence, focused on expressing the shades of a favourite sight in their native island.
The visual elements comprise water bodies and coconut palms, as well as the ice-cream vendor. The focused activity primarily seeks to stir children's creativity, courtesy of an imaginative endeavour by the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF).
Not that the loud noises from class IV of Mattancherry's GHSLPS are mere echoes of naughtiness from the children. Seated on the floor, they create sounds by hitting stones together, tapping steel water bottles with a rod, and creating drum-like sounds. Fellow students listen to them with joy, curiosity, and wonder. That i...