Pop up art

As well as our jigsaw collective exhibition at Loafers cafe, Charlie also approached Biju at Master's Art cafe to show his digital work based on Portuguese connections in Goa. Biju's father was a famous writer, teacher and historian and even the road here is named after him.
Now the cafe is also the Indian base for a charity called Yoga Charitable Institution which supports all people in need in Kochi. The cafe sells beautiful crafts made by hand in a nearby workshop. A local homestay welcomes visitors from France and donates a percentage to the charity. So breakfast at the cafe is full of lively chat in French every morning! The banana pancakes are pretty tasty too!

The next pop up show is in the DYFI ( Democratic Youth Federation of India, linked to the Marxist Communist party)  reading room, or vayanashala in Malayalam. 

This tiny space offers today's newspapers for anyone to sit and read, the wall decorated with a striking portrait of Che Guevara. There is also a meeting room and a back room with a TV in the crumbling building, where anyone can watch or sleep. Each day Charlie has been going back to chat and photograph the people who stop by, most of whom give him an address to send the photo! 

Finally Mr Flypost aka CH has been at it at the crack of dawn in the streets again, with full size posters screenprinted with random poems that he imported in his rucksack! 
'Stick no bills' is a common sign here, but the manager of a heritage hotel told him of walls owned by the church where he thought he could get away with it! 

It happens to be right opposite  one of the main biennale venues!