Gabriel Lester

Visitors to the biennale looking at the titled house like structure

Visitors to the biennale standing in line to enter the dwelling of the Kappiri spirits

The titled installation supported by beams

Inside the wooden house placed on a desk was a burning cigar

In Fort Kochi, cigars as often offered to the shrine of the deceased African to appease the afflicted spirit.

The installation Kappiri Spirits (2016) is a large wooden house like structure tilted like a boat swaying in the ocean winds. The window curtains represent sails of a dhow that were used in the Indian Ocean maritime trade