When Kochi Muziris Biennale (KMB) began in 2012, the artist-led non-profit Kochi Biennale foundation chose decaying warehouses in Fort Kochi to host India’s first large-scale contemporary art bi-annual. Aspinwall House has been its primary site, Five acres of ageing ignored infrastructure until artists imagined what it could be. Wading through knee-deep water to confront refugee trauma, listening to exiled poets whisper from inside a vast pyramid tomb, consuming forgotten ric