This is a creature of the night, a shadow who works from midnight into the wee hours of the morning, that time between the moon and the sun. Our photographer was there to catch the elusive artist at work. We have our own Banksy who goes by the nom de plume Guesswho, and uses for the time being, Fort Kochi’s walls to tell stories via graffiti.

Driven by the belief that if an artist wants to showcase his/her art “all you need is a wall with a view!” Guesswho started work during the last edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale in 2012.

At a time when the latest Biennale is knocking at our doors, when identity of the artist is important, this creative mind seeks anonymity. Guesswho finds “a charm in being anonymous.” Rooting Guesswho’s work in the Indian cultural context we see images of cultural icons from the West merging with ‘our’ icons. So we have Marx and Engels as two philosopher sages, the trinity of Carnatic music become Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and Michael Jackson.

Superman and Wonder Woman versions of Kuttoosan and Dakini share a kiss (of love?) while elsewhere Mona Lisa looks out of a Raja Ravi Varma setting. At work is a thinking man's humour on the walls. Guesswho wants to work with “more sensitive subjects and subjects, which are political in nature during the Biennale.”