One of artist Vivek Vilasini’s works at his solo exhibition ‘...and for those who do not sing the national anthem in their mother tongue’ at Sakshi Gallery, is of a fuchsia pink wall. Two Malayalam words — Parasyam Padilla or ‘No advertisements or posters allowed’ — are painted neatly on the wall. The next picture is even more striking. There is a multi-coloured hen coop (with bright pink walls, a purple roof and yellow windows) and, most interestingly, two hens lazying around. The pictures are part of Vilasini’s series on housing dreams, which he shot in Palakkad while travelling around Kerala. He describes these pictures as “brave aesthetic”, elaborating that the bright colours are symbolic of the dreams that the people of Kerala harboured, buoyed by their new-found economic freedom and prosperity in the 1990s. “They house their dreams in these spaces,” adds Vilasini.