For the inaugural event Dr. Samantha Lackey, Director of Liverpool Biennial, and Manuela Moscoso, Curator of the 11th edition presented us “The Stomach And The Port” which took place between June and September 2021.
Poka-Yio, Founder and Director of the Athens Biennale discusses the situation of the 7th edition produced in the time of Covid19 and the challenges faced when forced to move the opening dates.
Agniya Mirgorodskaya, Founder and Commissioner of RIBOCA (Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art) discusses the situation of the 2nd edition and suddenly it all blossoms produced in the time of Covid19.
Presentations by:
Sofiane Ouissi – Director, Dream City
Patrick Mudekereza – Director, Lubumbashi Biennale
2nd General Assembly – Conversation program
Christine Tohme – Director, Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts and Home works, Khalil Rabah – Artist and Director, Riwaq Biennale
Moderated by Tarek Abou el Fetouh – Independent Curator
Keynote Lecture – Salah Hassan “Rethinking Cosmopolitanism: Is Afropolitan the Answer?”
Salah Hassan is the Goldwin Smith Professor and Director of the Institute for Comparative Modernities (ICM), and Professor of African and African Diaspora Art History and Visual Culture in the Africana Studies and Research Center, and the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies at Cornell University. Salah M. Hassan is the Director of The Africa Institute, Sharjah, UAE.
Introduction by Hoor Al Qasimi – President, Sharjah Art Foundation, Opening words by Tarek Abou el Fetouh – Independent Curator
Special Project for the 20th Anniversary of Gwangju Biennale: ‘Sweet Due – after 1980 A series of lectures by Chilean public artist, Alfredo Jaar and London-based Serpentine Art Gallery chairman, Hans Urich Obrist
Special Project for the 20th Anniversary of Gwangju Biennale Sweet dew- since 1980 Venue: [Gasigi Hall], Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall
Title: The Ground Breakers
International Symposium & Public Lecture Special Project for the 20th Anniversary of Gwangju Biennale Sweet dew- since 1980.
Venue: [Gasigi Hall], Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall
Special Project for the 20th Anniversary of Gwangju Biennale Sweet dew- since 1980
Speaker: Jean de LOISY ( Palais de Tokyo Director, Paris) Topic: Art and Social Change (Arts & Social Change) Hongik hongmungwan Garam Hall (4B)
Panel discussion: “Institutional Critique—How to be Self-Critical in Biennial Work”
Galit Eilat – Co-Curator, 31st Bienal de São Paulo, Hedwig Fijen – Director, Manifesta – The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Geeta Kapur – art critic and curator, Ahmet Öğüt – artist, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev – writer, art historian and curator
How can biennials serve as instruments to open up cultural debates? Can they encourage plurality of diverse opinions and support the right to freedom of artistic expression? How do international/local as well as sources of funding influence the decisions about biennials? Is it the right time to be self-critical and incorporate institutional critique into the current debates?
Moderated by Bige Örer, Director, Istanbul Biennale
First IBA General Assembly: Conference “Why Biennial? Why Associate?” held at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Dates: 10th – 13th July, 2014
Keynote lecture: “Why Biennial?” Maria Hlavajova, Artistic Director BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and FORMER WEST
Introduction: Gabriele Horn and Marieke Van Hal
First IBA General Assembly: Conference “Why Biennial? Why Associate?” held at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Dates: 10th – 13th July, 2014
