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artists & participants
Merve Bedir,
Bors & Ritiu,
Lehman Brothers,
Nanna Debois Buhl,
Burak Delier,
Andrea Faciu,
Brendan Fernandes,
Adelita Husni-Bey,
Tamas Kaszas,
Tuomas A. Laitinen,
Metahaven,
Rie Nakajima,
Visible Solutions,
Speedism,
Pilvi Takala,
Nasan Tur,
Allard van Hoorn,
Jaro Varga,
Vermeir & Heiremans,
Andrew Norman Wilson
curator
press release
The BUCHAREST BIENNALE continues to build a strong partnership between Bucharest — a geocultural space where the political is reflected in all aspects of life—and the rest of the World. In transcending specific geographical, historical, or political frameworks, it connects to a broader complexity, namely the one of “resistance” within the quotidian realm.
As a biannual cultural event, BB’s temporary structure allows a deconstruction of the systems supporting and underlying what has been called the “experience economy”. The Bucharest Biennale goes beyond merely orchestrating memorable “events” that aim for prescribed notions of customizable transformation, which are characteristic of this economic model and importantly reflected in the global biennial format as well. Instead, the Biennale offers a platform to analyse, and potentially redirect, current social, political and economic imaginaries. It intends to make visible the power structures supporting such spheres of control, addressing the ways in which they are organized and coordinated, as well as implemented across broad segments of society. The Biennale is an attempt to turn these scripted “experiences” upside down, to re-think and re-imagine processes of domination, while positioning the cityof Bucharest as a field of cultural action and exchange.
With its innovative model refined throughout the previous six editions, the Bucharest Biennale is now regarded as one of the most vital biennials in Europe, holding a widely respected position within the international art scene.
artists:
Merve Bedir (TR), Borș & Rițiu (RO), Nanna Debois Buhl (DK), Burak Delier (TR), Andrea Faciu (RO), Brendan Fernandes (CA), Allard van Hoorn (NL), Adelita Husni-Bey (IT), Tuomas A. Laitinen (FI), Lehman Brothers (DK), Tamás Kaszás (HU), Metahaven (NL), Rie Nakajima (JP), SPEEDISM (BE), Nasan Tur (DE), Jaro Varga (SK), Vermeir & Heiremans (BE), Visible Solutions LLC (ES), Pilvi Takala (FI), Andrew Norman Wilson (US)