SACO Bienal, formerly an arts festival held yearly in Antofagasta in the north of Chile has recently developed into a Biennial format with plans to engage with a number of other institutions nationally and internationally. Dagmara Wyskiel, director of SACO Bienal and Carlos Rendón, its external relationship manager give an engaging presentation of SACO’s region and of the biennial.
Coventry Biennial Founding Director Ryan Hughes and HYPER-POSSIBLE Co-Curator Anneka French join us in conversation describing the project and process behind the 3rd Coventry Biennial which took place in 2021
Nevenka Šivavec, Director of MGLC Ljubljana and Artistic Director of the 34th edition of the Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, and Tjaša Pogačar, curator of ISKRA DELTA, present the concept behind this year’s biennial.
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
