Shifting Gravity: World Biennial Forum N°1

'The thriving of art biennials over the past three decades across the globe—and most notably in Asia—provokes a shift away from the traditional centers of contemporary art. The rise of biennials signifies a new cultural phenomenon that changes the way we understand the relationship between artistic creation, institutions, localities, and social relations. Through biennials, contemporary art from all over the world is presented to a traveling group of art professionals, but more importantly to a wide audience of an unprecedented scale. Initiated by the Biennial Foundation and hosted by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation in South Korea, the inaugural World Biennial Forum investigated this multiplicity of new centers and gravities along with the heterogeneous practices in art biennials today.

Edited by Ute Meta Bauer and Hou Hanru, co-directors of the World Biennial Forum N°1—Shifting Gravity, this publication collects the presentations and discussions developed during the forum. Keynotes by eminent intellectuals Wang Hui, Nikos Papastergiadis, and Chantal Mouffe on democracy, aesthetic representation, and cosmopolitanism help us conceive of biennials as an alternative space of political imagination. Biennial case studies with a focus on Asia examine innovative and contextually relevant models of biennials in the Asia Pacific region. René Block, as the guest of honor, looks back to the history of biennials, while Hans Ulrich Obrist's interview with South Korean artists JEON Joonho and MOON Kyungwon investigates contemporary art's relationship with other disciplines.' - from back cover

Includes profiles of participating biennials and biographies of contributors.

Access level

Onsite

publisher

Gwangju Biennale Foundation, 재단법인 광주비엔날레국제 (Gwangju, South Korea),

Hatje Cantz Verlag (Ostfildern, Germany)

editor

Ute Meta BAUER,

HOU Hanru, 侯瀚如

Location code

REF.BUM2

Language

English

Keyword

perennial exhibition, conference

Publication/Creation date

2013

No of pages

224

ISBN / ISSN

9783775736930

No of copies

Content type

conference proceedings

Chapter headings

Shifting Gravity

The Crisis and Opportunity of Biennials - LEE Yongwoo, 이용우

Bringing the Biennial Community Together - Marieke VAN HAL

The Inaugural World Biennial Forum - Elke AUS DEM MOORE

Shifting Gravity - Ute Meta BAUER, HOU Hanru, 侯瀚如

Keynotes

Rethinking Equality: The Decline of Representation - WANG Hui

The Cosmos in Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism - Nikos PAPASTERGIADIS

Democracy, Human Rights, and Cosmopolitanism: An Agonistic Approach - Chantal MOUFFE

Case Studies

Asia Pacific—Part A: Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Biennale of Sydney, and Biennale Jogja - Caroline TURNER, Jonathan WATKINS, Alia SWASTIKA, Ursula ZELLER

Asia Pacific—Part B: Taipei Biennial, Shanghai Biennale, Yokohama Triennial, and KOBE Biennale - CHANG Fang-Wei, 張芳薇, ZHANG Qing, 張晴, Eriko OSAKA, 逢坂恵理子, Ritsuko TAHO, 田甫律子, ZHENG Yang

Architecture—Design—Infrastructure: Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Gwangju Design Biennale, and Guangzhou Triennial - OU Ning, 歐寧, PAI Hyungmin, 배형민, WANG Huangsheng, 王璜生, Ute Meta BAUER

Emergent—Alternative: Emergency Biennale, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Land Art Mongolia 360°, Tbilisi Triennial, and Chobi Mela - Evelyne JOUANNO, Riyas KOMU, Marc SCHMITZ, Wato TSERETELI, Shahidul ALAM, Marie LE SOURD

South Korea: Gwangju Biennale, Mediacity Seoul, and Anyang Public Art Project - LEE Yongwoo, 이용우, YU Jinsang, 유진상, BECK Jeesook, 백지숙, KIM Honghee, b. 1948, 김홍희

'Asia' and Its Margins: Istanbul Biennial, Meeting Points, Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, and Sharjah Biennial - Bige ÖRER, Tarek ABOU EL FETOUH, Alisa PRUDNIKOVA, Hoor AL QASIMI, HOU Hanru, 侯瀚如

Special Guests

We Hop On, We Hop Off: The Ever-faster Spinning Carousel of Biennials - René BLOCK

Interview with MOON Kyungwon and JEON Joonho - Hans Ulrich OBRIST

Questionnaires

The Role of Biennials?

The Function and Potential of Biennials?

The Challenges Faced by Biennials?

Are Biennials Alternative Sites for Experimentation and Resistance?

The Financing of International Contemporary Art Biennials: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV)

Shifting Gravity: World Biennial Forum N°1

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