Gwangju Biennale

The 13th Gwangju Biennale 2021 Reveals List of Participants

The Artistic Directors of the 13th Gwangju Biennale, Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala, announced further details of their plans for the forthcoming edition of the Biennale, Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning.

Emo de Medeiros, Vodunaut #003 (Hyperceiver), 2018, motorcycle
helmet, cowries, spray paint, smartphone, HD video, 40 x 40 x 30
cm, courtesy of the artist

Emo de Medeiros, Vodunaut #003 (Hyperceiver), 2018, motorcycle helmet, cowries, spray paint, smartphone, HD video, 40 x 40 x 30 cm, courtesy of the artist

Having launched the editorial platform of the Biennale, “Minds Rising”, and the online public programme with the forum GB Talks |Rising to the Surface: Practicing Solidarity Futures, Ayas and Ginwala are now anounncing 69 participating artists, 41 new commissions, and the Biennale exhibition venues in Gwangju, Korea.

The exhibition delves into a broad set of cosmologies, activating multitudinous forms of intelligence, planetary life-systems, and modes of communal survival as they contend with the future horizon of cognitive capitalism, algorithmic violence and planetary imperialisms.

 

Participants (* denotes new commissions)

∞OS (Dmitry Paranyushkin and Koo Des)*, Pacita Abad, Korakrit Arunanondchai*, Katarina Barruk*, Farid Belkahia, Cecilia Bengolea, Seyni Camara*, Quishile Charan & Esha Pillay (aka The Bad Fiji Gyals), Yin-Ju Chen & Li-Chun Lin (Marina)*, Ali Cherri, Hyun-Taek Cho*, Vaginal Davis*, Cian Dayrit*, Emo de Medeiros, Patricia Domínguez, Theo Eshetu*, Gerard Fortuné, John Gerrard, Sonia Gomes, Trajal Harrell*, Femke Herregraven*, Lynn Hershman Leeson*, Tishan Hsu, Gözde Ilkin*, Jeong Kwan, Jumaadi, Karrabing Film Collective*, Sangdon Kim*, Sylbee Kim*, Timoteus Anggawan Kusno*, Kwak Duck-Jun, Gap-Chul Lee, Kangseung Lee*, Sangho Lee, Liliane Lijn, Candice Lin*, Vivian Lynn, Abu Bakarr Mansaray*, Angela Melitopoulos*, Ana María Millán*, Min Joung-Ki*, Ad Minoliti*, Moon Kyungwon*, MOON & JEON, Siyabonga Mthembu*, nasa4nasa*, Pedro Neves Marques, Kira Nova*, Fernando Palma Rodríguez*, People’s Archive of Rural India – PARI, Rajni Perera*, Outi Pieski*, Angelo Plessas*, Gala Porras-Kim*, Ana Prvački*, Judy Radul*, Sahej Rahal*, Zofia Rydet, Jacolby Satterwhite, Arpita Singh, Tcheu Siong, Chrysanne Stathacos*, Alexandra Sukhareva, Shannon Te Ao, Sissel Tolaas*, Cecilia Vicuña*, Ouattara Watts, Shen Xin*, Tuguldur Yondonjamts*

 

Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning: 13th Gwangju Biennale

February 26–May 9, 2021

Opening Date: February 26

Public Programmes: Ongoing

 

Gwangju Biennale

111 Biennale-ro, Buk-gu

61104 Gwangju

South Korea

 

13thgwangjubiennale.org

 

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