Shanghai Biennale: Bodies of Water
Opens 16 April 2021, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Chief Curator: Andrés Jaque. Curators: Marina Otero Verzier, Lucia Pietroiusti, Filipa Ramos, YOU Mi
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Titled 水体 Bodies of Water, the 13th Shanghai Biennale advocates for processes of planetary re-alliance relying on transspecies collectivity. Exploring forms of fluid solidarity, the Biennale will convene artists to think beyond human-centered and nation-based narratives, connecting the discussions of bodies with those of the environment.
Participating artists:
Alberto Baraya; Ana Mendieta; Antoni Muntadas*; Astrida Neimanis, Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, and Clare Britton*; Ayesha Tan Jones*; Cao Minghao and Chen Jianjun*; Carlos Casas*; Carlos Irijalba*; Cecilia Vicuña; Cheng Xinyi; Cooking Sections (Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe); Dai Chenlian*; Debajo del Sombrero (participating artists: Andrés Fernández, José Manuel Egea, Miguel García, María Lapastora and Belén Sánchez); Diakron and Emil Rønn Andersen*; Diane Severin Nguyen*; Feliciano Centurión; Guo Fengyi; Heather Phillipson*; Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin + David Soin Tappeser)*; Ibiye Camp*; Itziar Okariz*; Jenna Sutela; Joan Jonas*; Karrabing Film Collective; Kyriaki Goni*; Liam Young; Michael Wang*; Nerea Calvillo (C+arquitectas)*; P Staff in collaboration with Basse Stittgen*; Pan Daijing*; Pepe Espaliú; Pu Yingwei*; ReUnion X DMAS*; Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen; Sun Xiaoxing, Qiu Zhen, Zhao Kunfang and Huang Siyao*; Tabita Rézaire; Torkwase Dyson*; Vera Frenkel; WORKac (Amale Andraos and Dan Wood); Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo*; Zheng Mahler (Royce Ng and Daisy Bisenieks)
THE PHASES: IN CRESCENDO BIENNALE
For the first time, the Shanghai Biennale will operate as an eight-month “in crescendo” project, unfolding in three phases:
PHASE 01: A WET-RUN REHEARSAL.
November 10–14, 2020. A summit bringing together contributors to present their work in the form of a performative assembly taking place in the PSA’s Grand Hall and spreading out to networks of art spaces along the Yangtze River, as well as online.
PHASE 02: AN ECOSYSTEM OF ALLIANCES.
November 15, 2020 – April 15, 2021. Keeping a permanent post at the PSA, the “in crescendo” project associates itself with infrastructures where online/offline social and communal life are taking place. These include streaming TV channels, social media, university programs and serial interventions on urban dynamics.
PHASE 03: AN EXHIBITION.
April 16 – July 2021. The Biennale will unfold into an exhibition that will run through PSA and expand into a series of locations along the Huangpu River and across the city of Shanghai.