Ninth Biennial of Mercosul Announces Participating Artists
Artistically and curatorially directed by Sofia Hernández-Chong Cuy alongside her curatorial team—integrated by Monica Hoff, Raimundas Malašauskas, Bernardo de Souza, Sarah Demeuse, Daniela Pérez, Júlia Rebouças, Dominique Willsdon and Luiza Proença—the 9th edition of the Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil, announces the following names of the artists chosen to participate:
Allora and Calzadilla, Anthony Arrobo, Tarek Atoui, Nicolás Bacal, Luis F. Benedit, Bik Van der Pol, Christian Bök, Liudvikas Buklys, Audrey Cottin, Elena Damiani, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Jason Dodge, Fernando Duval, Faivovich and Goldberg; Cao Fei, Mario Garcia-Torres, Hope Ginsburg, Juan José Gurrola, Hans Haacke, Malak Helmy, Fritzia Irizar, Eduardo Kac, Zahenia Kikodze,Yuri Zlotnikov, Fernanda Laguna, Suwon Lee, George Levantis, Ana Laura López de la Torre, Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chávez, Nicholas Mangan, Allan McCollum, Cinthia Marcelle, David Medalla, Marta Minujín, Aleksandra Mir, Eduardo Navarro, Edgar Orlaineta, Trevor Paglen, Tania Pérez-Córdova, Pratchaya Phinthong, William Raban, Sara Ramo, Luiz Roque, Grethell Rasua, Robert Rauschenberg, Thiago Rocha-Pitta, Daniel Santiago, Mira Schendel, Beto Shwafaty, Lucy Skaer, Tony Smith, Daniel Steegmann, Vassilakis Takis, Sandrine Teixido and Aurélien Gamboni; Erika Verzutti,and Jorge Villacorta—of Alta Tecnologia Andina, with Rodrigo Derteano, Jessica Warboys, David Zink Yi, Michel Zózimo.
The artists especially commissioned to create pictures or moving images for Island Sessions are: Danilo Christidis, Fernanda Gassen, Romy Pocztaruk, Katia Prates, Leticia Ramos, Leonardo Remor and Tiago Rivaldo.
The biennial will be presented in several places across Porto Alegre: Usina, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul (MARGS), Santander Cultural and Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul. Other spaces and institutions will also present specific projects, performances, public programs and events. Among these, the Bruno Kiefer Theater, la Ilha do Presídio, located in Guaíba and the Fundación Vera Chaves Barcellos en Viamão.
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