Faena Art announces the Biennale of Moving Images (Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement or BIM) at Faena Bazaar and Park in Miami Beach from April 13th until April 30, 2017. A selection of highlights from the biennial will be installed in non-traditional spaces in the Faena District and will be accompanied by a robust open air screening program in the patio of the Faena Bazaar as well as in the Faena Hotel screening room. Originally created for The Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève under the artistic direction of Andrea Bellini in collaboration with Cecilia Alemani, Caroline Bourgeois and Elvira Dyangani Ose, the Biennale of Moving Images is a one-of-a-kind hybrid event bringing together visual artists, film directors and performers. This marks the 15th edition of the Biennale of Moving Images and the first time that it will be presented in the United States, comprising a wide array of multimedia installations, films and documentaries usually shown in cinemas. The works have been commissioned and produced for the occasion with no specific curatorial theme to respond to. Responding to the city and context of Miami Beach, Faena Art has invited two Miami-based artists Jillian Mayer and Paris Kain, to respond to these themes and participate in the video screening program. These artists are absorbed into the biennial model, becoming part of and extending the broader international conversation that started in Geneva. Of the 28 original commissions created for the Biennale, Faena Art will present seven of the video installations throughout the Faena Bazaar and Faena Park, appropriating these non-traditional spaces as sites to experience contemporary art. The full film program will be presented at the cinema screening room of Faena Hotel, with special outdoor screenings taking place at the Faena Bazaar patio featuring Yuri Ancarani,Bertille Bak, Massimo D'Anolfi & Martina Parenti, Alessio Di Zio, Bodil Furu, Jenna Hasse, Emilie Jouvet, Paris Kain, Evangelia Kranioti, Jillian Mayer, Boris Mitic, and Kerry Tribe. The exhibition will travel to Faena Art Center Buenos Aires where it will be on view from May 22nd through May 30th, 2017. For more information on the screening program visit:
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