HIGHLIGHTS: 13th Shanghai Biennale: Bodies of Water
26.04.2021 | Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Institut Kunst Gender Natur
The main exhibition of the 13th Shanghai Biennale just recently opened under the title "Bodies of Water". 64 participating artists present projects, including 33 newly commissioned works, at the Power Station of Art PSA and other venues in Shanghai. Filipa Ramos, who is a lecturer at our Institute of Art, is the Head of Research and Publications in the "Bodies of Water" team!
“The flow and flush of waters sustain our own bodies, but also connect them to other bodies, to other worlds beyond our human selves.”
Astrida Neimanis
The main exhibition of the 13th Shanghai Biennale just recently opened under the title "Bodies of Water". 64 participating artists present projects, including 33 newly commissioned works, at the Power Station of Art PSA and other venues in Shanghai. Filipa Ramos, who is a lecturer at our Institute of Art, is the Head of Research and Publications in the "Bodies of Water" team!
From bodies to other bodies, climates, ecosystems and technologies, all life forms are inextricably interconnected and interdependent. In this sense, "Bodies of Water" examines this living collectivity at a time when the earth is facing unprecedented challenges, from the accelerating climate crisis to the current global pandemic. The participating artists and collectives present artworks that explore caring-based approaches which negotiate our entanglement in extended ecosystems of interdependency.
With works by, among others:
Alberto Baraya; Ana Mendieta; Antoni Muntadas; Astrida Neimanis; Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor; 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; 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; 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 Daniel Edward Wood); Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo; and Zheng Mahler (Royce Ng and Daisy Bisenieks)