Opening on September 18, 2017
The 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art:
Clouds⇄Forests

The main project of the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art Clouds⇄Forests, curated by Professor Yuko Hasegawa, will take place in New Tretyakov Gallery (The State Tretyakov Gallery, 10, Krymsky Val, Moscow) from September 19, 2017 to January 18, 2018.
The project Clouds⇄Forests focuses on a new eco-system formed through a circulation of “Cloud Tribes,” who were born on the Internet cloud space, and “Forest Tribes” who are born on cultural origins. The works of the artists of the main project will be displayed in a dialogue with works from the permanent exhibition of The State Tretyakov Gallery. 52 artists from 25 countries will participate in this project. It includes works of such well-known artists as Matthew Barney, Olafur Eliasson and Björk.

Yuko Hasegawa, curator of the main project:
“Clouds⇄Forests focuses on artists as a creative tribe transitioning, expanding and dissipating, from forest to cloud, rebuilding the subjectivity of spectators and showing that creativity is vital to the creation of new environmental spheres. Taking into account perceptions on the generation of new subjective environmental spheres, the curatorial criteria for this exhibition includes giving life to new technologies as well as exploring ways to obtain animistic artistic languages and connect cultural roots, and leveraging the rhizome-based organic system to traverse history, genres, and media.”

 

Dates: September 19, 2017–January 18, 2018
Opening: September 18
Opening Hours: 10:00-18:00 (Tue, Wed, Sun), 10:00-21:00 (Thu, Fri, Sat)
Closed: Monday
Venue: New Tretyakov Gallery (The State Tretyakov Gallery)
10, Krymsky Val, Moscow, Russia
Organizer: 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Mathieu Merlet-Briand, Tryptich Google Red, Google Yellow, Google Blue. Hommage à Alexandre Rodtchenko, 2015  Photo by the artist

The full list of the participants is as follows:

1. Nadim Abbas, Hong Kong
2. Adel Abidin, Iraq / Finland / Jordan
3. Nindityo Adipurnomo, Indonesia
4. Farah Atassi, Belgium / USA
5. Kanako Azuma, Japan
6. Matthew Barney, USA
7. Natalia Bazowska, Poland
8. Bahar Behbahani, Iran / USA
9. Björk, Iceland / United Kingdom
10. Hussein Chalayan, Cyprus / United Kingdom
11. Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen, Israel & Belgium / United Kingdom
12. Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, United Kingdom
13. Rohini Devasher, India
14. Louise Drulhe, France
15. Olafur Eliasson, Denmark / Germany
16. Justine Emard & Mirai Moriyama, France / Japan
17. Cécile B. Evans, USA / Germany
18. Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov, Russia
19. Valia Fetisov, Russia
20. “Forensic Architecture”, United Kingdom
21. Theaster Gates, USA
22. Gauri Gill, India
23. Marta Gornicka, Poland
24. Alina Gutkina, Russia
25. Joey Holder, United Kingdom
26. Elliott Hundley, USA
27. Pierre Huyghe, France / USA
28. Ali Kazma, Turkey
29. Nile Koetting, Japan / Germany
30. Siji Krishnan, India
31. Alexey Martins, Russia
32. Mathieu Merlet-Briand, France
33. Marie-Luce Nadal, France / Spain
34. Michael Najjar, Germany
35. Koji Nakazono, Japan
36. Dashi Namdakov, Russia
37. Uriel Orlow, Switzerland / United Kingdom
38. Anastasia Potemkina, Russia
39. Laure Prouvost, France / Belgium
40. Aurora Sander, Norway / Germany
41. Susan Schuppli, United Kingdom
42. Sayaka Shimada, Japan
43. Wieki Somers, Netherlands
44. Yuken Teruya, Japan / USA
45. Sissel Tolaas, Norway / Germany
46. Michael Tolmachev, Russia
47. Ryan Trecartin, USA
48. Hanna Tuulikki, Finland / United Kingdom
49. Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky, Russia
50. “Where Dogs Run”, Russia
51. Robert Zhao Renhui, Singapore
52. Marina Zurkow, USA

The 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art selected 69 projects for the parallel program of the Biennale with 49 institutions participating. For the first time the parallel program introduces many different types of institutions—from big museums to small workshops and galleries. The parallel program includes: Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (MAMM), the center of contemporary art “Winzavod,” VDNKh, creative association XOLST, Darwin Museum, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow State University Botanical Garden “Aptekarsky Ogorod” and others.

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