Friday, August 19, 2011

Rewriting Worlds: the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art opens on 23 September


Titled Rewriting Worlds, the 4th edition of the Moscow Biennale gets underway next month. The main exhibition features 64 individual artists and 16 groups of artists from 33 countries and is curated by Peter Weibel, with Joseh Backstein as commissioner.

"Peter Weibel is a specialist in new media," said Backstein. "Unlike the contents and style of the main project in the third biennale, this year's exhibition will show different approaches to how media can be used in the contemporary artistic process, as well as types of art that are deliberately critical of the role of technology and media in the life of modern civilisation." Read more...