Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement Explores Post-Screen Moving Images with 20 New Commissions
The 2019 Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement is happening in Geneva from November 8 to February 3, organized by curators Andrea Bellini and Andrea Lissoni. This year's theme is The Sound of Screens Imploding and features twenty brand-new commissioned works at venues like the Centre d’Art Contemporain and Cinema Spoutnik. Kahlil Joseph showcases BLKNWS (2018), a unique take on news reporting, while Andreas Angelidakis explores post-crisis Greek capitalism with Demos Bar. Meriem Bennani imagines a vibrant future city in Party on the CAPS. Ian Cheng's Emissaries Guide to Worlding is offered as an e-book, and Korakrit Arunanondchai's piece includes footage from the 2018 Thai cave rescue. Elysia Crampton's Orcorara draws inspiration from Quechua mythology.
Key facts
- Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement runs 8 November – 3 February in Geneva
- Curated by Andrea Bellini and Andrea Lissoni under title The Sound of Screens Imploding
- Features 20 newly commissioned works across multiple venues
- Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS presents nonlinear news focusing on black figures
- Meriem Bennani’s Party on the CAPS imagines refugee-built megalopolis
- Elysia Crampton’s sound work inspired by 17th century Quechua writer
- Korakrit Arunanondchai and Alex Gvojic’s installation uses earthy substance
- Bahar Noorizadeh’s film investigates Soviet cybernetics with distorted imagery
Entities
Artists
- Andrea Bellini
- Andrea Lissoni
- Kahlil Joseph
- Emma González
- Cecil Taylor
- Andreas Angelidakis
- Meriem Bennani
- Ian Cheng
- Korakrit Arunanondchai
- Alex Gvojic
- Boychild
- Tamara Henderson
- Bahar Noorizadeh
- Elysia Crampton
- Joan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamaygua
- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
- Angela Dimayuga
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Fatima Al Qadiri
- Khalid al Gharaballi
- Neïl Beloufa
- Tobias Madison
- Irene Dionisio
- James N. Kienitz Wilkins
- Eduardo Williams
- Mariano Blatt
- Florent Meng
- James Richards
- Leslie Thornton
- Sarah Abu Abdallah
- Pan Daijing
- Ligia Lewis
- Guaman Poma de Ayala
- Arianna Testino
Institutions
- Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement
- Centre d’Art Contemporain
- Cinema Spoutnik
- Le Grütli
- ArtReview
- Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement
- Centre d'Art Contemporain (CAC)
- Balice Hertling
Locations
- Geneva
- Switzerland
- US
- Greece
- Atlantic Ocean
- Lake Titicaca
- Cuzco
- Tham Luang Nang Non cave
- Centre d'Art Contemporain
- Rue des Vieux-Granadiers 10
- Athens
- Americas
- Thailand
- Brazil