Berlin Biennale 2016 Announces 120 Artists, No Italians
The 9th Berlin Biennale, curated by the New York-based collective DIS (Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso, David Toro), will run from June 4 to September 18, 2016, under the concept 'The Present in Drag.' The curators have revealed the list of 120 participating artists but remain tight-lipped about specific projects. No Italian artists are included. Notable names appear across four sections: the main section, Anthem, LIT, and Not in Berlin Biennale. Venues include the Akademie der Künste, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), the Feuerle Collection, and KW Institute for Contemporary Art. A boat tour on the Spree River will host an itinerant project. The biennial focuses on internet, communication, digital technologies, and advertising, with many collectives, collaborations, and anonymous participants.
Key facts
- 9th Berlin Biennale runs June 4 to September 18, 2016
- Curated by DIS collective from New York
- Concept: 'The Present in Drag'
- 120 artists invited, no Italians
- Venues: Akademie der Künste, ESMT, Feuerle Collection, KW Institute
- Boat tour on Spree River as itinerant project
- Four sections: main, Anthem, LIT, Not in Berlin Biennale
- Focus on internet, digital tech, advertising
Entities
Artists
- Antoni Abad
- Halil Altindere
- Ei Arakawa
- Dan Poston
- Stefan Tcherepnin
- Korakrit Arunanondchai
- Alex Gvojic
- atelier le balto
- Armen Avanessian
- Alexander Martos
- Christopher Roth
- åyr
- Will Benedict
- Julien Ceccaldi
- Centre for Style
- Anna-Sophie Berger
- Burkhard Beschow
- Anne Fellner
- Max Brand
- Rare Candy
- Susan Cianciolo
- Marlie Mul
- Liam Osborne
- H.B.
- Peace
- Kate Meakin
- Joshua Petherick
- Lin May Saeed
- Eirik Sæther
- Brody Condon
- CUSS Group
- ANGEL-HO
- FAKA
- Megan Mace
- NTU
- Kathleen Daniel
- Debora Delmar Corp.
- Simon Denny
- Cécile B. Evans
- Nicolás Fernández
- Lizzie Fitch
- Ryan Trecartin
- Simon Fujiwara
- GCC
- GUAN Xiao
- Calla Henkel
- Max Pitegoff
- Camille Henrot
- Yngve Holen
- Alexa Karolinski
- Ingo Niermann
- Josh Kline
- Korpys/Löffler
- Nik Kosmas
- Christopher Kulendran Thomas
- M/L Artspace
- Shawn Maximo
- Ashland Mines
- New Scenario
- Katja Novitskova
- Trevor Paglen
- Jacob Appelbaum
- Juan Sebastián Peláez
- Adrian Piper
- Alexandra Pirici
- Josephine Pryde
- Puppies Puppies
- Babak Radboy
- Jon Rafman
- Timur Si-Qin
- Lucie Stahl
- Hito Steyerl
- TELFAR
- Wu Tsang
- Anna Uddenberg
- Amalia Ulman
- Anne de Vries
- Abu Hajar
- Math Bass
- Lizzi Bougatsos
- Brian Degraw
- Elysia Crampton
- Isa Genzken
- Juliana Huxtable
- Kelela
- Nguzunguzu
- Fatima Al Qadiri
- Carles Santos
- Jacolby Satterwhite
- Total Freedom
- Nick Weiss
- Dora Budor
- Cao Fei
- Simon Dybbroe Møller
- Roe Ethridge
- Hood by Air
- Bjarne Melgaard
- Zanele Muholi
- Johannes Paul Raether
- Torbjørn Rødland
- Akeem Smith
- Martine Syms
- Stewart Uoo
- Frank Benson
- Asger Carlsen
- Casey Jane Ellison
- Avena Gallagher
- Tilman Hornig
- Chris Kraus
- Jason Nocito
- Sean Raspet
- Andrew Norman Wilson
- Anonymous
Institutions
- DIS
- Akademie der Künste
- European School of Management and Technology (ESMT)
- Feuerle Collection
- KW Institute for Contemporary Art
- Artribune
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- New York
- United States
- Spree River