CENTRO ANDALUZ DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO - SEVILLE
2 OCTOBER 2008 - 11 JANUARY 2009
Curatorial Team
Peter Weibel, general director of the ZKM Centre for Art and Media of
Karlsruhe.
Wonil Rhee, guest curator of PS1MoMA 2009, Korean curator.
Marie-Ange Brayer, director of the Regional Centre of Contemporary Art
of Orleáns.
YOUniverse, the exhibition
In the global context of the information and communication society,
the third edition of the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of
Seville (Biacs3) will make a new map of Global Art, World Art,
addressing the specific aspect of media, environment and technology.
Under the title YOUniverse, the Biennial of Seville will show how
contemporary art worldwide has changed through the influence of media,
technology, science and architecture by fostering one main goal: the
participation of the public and a new equation between man and his
environment.
The creations of the selected artists (approximately one hundred in
number) will revolve around mobility, individualisation through
technologies, quantum physics, nanotechnology, hydraulic engineering,
architecture and the environment. One aspect will be to show that
technology as man-made nature can help to solve our problems with
natural environments. The other aspect will be the democratization of
art. The audience, rather than the artists, is the star.
The artistic curatorial team plans to present the public with a
showcase of the 21st century's most representative technical
breakthroughs on the threshold of a material revolution that will lead
us from simulation to stimulation, and will invite visitors to
personally interact with the contents of the exhibition.
The Biennial is organised into four areas:
Section 1 offers a brief retrospective overview of the great
masterpieces of media art, from Nam June Paik to Bill Viola. Also
included are little known artistic positions, which deserve to be
relocated from the historical periphery to the centre of attention.
Section 2 showcases the very latest trends in media art: interactivity
and participation of the public, Internet art, and multiplayer media,
the spectator as user. Using state-of-the art technology, the art at
the Biacs3 will open a gateway onto an unknown world that science,
technology, art, and media place at our disposal, a world where humans
are central and can influence the world in any way they wish.
In Section 3 the transformations in architecture through the use of
computers and new software programs that generate new forms of
conviviality will be on display.
Section 4 is Andalusia itself. The exhibition not only takes place in
the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), but also in public
spaces in the city of Seville. Furthermore, there will be satellites of
the exhibition at other locations, such as Cordoba and Granada. The
purpose of these annexes is to delve into the archaeology and deep time
of the sciences and technology in Andalusia and demonstrate that
Andalusia has a long history of science, technology and art.
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