A platform to explore the shifting territories of the moving images in the contemporary art
April 14–30, 2017
Hours: Wednesday–Sunday 3–9pm
Faena Art presents highlights from the Biennale of Moving Images, a co-production with the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève. Under the artistic direction of Andrea Bellini in collaboration with Cecilia Alemani, Caroline Bourgeois and Elvira Dyangani Ose, the Biennale of Moving Images is a one-of-a-kind hybrid event bringing together visual artists, film directors and performers. This marks the 15th edition of the Biennale of Moving Images and the first time that it will be presented in the United States.
Unlike most biennials, the BIM is unique in its exclusive presentation of new works that have been commissioned and produced for the occasion with no specific curatorial theme to respond to.
This “un-curated” exhibition centers on the artists and their interpretations of the current socio-political moment as a means of addressing the shifting territories of the moving image in the contemporary art. Ultimately, the works included seem to reveal several common themes that might be considered representative of this cultural moment and atmosphere. Figuring prominently in the exhibition are works that address: the transmutation of gender, the female figure and politics of gender; the general sense of foreboding, anxiety and apprehension in our current cultural climate worldwide; and questions of displacement, labor and the exploitation of resources.
Comprising a wide array of multimedia installations, films and documentaries usually shown in cinemas, the Biennale of Moving Images is situated somewhere between a cinema festival, a constellation of solo video installations and a site for research and experimentation.
Of the 28 original commissions for the biennial’s first presentation in Geneva, Faena Art will present seven video installations throughout the Faena Bazaar and Faena Park by Sophia Al Maria, Karimah Ashadu, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, Brian Bress, Salomé Lamas, Jillian Mayer, Wu Tsang and Emily Wardill which will be complemented by an open air screening program in the patio of the Faena Bazaar and in the Faena Hotel screening room featuring Yuri Ancarani, Bertille Bak, Massimo D’Anolfi & Martina Parenti, Alessio Di Zio, Bodil Furu, Jenna Hasse, Emilie Jouvet, Paris Kain, Evangelia Kranioti, Jillian Mayer, Boris Mitić, and Kerry Tribe.
Film program
Friday, April 14
8pm, Faena Bazaar Patio
Boris Mitić, Once Upon a Nothing, 2016, 60 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Boris Mitić in conversation with Ximena Caminos, Artistic Director and Chair, Faena Art.
Saturday, April 15
7pm, Faena Hotel Screening Room
Evangelia Kranioti, Obscuro Barroco, 2016, 50 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Sator, Paris.
Presented by Jaie Laplante, Executive Director, Miami Film Festival.
8pm, Faena Bazaar Patio
Emilie Jouvet, Aria, 2016, 60 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Presented by Jaie Laplante, Executive Director, Miami Film Festival.
Sunday, April 16
8pm, Faena Bazaar Patio
Jillian Mayer, You’ll be Okay, 2014, 4 minute loop. Courtesy of the artist and David Castillo Gallery. / Paris Kain, Love. Serve. Remember, 2016, 4 minutes. Courtesy of the artist. / Jenna Hasse, Soltar, 2016, 24 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Louise Productions. / Bertille Bak, Usine À Divertissement (Entertainment Factory), 2016, 20 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève./ Alessio di Zio, Genesee, 14 minutes. Sioux Rapids, 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Conversation with Paris Kain and Diliana Alexander, Executive Director, FilmGate Miami. Presented by Santiago Rodriguez Tarditi, journalist and board member, Faena Art.
Thursday, April 20
7pm, Pérez Art Museum Miami
Kerry Tribe, Exquisite Corpse, 2016, 51 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and 1301PE, Los Angeles.
Friday, April 21
8pm, Faena Bazaar Patio
Yuri Ancarani, The Challenge, 2016, 67 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Presented by Juan Barquin, writer and film critic, Miami New Times.
Saturday, April 22
7pm, Faena Hotel Screening Room
Massimo D’Anolfi & Martina Parenti, L’Infinita Fabbrica del Duomo, 2016, 121 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Presented by Alastair Gordon, Contributing Editor for Architecture and Design, WSJ.
Sunday, April 23
8pm, Faena Bazaar Patio
Jillian Mayer, You’ll be Okay, 2014, 4 minute loop. Courtesy of the artist and David Castillo Gallery. / Paris Kain, Love. Serve. Remember, 2016, 4 minutes. Courtesy of the artist. / Jenna Hasse, Soltar, 2016, 24 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Louise Productions. / Bertille Bak, Usine À Divertissement (Entertainment Factory), 2016, 20 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève./ Alessio di Zio, Genesee, 14 minutes. Sioux Rapids, 15 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Friday, April 28
7pm, Faena Hotel Screening Room
Boris Mitić, Once Upon a Nothing, 2016, 60 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
8:30pm, Faena Hotel Screening Room
Yuri Ancarani, The Challenge, 2016, 67 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Saturday, April 29
7pm, Faena Hotel Screening Room
Bodil Furu, Mangeurs de Cuivre, 2016, 81 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.
Sunday, April 30
8pm, Faena Bazaar Patio
Kerry Tribe, Exquisite Corpse, 2016, 51 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and 1301PE, Los Angeles.
Kerry Tribe in conversation with Franklin Sirmans, Director, Pérez Art Museum Miami and Ximena Caminos, Artistic Director and Chair, Faena Art.
The biennial and all presentations are free and open to the public.
The exhibition will travel to Faena Art Center Buenos Aires where it will be on view from May 22 through May 30, 2017.
The Biennale of Moving Images is a co-production with Faena Art, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, the Fonds d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève (FMAC), the Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain, Genève (FCAC), and In Between Art Film.
