Bienial de Cuenca | Dan Cameron

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XIII Bienial de Cuenca
Curator
2016
various locations
Cuenca, Ecuador

One of South America’s oldest and most prestigious biennials, the 13th Bienial de Cuenca was set in seventeen separate locales within this UNESCO World Heritage Site city. Using the title Impermanencia as its starting point, 47 artists from 23 countries participated, including from every country in South America -- the latter made possible by In Situ / Cuenca, a one-time partnership between the Bienal and UNASUR. Curators for the biennial are expected to fully commit to field research, artist selection, project development, site preparation, marketing, educational programming, and fundraising from foreign governments.

"The biennial in Cuenca, Ecuador, with its UNESCO World Heritage status, had long intrigued me from afar, and when I got the call to organize the 13th edition, I leapt at the chance to work with the city's rich architectural heritage."

Adan Vallecillo, El Que No Tiene de Inga Tiene de Mandinga, 2016

Asli Cavusoglu, Muthoscape, 2014-ongoing, found landscapes with mythical Mu mountain painted in

Damian SinchiQ, Instructivo, 2016, wood

Elena Damiana, Fading Field, N. 10, 2016

Elias Crespin, site-specifc kinetic installation at Museo de la Ciudad, Cuenca, Ecuador, 2016

Francisca Benitez, The Cycle of Life, 2016, video of performance of young sign-language actors

Gianfranco Foschino, La Edad de la Tierra, 2016, five-video installation recorded at Islas Galapagos, with steel frame

Henrique Oliveira, Nest, installation at Colegio Benigno Malo, Cuenca, 2016

Henrique Oliveira, installation at Colegio Benigno Malo

Hugo Crosthwaite, mural in progress at Parque de la Madre

Ignasi Aballi, Listados, 1997-ongoing, newspaper clippings

Ignasi Aballi, Listados, 1997-ongoing, newspaper clippings

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