Biennial
9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
04 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Berlin, Germany
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KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Speculative Ambience / Spekulative Raumwirkung, 2016 Video Still Produziert von / Produced by Iconoclast, Courtesy Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Biennial
9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
4 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 20:00
Travel Information
- S-Bahn: Unter den Linden
Event map
The 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, curated by DIS, will seek to materialize the paradoxes increasingly influencing the world in 2016 – the virtual as the real, nations as brands, people as data, culture as capital, wellness as politics, happiness as GDP, and so on.
About
It aims to shape-shift across multiple sites, each one releasing a whiff of contemporary "paradessence" (paradox + essence).
The Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz, one of the main venues, is a historical site sheathed in a large glass building. Directly adjacent to the government district, it exemplifies the state’s contemporary visual codes – a national legacy with a sheen of transparency. Other exhibition venues include the ESMT European School of Management and Technology in the building formerly housing the East German Staatsrat (State Council); a former telecommunications bunker at the Landwehr Canal, which is the future site of The Feuerle Collection; Reederei Riedel’s Blue Star sightseeing boat; and KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).
