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The 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art will bring together a range of local and international artistic positions that explore the intersection between larger historical narratives and individuals’ lives.

8th Berlin Biennale
Doable Sayable Thinkable
29 May – 3 August 2014

Curator: Juan A. Gaitán

Artistic Team:
Tarek Atoui
Natasha Ginwala
Catalina Lozano
Mariana Munguía
Olaf Nicolai
Danh Vo

Venues:
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Haus am Waldsee
Dahlem Museums

Thus, the 8th Berlin Biennale aims to counterpoise the empirical and the authoritative approaches to history and historical becoming. The research for the 8th Berlin Biennale is structured along three speculative approaches toward the city of Berlin: in its relationship to the built environment, in its relationship to citizenship, and in its relationship to labor. Another focus lies on ways in which the 18th and 19th century Berlin is contemplated within our current cultural landscape.

Artists:

Zarouhie Abdalian
Bani Abidi
Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc
Saâdane Afif
David Chalmers Alesworth
Carlos Amorales
Andreas Angelidakis
Leonor Antunes
Julieta Aranda
Tarek Atoui
Nairy Baghramian
Bianca Baldi
Patrick Alan Banfield
Alberto Baraya
Rosa Barba
Gordon Bennett
Zachary Cahill
Mariana Castillo Deball
Carolina Caycedo
Center for Historical Reenactments
Tacita Dean
Mario García Torres
Beatriz González
Agatha Gothe-Snape
Shilpa Gupta
Cynthia Gutiérrez
Ganesh Haloi
Carsten Höller
Iman Issa
Irene Kopelman
Matts Leiderstam
Li Xiaofei
Glenn Ligon
Goshka Macuga
Santu Mofokeng
Shahryar Nashat
Olaf Nicolai
Otobong Nkanga
Christodoulos Panayiotou
Judy Radul
Jimmy Robert
Anri Sala
Slavs and Tatars
Michael Stevenson
Mariam Suhail
Vivan Sundaram
Gaganendranath Tagore
Wolfgang Tillmans
Tonel
Danh Vo & Xiu Xiu
Kemang Wa Lehulere
David Zink Yi
Carla Zaccagnini