The Gwangju Biennale Foundation has announced the participating artists and groups for the 16th edition of the Gwangju Biennale.
Entitled You Must Change Your Life, the biennale brings together artists chosen through an open call launched in May last year, reflecting an international selection process. Among the participating artists and groups are İnci Eviner, Sohrab Hura, Mona Benyamin, Saodat Ismailova, Rafik Greiss and multidisciplinary collective CAMP, whose practices span diverse geographies and experimental works that engage with social and political conditions.
The 16th edition is led by Singapore-based artist and filmmaker Ho Tzu Nyen along with curators Che Kyongfa, Park Gahee and Brian Kuan Wood, who collectively shape the conceptual and curatorial direction of the biennale. The title draws from Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s 1908 sonnet Archaic Torso of Apollo, which ends with the line “You must change your life”. In the poem, an encounter with an ancient sculpture produced a powerful emotional response, suggesting that art can trigger shifts in perception and action. The biennale adopts this idea as a guiding propositon, exploring how artistic practices can generate forms of change that are both personal and collective.
Participating artists and groups include:
Matthew Barney
Jean Barth
James Benning
Mona Benyamin
Rossella Biscotti
CAMP
Nina Canell
Lygia Clark
Kiri Dalena & Ben Brix
A K Dolven
İnci Eviner
Angela Goh
Goldin+Senneby
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork
Rafik Greiss
Amanda Heng
Heo Baekryeon (Gwangju Agricultural Technical High School)
James T Hong
Tehching Hsieh
Sohrab Hura
Saodat Ismailova
Volcanoes of Jeju (Jeju Stone Park)
Jeong Geumhyung
E Roon Kang
Sunik Kim
Július Koller
Daisuke Kosugi
Kwon Byungjun and Park Chan-kyong
Lu Yang
May Mothers House
Melvin Moti
Nam Hwayeon
Christian Nyampeta
Bhenji Ra
Rim Dong Sik and Nature Artist Woo Pyongnam (Jongsun)
Ryu Hankil
Sasaki Ken
Suzuki Akio
Ullimsanbang (Huh Ryeon, Huh Hyeong, Huh Geon, Huh Lim, Huh Moon and Hur Jin)
Wang Jiahao
Wang Tuo
Maya Watanabe
The 16th Gwangju Biennale runs from 5 September until 15 November
