The Kyiv Biennial has revealed the details of its upcoming edition, set to take place from 11 June to 13 September.
The nomadic and international art project’s next chapter at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, entitled A Bird That Cannot Land, will host an exhibition as well as a live programme and discursive programme.
This edition expands upon the concept of the ‘Middle-East-Europe’, developed in the previous edition of the Kyiv Biennial, delving into its multilayered history marked by conflict, colonialism and the rule of imperial powers. Informed by the current geopolitical context, the biennial seeks to make sense of meaning-making and experiences of togetherness in uncertain times, with the condition of exile central to the exploration of the contemporary condition.
The KW chapter of the Kyiv Biennial will feature more than 40 local and international participants across its exhibition and live and discursive events. Artists and collectives hail from a range of ages and geographies, with the live program engaging directly with diasporic communities in Berlin.
Participating artists:
Abdullah Miniawy
Adam Hanieh
Alona Karavai
Anna Ehrenstein and Yara Mekawei
Anna Zvyagintseva
Anton Kats and the Grounded Outer Space People
Assaf Gruber
Aykan Safoğlu
Bulgarian Voices Berlin
Dana Kavelina
Eda Aslan
Farahnaz Sharifi
Fehras Publishing Practices
Flaka Haliti
Geta Brătescu
Gulnur Mukazhanova
Heinali and Andriana- Yaroslava Saienko
Hito Steyerl
Hiwa K
Ihor Tsymbrovsky
Ivan Krastev
Joyce Joumaa
Julia Cimafiejeva
Katarina Gryvul
Lesia Vasylchenko
Lida Abdul
Lucia Kagramanyan
Madina Tlostanova
Majd Abdel Hamid
Mona Hatoum
Nazanin Noori
Neda Saeedi
Nikima Jagudajev
Nour Sokhon
Oleksiy Radynski
Philipp Goll
Samia Halaby
Saodat Ismailova
Sattar Stas Shärifullá and Ziliä Qansurá
Seyyare – Anatolian Women’s Choir
Stefaniia Bodnia and Jack Dove
Tjan Zaotschnaja
Tolia Astakhishvili
Ulrike Herrmann
Wafaa Saied
