Biennale of Sydney 2020 ready to celebrates art’s healing power
The Biennale of Sydney is gearing up to celebrate the healing power of art. Click on this story to find out how.
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As Australia prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s landing next year, the Biennale of Sydney is gearing up to celebrate the healing power of art.
Biennale of Sydney CEO Barbara Moore said art was an essential catalyst for change.
“Through art, conversations and collaborative interventions, the Biennale will bring together people from across the city, state, country and the world in a safe place to discuss issues that matter,” she said.
At a briefing at Little Bay yesterday Biennale of Sydney announced the full list of artists, creatives and collectives who will be participating in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020), titled NIRIN, that will feature 98 artists across six locations.
Artistic director of Brook Andrew said the urgent states of our contemporary lives are laden with unresolved past anxieties.
“NIRIN is about to expose this, demonstrating that artists and creatives have the power to resolve, heal, dismember and imagine futures of transformation for resetting the world,” she said.
“Sovereignty is at the centre of these actions, and it shines a light on environments in shadow. I hope that NIRIN (edge) gathers life forces of integrity to push through often impenetrable confusion.”
The artists at the briefing yesterday included writer and performance artist Jota Mombaca, founder of the Gidi Creative and Be Collective founder Grace Dlabik and Sydney MC Nardean, a poet, spoken word artist, singer and songwriter, whose new single “Creatress” is streaming now on all major platforms.
Participants in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney also include homegrown indigenous artists like Tony Albert, known for his political-charged look at stereotypes, illustrator Charlotte Allingham and multimedia artist Karla Dickens, who has a knack for exposing unpalatable truths including the rising tide against Australia Day celebrations.
And for the first time, artists from Nepal, Georgia, Afghanistan, Sudan and Ecuador will participate in the Biennale of Sydney.
MORE ON NIRIN
The Biennale also announced an extensive program called NIRIN WIR spanning from the Blue Mountains to La Perouse. The program focuses on Sydney as an expansive, global city comprised of vibrant, complex villages, and is a major partnership with the Powerhouse Museum, and a series of activations and creative partnerships with Blacktown Native Institution, Parramatta Female Factory, Bankstown Poetry Slam, 4ESydney HipHop Festival, City of Sydney Libraries, Randwick City Council and more.
NIRIN WIR HIGHLIGHTS
A program of events at the Powerhouse Museum and Sydney Observatory will focus on exploring new ways of navigating the world. There will also be a series of performances in collaboration with Bankstown’s 4ESydney HipHop Festival and Bankstown Poetry Slam and a partnership with PYT Fairfield and Parramatta Female Factory Precinct that celebrates and memorialises the experiences and survival of “Parra Girls” past and present.
DATES
The 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020): NIRIN will be open — free to the public — from March 14 to June 8, 2020.
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