Wednesday 21 May 2008

The 5th Berlin Biennial

The 5th Berlin Biennial for contemporary art When things cast no shadow, curated by Adam Szymczyk and Elena Filipovic, brings together artists from different generations and nationalities in an exhibition by day and night that aims to trace the diversity of art practices today. Eschewing a singular theme, form, or temporality, and determined instead by a critical engagement with artists’ processes, When things cast no shadow could be said to take the form of an open structure in five movements without a plot.
The day part of the 5th Berlin Biennial will be on view at four distinct venues and include mostly newly commissioned works by 50 artists, while the night part of the show will feature still more artists and cultural producers in 63 nightly events taking place in locations spread across the once-divided city.

Image showing waste land at the site where the The Berlin Wall and death strip stood at Engledamm Strasse Kreuzberg.

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