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Theoretical Event: 30 Years of Havana Biennale

webmaster 01-05-2014

May 22, 2014, will set the 30^th anniversary of Havana Biennale. That’s the reason why, Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center has scheduled a group of actions not only to celebrate such development, but to recall, study and weigh up the future as an institution aimed at art from the outlying regions, presently the Global South, thus positioning the Biennaleto face future existence stages.

Along with collective shows that put together artworks included in Art from the Third World collection, and contemporary works and artists that are going through a creative and social legitimation process, the idea is to gather a group of experts that have accompanied us throughout these 30 years, whatever way, to develop Havana Biennale.

In an effort to analyze the approach promoted by Havana Biennaleon Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East, the organizers are going to carry out a debate event to tackle the past and future of the event, on May 22, 23 and 24, 2014.

Likewise, the participants are going to analyze the expansion of Havana Biennale as a project and its relation with other contemporary biennales, as well as its impact and influence on these projects and others, which are not mega-exhibitions or biennales, but they have responded to the same legitimation interests from the Global South regions.

Topics and Panel Organization

1/ National and international ideological context that gave birth to Havana Biennale

2/ Historical and theoretical importance of Havana Biennales

3/ History of the biennalethrough its directors

4/ 30 years of Havana Biennale exhibition

5/ Havana and its relation with other biennales

6/ Havana Biennaleand local contexts

7/ History, situation and perspectives of the Biennaleology. Today’s biennales. Their future.

The people interested in sitting in on the activities of 30 Years of Havana BiennaleTheoretical Event, shall contact the organizers:

Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda

30 Years of Havana Biennale Theoretical Event

dannysmdeom@cubarte.cult.cu