Three separate meetings in Venice, Istanbul and Karlsruhe were organized to prepare for the General Assembly, which will be held in Berlin at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt – HKW on the 10th – 13th of July, 2014 during the 8th Berlin Biennale.
Become an IBA Member:
As an IBA member you will be part of an international network of professionals within the art world. You will have access to all other IBA members through an online interactive society, giving you the latest news on upcoming events, openings, curators and much more. All members will receive an annual membership card that provides invitations to all events organized and hosted by IBA along with receiving publications produced by IBA. Being part of IBA, you will receive invitations to the annual General Assembly allowing you the opportunity to meet fellow peers within the biennial and art-related fields from across the world. As individual and institutional members, you will be able to vote for the representatives of the IBA and be an active participant of the association.
You can soon apply through the IBA website www.biennialassociation.org or alternatively download an application form and submit it to the IBA Office.
The 4-days event in Berlin with the focus on the inaugural ceremony of IBA will also be open to the wider public, consisting of conferences and panels. Bringing together professionals to participate in discussions on the current issues; how biennials need to respond to the social urgencies, local environment and politics in the midst of challenges that face biennials today.
International Biennial Association:
Executive Board (Interim)
President- Yongwoo Lee (Gwangju Biennale)
Vice President- Bige Örer (Istanbul Biennial)
Vice President- Marieke van Hal (Biennial Foundation)
Board Members
Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi (Sharjah Biennial)
Elke aus dem Moore (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)
Marah Braye (Biennale of Sydney)
Donna De Salvo (Whitney Biennial)
Patricia Druck (Mercosul Biennial)
Margarita González (Havana Biennial)
Gabriele Horn (Berlin Biennale)
Hong-Hee Kim (MediaCity Seoul)
Helena Kontova (Prague Biennale)
Patrick Mudekereza (Lubumbashi Biennale)
Eriko Osaka (Yokohama Triennale)
Mauro Petroni (Dakar Biennale)
Zhang Qing (Shanghai Biennale)
Thierry Raspail (Lyon Biennale)
Alya Sebti (Marrakech Biennale)
Alia Swastika (Jogja Biennale)
Sally Tallant (Liverpool Biennial)
Tan Boon Hui (Singapore Biennale)
*List above is in Alphabetical Order
The conference during IBA’s General Assembly is organized by the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. The conference and the General Assembly are hosted and generously supported by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).
With kind support of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
Further details will be released in June.
International Biennial Association (IBA)
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Buk-Gu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, 500-845
T +82 (0) 62 608 4134
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Photo courtesy of ONUK. Conference ‘Biennials: Prospect and Perspectives’ ZKM Karlsruhe.