Art Against the World

How do biennial curators weave a narrative out of diverse artworks? Liverpool Biennial Director Sam Lackey shares her experience; curator Manuela Moscoso discusses the process behind Liverpool Biennial 2021. Presenter Vid Simoniti. Liverpool Biennial 2021 www.biennial.com

LINKSLiverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial

Works mentioned:

Sam Lackey

Neo Muyanga – A Maze in Grace (forthcoming at Liverpool Biennial)

Anthony Gormley – Another Place (2005)

Koo Jeong A – Evertro (Everton Park Skatepark) (2015)

Teresa Solar – Osteoclast (forthcoming at Liverpool Biennial)

Linder Sterling – The Ultimate Form (2012) exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield

Manuela Moscoso

Oswald de Andrade: Manifesto Antropófago (1928)

Jorge Manuela Barreto – Environmental Sculpture (forthcoming at Liverpool Biennial)

Neo Muyanga – A Maze in Grace (forthcoming at Liverpool Biennial)

Art that imagines alternative futures and pasts. Artist Larry Achiampong discusses the legacies of Afrofuturism today, while Luisa Ungar’s debates the role of fiction in the archive. We are joined by the critic Pablo Larios. Presenter Vid Simoniti. Liverpool Biennial 2021 www.biennial.com

LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial 

Larry Achiampong Relic Traveller Phase 1 and 2 (2017-19) https://www.larryachiampong.co.uk/projects/relic-traveller-phase-1

https://www.larryachiampong.co.uk/projects/relic-traveller-phase-2

Luisa Ungar Guided Zoo Visits (2012) Dominion of Extinction (2018) Pavilion (2017) https://issuu.com/deluxu/docs/ungar_portafolio_reciente

commentator Pablo Larios

Art that portrays seas and migration. Alberta Whittle’s new video unearths links between climate change and colonialism. Invernomuto’s sound installation traces the influences of the Black diaspora on the Mediterranean culture. We are joined by curator Elvira Dyangani Ose. Presenter Vid Simoniti. Liverpool Biennial 2021 www.biennial.com

LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial 

Works featured

Alberta Whittle between a whisper and a cry (2019) https://www.biennial.com/2020/exhibition/artists/alberta-whittle

The opening of Alberta Whittle’s work contains a quotation from Christina Sharpe’s book In the Wake: On Blackness and Being (Duke University Press) 2016

Invernomuto (Simone Bertuzzi and Simone Trabucchi) Black Med (2018-) https://blackmed.invernomuto.info/

commentator Elvira Dyangani Ose

On art that reflects our changing bodies. Pedro Neves Marques’ film raises the possibility of male pregnancies; Ane Graff’s sculptures show how our bodies adapt to pollution. We are joined by curator Chus Martinez. Presented by Vid Simoniti. Liverpool Biennial 2021 www.biennial.com

LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial 

Works featured

Pedro Neves Marques A Mordida (The Bite) (2019) http://www.pedronevesmarques.com/amordida_filminstallation.html 

Becoming Male in the Middle Ages (2021) This work is showing at the Liverpool Biennial. http://www.pedronevesmarques.com/becomingmaleinthemiddleages.html

Ane Graff States of Inflammation (2019) https://www.anegraff.com/

Commentator Chus Martinez

How can art respond to ecological challenges? Jorge Menna Barreto relates how his “stomach sculpture” protects the Amazon rainforest, and video artist Bo Zheng discusses whether we can have sex with plants. We are joined by curator Margarida Mendes. Presenter Vid Simoniti. 

LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial 

Works featured

Jorge Menna Barreto Il Restauro (2016) https://www.visibleproject.org/blog/project/restauro-environmental-sculpture-32a-bienal-of-so-paulo-brazil/

Bo Zheng Pteridophilia (2016) http://zhengbo.org/2018_PP3.html

commentator Margarida Mendes

How can artists show violence with sensitivity? Painter Ebony G Patterson discusses her portraits of gang members in Jamaica. Photographer Sohrab Hura’s explains his response to social media violence in India. We are joined by curator Catalina Lozano.

LINKS Liverpool Biennial 2021: find out more about the artists and the exhibition Twitter: Liverpool Biennial / Vid Simoniti Instagram: Liverpool Biennial

Works discussed:

Ebony G Patterson Gangstas for Life Series (2007-) http://ebonygpatterson.com/works.php

The Of 72 Project (2011) http://www.theof72project.com/

Sohrab Hura

The Coast (2019) https://www.sohrabhura.com/The-Coast

The Lost Head and the Bird (2017) https://www.sohrabhura.com/The-Lost-Head-The-Bird

commentator Catalina Lozano

Introducing Season 1 of Art Against the World. 

In the next six episodes, we interview politically engaged contemporary artists, thinkers and curators. Produced in collaboration with Liverpool Biennial and the University of Liverpool.

Episodes released 25 October 2020

More info at www.biennial.com