The fifth edition of the Art Encounters Biennial - My Rhino Is Not a Myth. art science fictions is dedicated to the intersection of art, science and fictions. The Biennial will take place over a period of eight weeks, between May 19th and July 16th, and will activate 15 exhibition spaces in multiple locations throughout the city.
The Garrison itself is a remnant of lingering pasts. During the Habsburg Empire’s rule over Banat, the building served in turn the Habsburg, Austro-Hungarian and Romanian military authorities. Later, the site became inextricably linked to the 1989 revolution against the communist regime. Storytelling has always been part of the changing socio-political and economic structures undergoing change. On the ground floor, other forms of growth and spirituality, even mythical encounters, expose both extractive struggles and healing sensitivities. A spirit that, on the next floor of the exhibition, continues to unmake political, historical, or identity orders reviving an anarchist ethos and crossing timelines. For in these stories, cultural knowledge can be retold through the untold stories buried within.
Artists: Carlos Amorales, Giulia Crețulescu, Mihaela Vasiliu (Chlorys), Ioana Cîrlig, Megan Dominescu, Nika Dubrovsky, Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Veronika Hapchenko, Libby Heaney, Zhanna Kadyrova, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Patrícia Kaliczka, Nataša Kokić, András Cséfalvay & Lukáš Likavčan, Gregor Moebius, Dimitar Solakov, Sorina Vazelina, Christian Waldvogel, Zheng Bo
Curatorial team: Cristina Bută, Monica Dănilă, Edith Lázár, Ann Mbuti, Adrian Notz, Cristina Stoenescu, Georgia Țidorescu
INFO POINT – Art Encounters Foundation, Bd. Take Ionescu 46C
The program of all exhibition spaces:
Wednesday – Sunday, 12:00 – 20:00
*This program may undergo changes in the following period, please check the updates on the Biennial website at: 2023.artencounters.ro