Being As Communion, Thessaloniki Biennale central exhibition, 4 March to 21 May 2023
MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art
The central exhibition of the 8th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art proposes a re-examination: a re-examination of life as a society, but also of co-existence as a tool to deal with the multiple crises we are experiencing. The question of co-existence is examined through the works of 28 artists/artists who focus on various forms of mediation between different subjects, living and dead, species and environments. The emphasis now shifts to the practices of care, love, sharing, mutual support and inclusiveness as life attitudes. Artistic groups and artists investigate the effects of human activity on threatened ecosystems, the possible scenarios of sustainable and harmonious coexistence.
Artists: Jumana Emil Abboud , Paky Vlassopoulou , Gianfranco Baruchello , Campus Novel , Aslı Çavuşoğlu , Phoebe Giannisis , COYOTE , Cevdet Erek , Zheng Bo , Piero Gilardi , Sky Hopinka , Akira Ikezoe , Vaso Katraki , Jumana Manna , Ahmed Morsi , Hira Nabi , Abraham Onoriode Oghobase , Yiannis Papadopoulos , Alexandra Paperno , Angelos Plessas , Iva Radivojević , Kostas Roussakis , Corinne Silva , Panos Sklavenitis , Agnès Varda , Ana Vaz , Vessel (Navine G. Dossos and James Bridle) , Thanasis Xondros & Alexandra Katsiani
Curator: Maria-Thalia Carras
Assistant curators: Fotini Salvaridis & Manto Psarelli
Flames Among Stones, installation view, photograph by Stefanos Tsakiris
Corinne Silva, Flames Among Stones, two channel video with 5.1 sound and textile, 2019/2022. Untitled video still.