ELEKTRA : 5th INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ART BIENNIAL (BIAN)
METAMORPHOSIS
DIGITAL AND IMMERSIVE ART EXHIBITION
Nov 19, 2021 - Feb 13, 2022
The 5th International Digital Art Biennial (BIAN), organized by ELEKTRA, returns this fall to Arsenal Contemporary Art Montreal. Postponed due to the ongoing pandemic, the BIAN, a major exhibition entirely dedicated to contemporary digital art and presented since 2012, will be held from Nov 19, 2021, to Feb 13, 2022.
After a cycle around the theme AUTOMATA: Art Made by Machines for Machines, the theme of this 5th edition will be METAMORPHOSIS - a topical subject that echoes the pandemic situation and the changes it brings in our lifestyles. Curated by DooEun Choi from South Korea, with East Asia - South Korea, Japan, China - as the guest region, BIAN will bring together 17 works, some of them North American and Canadian premieres, by 15 local and international artists and collectives.
Participating Artists
Refik Anadol
Michel de Broin
Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules
Justine Emard
EXONEMO
Daniel Iregui
Herman Kolgen
Ryoichi Kurokawa
Ahreum Lee
Lu Yang
Louis-Philippe Rondeau
Oli Sorenson
David Spriggs
Samuel St-Aubin
Bill Vorn
The 5th International Digital Art Biennial (BIAN) - METAMORPHOSIS
What kind of individual or societal transformations will follow the global pandemic of 2020?
METAMORPHOSIS refers to the classic Book of Changes (I Ching) and proposes that today, one of the fundamental effects of constant change is to broaden our understanding of the relationship between humanity, nature, and technology. According to the Book of Changes, human society is in constant transformation, and everything is subject to change; yet at the same time there is a core that never changes. By understanding this core profoundly, it is therefore possible to foresee the future.
The 5th International Digital Art Biennial, on the theme METAMORPHOSIS, searches for meaningful core patterns by revisiting this triangular relationship to encourage diverse discussions about humanity in an age of uncertainty.
Co-curated by DooEun Choi, Art Director of Hyundai Motor and Alain Thibault, General and Artistic Director of ELEKTRA.
Since 1999, ELEKTRA presents and promotes works created at the intersections of contemporary art and new technologies, inscribed in the latest aesthetic currents of research and experimentation. ELEKTRA organizes a variety of activities : the ELEKTRA International Digital Art Festival showcases audiovisual, immersive, participatory and/or robotic artistic performances since 1999. Created in 2012, the International Digital Art Biennial (BIAN) is a large exhibition featuring unique and innovative works at the intersections of new technologies and contemporary artistic creation. The International Marketplace for Digital Art (MIAN) is an annual professional gathering that is open to the public. Since 2007, the MIAN invites to Montreal some of the major actors of the international arts and digital cultures ecosystem.
PREMIUM PACKAGE
* With the purchase of a ticket for Imagine Monet, take advantage of a special package to attend the Jardins intérieurs and the 5th International Digital Art Biennial exhibitions.
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