Barbara Vanderlinden

The 2004 Taipei Biennial brought together 40 artists from around the world. The works presented range from a broad array of disciplines: architectural projects, photographic studies, performance pieces, fictive reconstructions, documentary films, archival ventures, collective paintings, as well as community and activist projects. Through these forms, they reveal how such social issues as globalization, labor economies and urban infrastructure are profoundly affecting contemporary life, the 'reality.'

(Abstract source: http://www.aaa.org/hk)

With foreword by Ma Ying-jeou (Mayor of Taipei) and Liao Hsien-hao (Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government), and preface by Huang Tsai-lang (Director of Taipei Fine Arts Museum.

Other participating artists besides those of Asian descent (listed below) include: The Atlas Group, Bili Bidjocka, David Claerbout, Jeremy Deller, Jeanne van Heeswijk with Rolf Engelen, Siebe Thissen, Frans Vermeer and Innbetween, The Kingpins, Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, with Madelon Vriesendrop and Zoe Zenghelis, Franciska Lambrechts and Honore. Steven McQueen, Jean-Luc Moulene, Gabriel Orozco, Martha Rosler, Anri Sala, Maruch Santiz-Gomez and Anges Varda… (mais)

Exhibition guide for the 2004 Taipei Biennial.

The 2004 Taipei Biennial brought together 40 artists from around the world. The works presented range from a broad array of disciplines: architectural projects, photographic studies, performance pieces, fictive reconstructions, documentary films, archival ventures, collective paintings, as well as community and activist projects. Through these forms, they reveal how such social issues as globalization, labor economies and urban infrastructure are profoundly affecting contemporary life, the 'reality.'

(Abstract source: http://www.aaa.org/hk)

Other participating artists besides those of Asian descent (listed below) include: The Atlas Group, Bili Bidjocka, David Claerbout, Jeremy Deller, Jeanne van Heeswijk with Rolf Engelen, Siebe Thissen, Frans Vermeer and Innbetween, The Kingpins, Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, with Madelon Vriesendrop and Zoe Zenghelis, Franciska Lambrechts and Honore. Steven McQueen, Jean-Luc Moulene, Gabriel Orozco, Martha Rosler, Anri Sala, Maruch Santiz-Gomez and Agnes Varda… (mais)