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58th October Salon | Belgrade Biennale 2021

THE DREAMERS

04.06-22.08, 2021

The Cultural Centre of Belgrade announces the new opening date and list of participating artists at the 58th October Salon | Belgrade Biennale 2021, titled The Dreamers

Initially scheduled for September 18, the 58th October Salon | Belgrade Biennale 2020 will be opened on 04.06.2021.

On the recommendation of the founder, the City of Belgrade, and in agreement with the curators of the Salon, the size of the exhibition will be modified and, in light of the current situation, which imposes new security measures – social distancing and limiting the number of visitors – the number of venues and planned live performances will be restricted.

The reduced map of the venues now refers primarily to the exhibition space of the Belgrade City Museum in Resavska Street and the Cultural Centre of Belgrade Movie Theatre (provided that the cinema can be used by then). Some additional venues that will be part of the exhibition of the 58th October Salon, which will not imply staying indoors, are: Radio Belgrade, BIGZ Building and several public places in the city, which will focus on the presentation of artworks in dialogue with Belgrade.

The exhibition intends to investigate the complexity of the current times, questioning not only the misleading nature of the real, but the space occupied by dreams, intended as the metaphorical embodiment of a space of freedom, which is able to challenge the certainty of the real world, of acquired knowledge and of our own beliefs.

For centuries philosophers have asked to what extent our external world can legitimately be considered real, utilizing the oneiric as an argument to criticize our most common certainties. Today, the accelerated development of new technologies seems to have overturned the issue. The possibility of creating and taking part in increasingly refined virtual spaces seems to represent an escape from reality, an escape towards a dimension that is not strictly oneiric, but that is undoubtedly related to our dreams.
The question is: how can we perceive today’s world? What are the conditionings that interfere in our capacity to critically experience reality? How can artists explain the complexity of the human being in our current times? Dreams allow us to rethink our relationship with reality, with the truth of Nature, of the plant world and of the animal beings ?

The exhibition will include the work of 55 international artists from different countries worldwide.

Jean-Marie Appriou, 1986; Marija Avramović / Sam Twidale, 1989/1988; Trisha Baga, 1985; Davide Balula, 1978; Neïl Beloufa, 1985; Will Benedict, 1978; James Bridle, 1980; Dora Budor, 1984; Elaine Cameron-Weir, 1985; Ian Cheng, 1984; Than Hussein Clark, 1981; Claudia Comte, 1983; Sanja Ćopić, 1992; Vuk Ćuk, 1987; Alex Da Corte, 1980; Simon Denny, 1982; Nicolas Deshayes, 1983; DIS (Lauren Boyle, Solomon Chase, Marco Roso, David Toro), 2010; Aleksandra Domanović, 1981; David Douard, 1983; Cécile B. Evans, 1983; Cao Fei, 1978; Cyprien Gaillard, 1980; Nenad Gajić, 1982; Camille Henrot, 1978; David Horvitz, 1974; Marguerite Humeau, 1986; Invernomuto (Simone Bertuzzi and Simone Trabucchi), 2003; Alex Israel, 1982; Melike Kara, 1985; Nadežda Kirćanski, 1992; Josh Kline, 1979; Oliver Laric, 1981; Mark Leckey, 1964; Hannah Levy, 1991; Hana Miletić, 1982; Ebecho Muslimova, 1984; Katja Novitskova, 1984; Wong Ping, 1984; Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), 1989; Sonja Radaković, 1989; Jon Rafman, 1981; Anri Sala, 1974; Bojan Šarčević, 1974; Max Hooper Schneider, 1982; Augustas Serapinas, 1990; Igor Simić, 1988; Marianna Simnett, 1986; Emily Mae Smith, 1979; Colin Snapp, 1982; Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, 1977; Diamond Stingily, 1990; Nora Turato, 1991; Nico Vascellari, 1976; Jordan Wolfson, 1980.

THE DREAMERS
Curators: Ilaria Marotta, Andrea Baccin
Assistant Curator: Leonardo Caldana

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vernissage Nora Turato. explained away mit Performance der Künstlerin Nora Turato

58th October Salon | Belgrade Biennale*
* In 2018, Board of the 57th October Salon made a decision to add the subtitle Belgrade Biennale to the name October Salon in the future.

Organizer: Cultural Centre of Belgrade www.kcb.org.rs
Founder and patron: The City of Belgrade
With the support of: The Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, Instituto Italiano di Belgrado, French Institute, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of Switzerland…