Antarctic Biennale

The 1st Antarctic Biennale began in Ushuaia, the southernmost city of our planet. Around 100 participants: artists, scientists, futurists and interdisciplinary partners boarded the Akademik Sergey Vavilov research ship. The ship was understood to be a floating studio, conference and exhibition space. Onboard passen- gers took part in discussions, poetry, and philosophy workshops together as well as developing a vision for the continuing Antarctic Biennale. Each expedition member was asked to observe and take part in a form of art-making. During landings at scientific bases and historic and natural sites in Antarctica artists made temporary, site specific and ecologically compatible installations and performances.

As part of the 1st Antarctic Biennale Barbara Imhof recorded and produced a 12 part series on the project and short video with selected interview statements.

Biennale commissioned by Alexander Ponomarev, Curated by Nadim Samman
with contributions by Alexander Ponomarev, Russia; Abdullah al Saadi, UAE; Alexis Anastasio, Brazil; Andrey Kuzkin, Russia; Gustav Düsing, Germany; Joaquin Fargas, Argentina; Julian Charrière, France/ Switzerland; Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Brazil; Julius von Bismarck, Germany; Paul Rosero Contreras, Ecuador; Sho Hasegawa, Japan; Tomas Saraceno, Argentina/ Germany; Zhang Enli, China; Yto Barrada, Morocco/France; Eulalia Valldoshera, Spain; Shama Rahman, Bangladesh/UK; Yasuaki Igarashi, Japan; Lou Sheppard, Canada

Interdisciplinary Partners

Alexander Sekatskii, Russia; Barbara Imhof, Austria; Jean de Pomereu, France; Listen Schultz, Sweden; Carlo Rizzo, Italy/UK; Wakana Kono, Japan; Sergey Pisarev, Russia; Susmita Mohanty, Indian; Hector Monslave, Argentina; Adrian Dannatt, UK; Miguel Petchkovsky, Angola/Portugal; Liz Barry, USA; Nicholas Shapiro, USA