Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA) is an international contemporary art project held every two years in various locations across Gothenburg, Sweden. Founded in 2001, the Gothenburg City Cultural Committee organized the first two editions of GIBCA. Göteborgs Konsthall organized GIBCA 2005 and in 2006 Röda Sten Konsthall became the biennial's official organizer.

Objectives

GIBCA's assignment from the Cultural Affairs Committee reads: "The Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art shall strengthen Gothenburg’s status as a City of Culture and secure Gothenburg’s position within an international context. It shall display international contemporary art of high quality and be an inspiration for galleries and other local arts venues at the same time as it increases interest abroad in the creative arts scene Gothenburg has to offer. The Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art has a pedagogical mission to bring contemporary art to the residents of Gothenburg, especially children and young people."

Biennial Editions

10th Edition + 11th Edition

Lisa Rosendahl has been appointed Curator of the 10th & 11th editions of GIBCA in 2019 and 2021.

9th Edition - WheredoIendandyoubegin – On Secularity

The 9th Edition of GIBCA ran from 9 September – 19 November 2017 and was curated by Nav Haq. Titled WheredoIendandyoubegin – On Secularity, this edition the biennial addressed the subject of the secular posing the question: What role should secularity have in society today?

Exhibition Venues

Göteborg Konsthall, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg City Library, Elite Plaza Hotel, Gamlestaden, Museum of Gothenburg, Myrorna-Järntorget, Chalmers University of Technology, Masthuggskyrkan, Götaplatsen, Musiclovers Records, Hjalmar Brantingsplatsen.

Participating Artists

Alexander Tovborg, Archivo F.X. in collaboration with Bassam El Baroni & Pedro G. Romero with the participation of Doris Hakim, Yassine Chouati & Equipe Media, Basim Magdy, Dimitri Venkov, Etel Adnan, Fahd Burki, Fatma Bucak, Francesc Ruiz, Haegue Yang, Haseeb Ahmed & Daniel Baird, Hilma af Klint, Jens Haaning, Joakim Forsgren, Jonas Staal, The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Maddie Leach, Michèle Matyn, Måns Wrange/OMBUD, Olivia Plender, Public Movement, Riikka Kuoppala, Rose Borthwick, Santiago Mostyn, Saskia Holmkvist, Ellen Nyman & Corina Oprea, Shilpa Gupta, Sille Storihle, Vector.

We're Saying What You're Thinking video exhibition at Gothenburg City Library: Catti Brandelius, Cecilia Lundqvist, Claes Söderquist, Dorinel Marc, Elin Magnusson, Ellen Nyman, Eva Linder, Guds söner / Sons of God (Leif Elggren/Kent Tankred), Jannicke Låker, Jesper Nordahl, Johan Tirén, Lene Adler Petersen & Bjørn Nørgaard, Lene Adler Petersen & Bjørn Nørgaard & Henning Christiansen, Loulou Cherinet, Marko Raat.

8th Edition - A story within a story...

The 8th Edition of GIBCA ran from 12 September - 22 November 2015 and was curated by Elvira Dyangani Ose. Titled A story within a story..., the 8th edition of the biennial examined ways in which systems of power have used tactics of amnesic oblivion and silence as a political strategy. It looked at works by artists who interfere with history-making and seek to open up the readings of contemporary history. It explored history as a radical act by focusing on socially engaged projects from transnational and transhistorical perspectives. As a part of the biennial the swedish musician Jens Lekman, born in Gothenburg, wrote songs based on other people's stories.The songs were titled "Ghost Writings".

Exhibition Venues

Göteborg Konsthall, Röda Sten Konsthall, Hasselblad Center, 3:e Våningen, Göteborg Landvetter Airport and KKP Galleri.

Participating Artists

Anna Lundh, Ângela Ferreira, Arvo Leo, Benandsebastian,  Bouchra Khalili, Carlos Motta, Coco Fusco, Esther Shalev-Gerz, Inmaculada Salinas, Isabel Lewis, Jacob Kirkegaard, Kader Attia, Kerry James Marshall, Leslie Hewitt, Loulou Cherinet, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, María Berríos & Jakob Jakobsen, Maryam Jafri, Meleko Mokgosi, Nástio Mosquito, Petra Bauer & Rebecka Katz Thor, Phoebe Boswell, Pia Rönicke, The Propeller Group, Runo Lagomarsino, Santiago Cirugeda - Recetas Urbanas, Sara Jordenö, Serge Alain Nitegeka, Shilpa Gupta, Simon Starling, Theo Eshetu, Tris Vonna-Michell.

7th Edition - PLAY! Recapturing the Radical Imagination

The 7th edition of GIBCA ran from 7 September - 17 November 2013 and was curated by Katerina Gregos, Claire Tancons, Joanna Warsza and Ragnar Kjartansson in collaboration with Andjeas Ejiksson. Titled Play! Recapturing the Radical Imagination, GIBCA 2015 offered a variety of curatorial perspectives and artistic strategies which served as a open and dynamic meeting point for creative playfulness, social experiment, forms of activism, fiction and philosophical deliberation. As a part of the biennial a carneval was held, named "Exclude Me In", which highlighted and celebrated the queer history of Gothenburg. "Exclude Me In" was a performance initiated by the art group "MYCKET", together with the designer and artist Maja Gunn and "The New Beauty Council", and derived from "the Gothenburg carnival" which was held in the city in the 1980-1990's. But homosexual life and desire was strikingly absent from any archival material of the carnival, which is likely a consequence of the prevalence of hate crimes against the LGBT-community during this time.

Exhibition Venues

Göteborg Konsthall, Röda Sten Konsthall, Hasselblad Center, Stora Teatern, Stravaganza Mornington Hotel, Gothenburg Central Station, Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Kajskjul 207, GöteborgsOperan, Älvrummet, Hotel ibis Styles, Drömmarnas kaj, Betelskeppet

Participating Artists

Sonia Boyce, Andreas Gedin, Nicoline van Harskamp, Johan Heintz, Jean-Louis Huhta, Deimantas Narkevičius, New Beauty Council & MYCKET in collaboration with Maja Gunn, Roberto Peyre, Karol Radziszewski, Psychic Warfare, Per Zennström & Lennart Sjöberg, Petra Bauer, Keren Cytter, Agnieszka Polska, Peter Wachtler, Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet, Dario Šolman, Tania Bruguera, Åke Edwardson, Forensic Architecture & Füsun Türetken, Núria Güell, Maja Hammarén, Katarzyna Krakowiak, Jill Magid, Mapa Teatro, Marion von Osten, Sunshine Socialist Cinema, Markus Öhrn, Dorota Lukianska, Nabil Boutros, Luc Deleu, Ninar Esber, Parastou Forouhar, Jorge Galindo & Santiago Sierra, Guerrilla Girls, Nevan Lahart, Tala Madani, Otobong Nkanga, Roberto Paci Dalò, Pavel Pepperstein, Fernando Sanchez Castillo, Marinella Senatore, Liv Strömquist, Olav Westphalen, Wooloo (Martin Rosengaard & Sixten Kai Nielsen), Qiu Zhijie, Spartacus Chetwynd, William Hunt, Eunhye Hwang, Nanna Nordström, Margrét Helga Sesseljudóttir, Carolee Schneemann

6th Edition - Pandemonium: Art in a Time of Creativity Fever

The 6th edition of GIBCA ran from 10 September–13 November 2011 and was curated by Sarat Maharaj with Co-Curators Dorothee Albrecht, Stina Edblom, Gertrud Sandqvist. Titled, Pandemonium – Art in a Time of Creativity Fever, GIBCA 2011 posed the question: What form of creativity, art and thoughts are emerging in the aftermath of the radical social changes taking place today? The inspiration for this year's biennial partly came from John Milton's epos Paradise Lost from the 17th-century. The curator Sarat Maharaj used the term Pandemonium from John Milton's epos where Pandemonium is the name of the palace that Lucifer and his followers builds after they've been banished from heaven, as a metaphor for a place where there is chaos but also a place where something new can evolve. At the opening ceremony of the biennial at Röda Sten Konsthall people had to evacuate the buildning because of a threat that was directed towards the buildning. Four people were arrested on the 11:th of September, suspected of terrorist offenses.

Exhibition Venues

Göteborg Konsthall, Röda Sten Konsthall, The Gothenburg Museum of Art, Konsthallen – Bohusläns museum.

Participating Artists

Francis Alys, Örn Alexander Ámundasson, Zarina Bhimji, Wim Botha, Matthew Bukingham, Chen Chieh-Jen, Chimurenga, Jimmie Durham, Klas Eriksson, Karolina Erlingsson, Liam Gillick, Goldin+Senneby, Mahlet Ogbe Habte, Zille Homma Hamid, Lisa Jeannin & Rolf Schuurman, Isaac Julien, Reena Saini Kallat, John Kelly, Matts Leiderstam, Antonio Vega Macotela, Ernesto Neto, William Pope.L, Viktor Rosdahl, Hans Hamid Rasmussen, Tino Sehgal, Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir & Mark Wilson, Åsa Sonjasdotter, The New Beauty Council, Inga Svala Thórsdóttir, Yoel Díaz Vázquez, Jana Winderen, Henrik Frisk & Stefan Östersjö

5th Edition - What a Wonderful World

The 5th edition of GIBCA ran from 5 September -15 November 2009 and was curated by Celia Prado and Johan Pousette. Titled, What a Wonderful World, GIBCA 2009 aimed to "present a generous, poetic and sensual portrayal of human diversity and the human capacity for wonders as well as failures through the gaze and works of contemporary artists."

Exhibition Venues

Göteborg Konsthall, Röda Sten Konsthall, Göteborgs stadsmuseum, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Stadsbiblioteket Göteborg and Galleri Box, plus seven movies by nine artists at Bio Capitol

Participating Artists

Kutluğ Ataman, Rosa Barba, Candize Breitz, Love Enqvist, Tim Etchells, Amit Goren, Susan Hiller, Luis Jacob, Amar Kanwar, William Kentridge, Kristina Kvalvik, Tracey Moffatt, Hariton Pushwagner, Catherine Sullivan, Jörgen Svensson, Fiona Tan, Alexander Vaindorf , Harun Farocki, Mats Hjelm, Teresa Hubbard & Alexander Birchler, Victor Nieuwenhuijs & Maartje Seyferth, Judi Werthein, Artur Żmijewski

4th Edition - Rethinking Dissent

The 4th edition of GIBCA ran from 25 August - 25 November 2007 and was curated by Edi Muka and Joa Ljungberg. Titled, Rethinking Dissent, GIBCA 2007 encouraged reflection on "the meaning of ‘dissent’ in a time characterized by the dominance of global capital, operating on a level above politics."

Exhibition Venues

Göteborg Konsthall, Röda Sten Konsthall, Röhsska museet, Gamla posthuset and Galleri Kaustik.

Participating Artists

Adel Abidin, AES+F, Jane Alexander, Catti Brandelius, Tania Bruguera, Ezequiel Suárez & Yalí Romagoza, Democracia, Jenny Grönvall, Maria Heimer Åkerlund, Thomas Hirschhorn, Mats Hjelm, Pål Hollender, Jenny Holzer, Lamia Joreige, Marianne Lindberg de Geer & Jan Alvermark, Otto Karvonen, Armando Lulaj, Mandana Moghaddam, Melik Ohanian, Mario Rizzi, Joanna Rytel, Anri Sala, Fia-Stina Sandlund, Santiago Sierra, Sislej Xhafa, Hendrik Zeitler, Johan Zetterquist, Ola Åstrand

3rd Edition - More! Than This: Negotiating Realities

The 3rd edition of GIBCA ran from 3 September - 6 November 2005 and was curated by Sara Arrhenius. Titled, More! Than This: Negotiating Realities, GIBCA 2005 presented artists who, in various expressive media such as film, installations, performances, sound, and painting, investigated and interrogated the documentary form.

Exhibition Venues

Göteborg Konsthall, Göteborgs Konstmuseum and Hasselblad Center

Participating Artists

Christian Andersson, Fikret Atay, Michael Beutler, Monica Bonvicini, Gerard Byrne, Miriam Bäckström, Runa Islam, Lucia Koch, Gabriel Lester, Ann Lislegaard, Marcel Odenbach, Adrian Paci

2nd Edition - Against All Evens.

The 2nd edition of GIBCA ran from 24 May - 31 August 2003 and was curated by Carl Michael von Hausswolf.

Exhibition Venues

Göteborg Konsthall, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Hasselblad Center, Konsthallen – Bohusläns museum

Participating Artists

Simone Aaberg Kern, Candice Breitz, John Duncan, Martin Ekenberg, Max Fredrikson, Kendell Geers, Kim Gordon, Tommi Grönlund/Petteri Nisunen, Russell Haswell, Hecker, Carsten Höller, Ryoji Ikeda, Karl-Hans Janke, Freidrich Jürgenson, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Richard Kern, Surasi Kusolwong, Teresa Margolles, Van Nath, Phill Niblock, Monika Nyström, Else Marie Pade, PITA, Franz Pomassl, Nizar Ali Siala, Stelarc

1st Edition - Experience – Dissolution

The 1st edition of GIBCA ran from 9 June - 16 September 2001 and had an artistic council of Ewa Brodin, Britt Ignell and Lasse Lindqvist

Exhibition Venues

Kungsportsplatsen, Bältesspännarparken, Avenyn, Götaplatsen, Göteborg Konsthall, Cafés in the city and tram line number 9

Participating Artists

Gunilla Bandolin, Sean Bluechel, Daniel Buren, Agnes Denes, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Tom Hunter, Dan Perjovschi, Robin Rimbaud/Skanner, Ragna Robertsdottir, Clara Ursitt

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