The digital catalogue of the 13th edition of the international exhibition, curated by American curator Ralph Rugoff, under the title “La vie moderne”: a radical and poetic take on daily life and the modern world.
All Biennale catalogues have a handicap, especially those featuring first-time exhibits: their images do not reflect the reality of the exhibits. What's more, the Biennale de Lyon produces up to 80% of the artworks that it shows. Coupled to a paper catalogue, this digital version, in a bilingual (English and French) format, enables the Biennale de Lyon to offer and disseminate plenty of information and content that paper cannot convey: interviews, videos, hypertext links, works in progress, commentaries, interventions by artists…
This universal ePub file is the most comprehensive digital catalogue ever published by a biennial and now includes:
– full views of every single artwork shown in La vie moderne, the exhibition set-up archives, complete reports of the Veduta and Resonance platforms and of the Biennale concomitant exhibitions (Rendez-vous 15, Ce fabuleux monde moderne, Anish Kapoor chez le Corbusier)
– contributions specifically designed for the catalogue by Haegue Yang, Lucie Stahl, Nina Canell, Nina Beier
– drawings and sketches by Emmanuelle Lainé, Michel Blazy, Camille Henrot, Andreas Lolis, Massinissa Selmani
– original statements and texts by Mohamed Bourouissa, Alex Da Corte, Fabien Giraud & Raphaël Siboni, Anna Ostoya, Julien Prévieux, Ed Ruscha
– videos by Michael Armitage, Lai Chih-Sheng, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Ahmet Öğüt, David Shrigley, Klaus Weber, and more.
Published on the occasion the 13th Lyon Biennale, from September 2015 to January 2016 (www.biennaledelyon.com).
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Due to the large file size (350 Mo), the download time may exceed half an hour in some configurations: thank you for your patience!
