Biennale Jogja
Starting in 2011, the Biennale Jogja XI, which takes place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, will work its way around the equator, a zone designated as the area between the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23°27′ north) and the Tropic of Capricorn (latitude 23°27′ south). Biennale Jogja will look further towards the future, open up new perspectives and develop confrontations that engage convention and the establishment by examining similar situations all over the world.
The discourse of contemporary art has become very dynamic, but we still notice that the dichotomy of center and periphery remains very strong. There is the need to identify new opportunities and seek out more valuable meaning in a biennale event.
The geopolitical parameters of North and South, which reflects categories of wealth and territorial closeness in term of stereotypical ethnicity, have been contributing greatly to the development of contemporary culture these days. We dream of a differentiation; we hope to be the initiator and catalyst for the creation of alternative relations and inter-relations in the practices of art.
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