Biennale Warsaw with a text by Jan J. Zygmuntowski inaugurates a new series entitled "COVID-19: What kind of world after a pandemic?". The aim of the project is to create political, economic or ecological alternatives that become graspable in times of crisis.
The coronavirus pandemic highlights the themes that are at the heart of the Warsaw Biennale's program - themes that allow us to understand contemporary mechanisms that destabilize systems, causing negative phenomena, conflicts or even crises of global threats.
New cycle of Biennale Warsaw
Based on the assumption that the possibility of bringing about change largely depends on the proper identification of problems, filling programs with content and consistency in their implementation, the Biennale is launching the series "COVID-19. What kind of world after a pandemic?". Invited and guest authors will both describe the current state of affairs and present ideas and concepts that can kick-start the necessary change.
Web Journal
The texts will be made available free of charge on the Biennale Warsaw website in the form of a web diary. The series opens with Jan J. Zygmuntowski, with a text entitled "A decade of regeneration.How we overcame the coronavirus and the crisis of capitalism".
Soon to be published is an article by Agata and Zuzanna Dziuban titled. "Conditioning Support. Necropolitics and solidarity in times of crisis". Collaborations are planned with Jan Sowa, Luke Moll and Jonas Staal, among others. The ideas developed will be transferred to the artistic and activist practice of Biennale Warsaw.
BiennaleWarsaw is an interdisciplinary cultural institution that conducts artistic, research, educational and social activities. It works at the intersection of various disciplines, combining the field of culture and art with that of theory and science and social activism.
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