The Athens Biennale, constantly intuitive towards the institution of biennales, revises its identity by extending its duration to two years. Bridging the past to the present and the future, the fifth edition of the Biennale (2015) merges with the sixth (2017). The Athens Biennale 2015-2017, a daring and experimental endeavor launches its activities in June 2015 and peaks in June 2017. In view of the critical historical juncture, the Athens Biennale 2015-2017 focuses on burning issues such as the emergence of alternative economies, the performative in the political and the establishment of institutions that redefine the systems structures and its pre-existing models, while highlighting the current views of contemporary art.
The Athens Biennale 2015-2017 arises as a reaction to the current political and social conditions and a need to activate the public through art and contemporary theoretical viewpoints. Omonoia launches a two-year period of activities that will run from June 2015 through the summer of 2017, in various venues across the Athens center, and, more specifically, at Omonoia square. The aim of this two-year period and the collaboration with the Municipality of Athens is the discovery of a permanent location for the organization’s parternships, from which point the activities of Athens Biennale 2015-2017 will take place. The creation of a cultural centre in a period of crisis and cultural reconstruction led the Athens Biennale 2015-2017 to Omonoia square and the selection of the former hotel Bageion as the symbolic starting point for the unfolding of the artistic program.
Programme Director: Massimiliano Mollona. Art direction and design by Studio Lialios Vazoura.
