2024 Asian Art Biennial Announces the Grand Opening

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Nov. 19, 2024 - PRLog -- Co-curated by Fang Yen Hsiang (Taiwan), Anne Davidian (Armenia), Merv Espina (the Philippines), Haeju Kim (South Korea), and Asli Seven (Turkey), the Biennial will feature works from 35 local and international artists under the title of "How to Hold Your Breath", inviting viewers to take a deep breath and hold their breath while imagining a new future.

The title of the 2024 Asian Art Biennial, "How to Hold Your Breath," evokes the act of voluntarily pausing a vital function, creating a state of anticipation. A twist on the saying "don't hold your breath," a warning not to expect change soon, is inverted here to suggest latent hope.

Taking a deep breath and holding it anchors us in the present moment. As the world unravels into new sublevels of rock bottom, we continue to migrate and navigate through the din and dust, between place and displacement in this late capitalist fallout. This act of calming the breath and setting the mind prepares for transitioning from one reality to another, in a movement of transformation. It is an interval, to listen to the inaudible and retune with the metabolic rhythms of our bodies and the planet.

Through a variety of media, the artworks presented in the Biennial challenge progressive and universal notions of time, revealing instead how histories are tied to people, places, and positions.

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Participating Artists｜Noor Abed, Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research (AFSAR), Marwa Arsanios, Andrius Arutiunian, Sharon Chin, Chu Hao Pei, Kiri Dalena, Fang Wei-Wen, Tao Leigh Goffe, Hit Man Gurung, Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Emre Hüner, Saodat Ismailova, Maiko Jinushi, Cetus Kuo Chin-Yun, Woosung Lee, Milay Mavaliw, Nathalie Muchamad, Hwayeon Nam, Yoshinori Niwa, Pak Sheung Chuen, Nefeli Papadimouli, Natalia Papaeva, Ri, Julia Sarisetiati, Kirill Savchenkov, Aziza Shadenova, Yehwan Song, Trương Quế Chi & Nguyễn Phương Linh, Wang Yu-Song, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jasmin Werner, Cici Wu, Nil Yalter, Gary Zhexi Zang