Opening: Friday September 1st
BIENALSUR participates in the Biennial of Contemporary Art of Santa Cruz de la Sierra with the exhibition Echoes from the South, a proposal featuring works by Latin American artists who present critical reflections on social, political, and cultural issues that affect the entire South.
Rather than a geographic region, the South here is a concept, a space defined by diverse cultures, whose multiplicity and differences challenge the old models of development exclusively related to the economy.
Echoes from the South brings a series of questions regarding the need to pay attention to the deaf noises of other narratives, such as human rights, an ethical and political horizon that includes not only conventional conceptions on the importance of individual respect, but also respect for communities, for nature as a subject, and the commitment to other cultures as one of the most important sources of human development.
BIENALSUR thus challenges the hegemonic order to firmly pursue the construction of a common home.
Fernando Farina
Image: Francis Alys, Cuentos patrióticos, 1997
