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THE PHASES: IN CRESCENDO BIENNALE
For the first time, the Shanghai Biennale will
operate as an eight-month “in crescendo” project,
un-folding in three phases:

PHASE 01: A WET-RUN REHEARSAL
November 10–14, 2020. A summit bringing together
con-tributors to present their work in the form of
a performative assembly taking place in the PSA’s
Grand Hall and spreading out to networks of art
spaces along the Yangtze River, as well as online.

Dai Chenlian, Waxing and Waning of the Augustness 1 & 2, 2020-2021, video
recording, installation, 30 minutes, installation view at the 13th Shanghai
Biennale PHASE 03: AN EXHIBITION, 2021. Courtesy Power Station of Art,
photo by Chen Hao.

Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Menstrual (Shanghai), 2006/2021, mixed media
installation with unspun wool and videom dimensions variable , 04:12
minutes, courtesy of Lehmann Maupin and the artist, installation
view at the 13th Shanghai Biennale PHASE 03: AN EXHIBITION, 2021.
Courtesy Power Station of Art, photo by Chen Hao.

Alberto Baraya's artworks, installation view at the 13th Shanghai
Biennale PHASE 03: AN EXHIBITION, 2021. Courtesy Power Station of
Art, photo by Chen Hao.

Hylozoic/Desires (Collective), As Grand As What, 2018–2021, video,
performance, music, poetry, 3-channel video, color, sound, 16:38 minutes,
PHASE 02: AN ECOSYSTEM OF ALLIANCES
co-commissioned by the 13th Shanghai Biennale, Thyssen-Bornemisza
Art Contemporary, and The Archaeological Park of Pompeii in the context November 15, 2020 – April 9, 2021. Keeping a permanent
of "Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters", with the support of post at the PSA, the “in crescendo” project associates
Kulturfactory Residency in Domicella, Napoli, installation view at the 13th
itself with infrastructures where online/offline social and
Shanghai Biennale. Courtesy Power Station of Art, photo by Chen Hao
communal life are taking place. These include streaming
TV channels, so-cial media, university programs, and
serial interventions on urban dynamics.

PHASE 03: AN EXHIBITION
April 10 – June 27, 2021. Opening with a festival, the
Biennale will unfold into an exhibition that will run
through PSA and expand into a series of locations along
the Huangpu River and across the city of Shanghai.

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