TheTaipeiBiennial2016“Gesturesandarchivesofthepresent,genealogiesofthefuture“presents5-month-longexhibitions,performances,screenings,symposiums,conferences,andworkshops.Thisexhibitionexploresnewnotionsofgesture,translation,appropriation,genealogy,andthepleasurabletofostertheinventionofanunpredictablecommon,atatimeofuniversalprivatizationofthehumanandnonhumanEarth,anddeprivationoftheworld’s“commons.“InancientGreece,the“archive“wastheplacewherethosewhoheldpoliticalpowerdecidedwhichpublicdocumentsweretobefiled.Theythusheldapoweroflegitimatingdecision-makingastowhatwouldbekeptordestroyed.EvokinganthropologistDavidGraeber’sbook,UtopiaofRules:OnTechnology,Stupidity,andtheSecretJoysofBureaucracy,thebiennialaimstocontributetothecritiqueofinstitutionalbureaucracyanditsstructuralviolencesothatradicalthoughtdoesnotloseitsvitalcenteranditsabilitytodisarmconfigurationsofpower,therebyunlockinghumanimaginationoutofdeadzonestoexploreheterogeneousnarrativesandallowcommonmemorytodisseminateandsettle.QRcodeofexhibitionguidebook,includingartworks,performances,screenings,andconferences,isprovidedinthispublicationonP5.
TAIPEI MONTH genealogy translation PERFORMANCES
