BIENALSUR 2017

One of the powerful actions conducted by those of us who conceived BIENALSUR is "in-discipline". By presenting BIENALSUR as an "in-discipline exercise" we place ourselves from the onset at the enunciation point of our project, which seeks to position itself as an alternative space from and through the art system. This concept sums up various aspects of our proposal and makes it possible to envisage the reason for the presence of some projects and working lines of our platform, associated with the ways in which it is possible to activate and promote other social articulations through art. The distinguishing objective of BIENALSUR is to define a format and an operating modality whereby the art of the different regions of the planet is integrated not just as a mere diversity quota. It should achieve visibility in diversity on the basis of the respect for singularities by redefining conventional positions, sophisticating relationships, recovering traditions, creating bonds between spaces and times, and maintaining consistency with the new post-autonomous paradigm, which enables  reflection upon the contemporary art and culture scene. Therefore, BIENALSUR seeks to bring new modes of circulation and a new gathering modality with a view to contributing to the emergence of a novel appraisal of what is produced here and elsewhere in the world.