Other Minds
Screen City Biennial

Opening: September 23, 2022
Exhibition dates: September 24–October 20, 2022
Main venue: Archenhold Observatory (Berlin)
Other venues: Colonial Village Karpfenteich, Schering Stiftung, outdoor public space in Pariser Platz
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Artists

Anna Ehrenstein with 4DHD (Cibelle Cavalli Bastos and Coco Magnusson), Eli Cortiñas, Grace Ndiritu, Jacob Kirkegaard, Jenna Sutela, Lundahl & Seitl, Lundahl & Seitl with ScanLAB Projects, Metahaven, Espen Sommer Eide, Patricia Domínguez, Viktor Pedersen with Ingrid K. Bjørnaali and guests.
Curated by Daniela Arriado and Vanina Saracino

Concept

Screen City Biennial (SCB) Other Minds looks into the liminal states of consciousness that arise in the symbiotic relationship between the human mind and that of other living and non-living matter—including plants, bacteria, fungi, and technology. The project interrogates and challenges the notion of the human, embracing instead an idea of the more-than-human—a concept that expands personhood to entities beyond our species—by stressing the crucial connections among all living and non-living matter, both on a planetary and a cosmic scale.

SCB transcends the traditional spacetime biennale structure by proposing a multi-location model across two cities, Berlin and Oslo, spanning an extended exhibition period during 2022/2023. The first chapter of Other Minds took place at an extraordinary site, the Archenhold Observatory in Berlin. At this significant astronomical vantage point, the exhibition brought together the voices of various artists, whose work draws connections across layers of history, spacetimes, worldviews, and speculative narratives for the future. The program presents lens-based and time-based newly commissioned artworks, including performances, activations, artist talks, and online events. The next chapter in Oslo will be extended to several locations across the city, and continue the path looking at the medium of the moving image in an expanded fashion, and occupying unconventional public spaces for the arts.

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GUIDEBOOK

Screen City Biennial (SCB) is the first Nordic Art Biennial in public space entirely dedicated to time-base art, moving image and expanded cinema practices. It presents installations, sound performances, AR and VR works that explore the relation between image, sound, new technologies, public and digital spaces.

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