Only 2 of the 31 works present were imported, thereby reducing the carbon footprint; the facilities were created with artisans.
BASIN. The Cuenca Biennial, executed under the concept “Biocene, changing green for blue”, and which, according to the curator, Blanca de la Torre, invites us to go through a new era. The jury also awarded Tania Candiani and Cristina Lucas. His works can be admired until February 28, 2022.
The Cuenca Biocene Biennial was strongly committed to environmental care, but also to other current life perspectives, such as ecofeminism, care for the pachamama or the rescue of peasant traditions, as explained by De la Torre in the opening speech , met yesterday morning at the Museum of the City.
The conservation of the planet was thought from different axes. For example, only 2 of the 31 works present were imported from another country, thereby reducing the carbon footprint; The facilities were created in conjunction with local artisans and the distribution of the venues was strategically located in places in the historic center of the city, to motivate the walk and avoid the use of vehicles in the transfer.
With this, it will be less complex for them to visit the Old Central School, the Museum of Modern Art, the Biennial Headquarters, the Lira House, the People’s Room, contemporary IN ART, Sucre Theater, Process Room and the Remigio Crespo Toral Museum. .
What’s more, different devices used in the exhibition were reused; and when the 15th edition of the Biennial closes its doors, the works will be donated or recycled, according to the case. In other words, environmentally friendly processes were applied, reusing materials and display devices and applying, as far as possible, the R’s of “reduce, reuse and recycle”.
The winners of the Biennial were awarded a prize of $ 20,000 each. But they were not the only winners, as Amor Muñoz (Mexico) and Ursula Biemann (Switzerland) also received an honorable mention. Likewise, the Ecuadorian Pamela Cevallos received the Paris Award, which makes her the recipient of a scholarship to study in France.
Another outstanding aspect of the Biocene Biennial is that 67% of the participating artists are women, which shows the importance of women in art. For this reason, Katia Cazar, director of the Biennial, stressed that art, and particularly that of this meeting, is an exercise of freedom of thought in difficult situations. In addition, this Biennial, inaugurated in 1986, has adapted to new trends, going from being a “painting” event to one of contemporary art, where paradigms have been broken and new languages have been compromised.
As an artistic event of aesthetic and cultural significance that takes place every two years, to date there have been fourteen editions in which 1,206 artists from 65 countries, 113 national and international curators have participated, with an audience that has reached one million. visitors.
Ecuadorian Fabiano Kueva was the winner of the fifteenth edition of the Cuenca International Biennial.
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