(Coimbra, Portugal)
The first part of Anozero – Biennial of Contemporary Art of Coimbra, Portugal, starts on November 27th and runs to 15 January 2022. The theme is “No sonho do homem que sonhava o sonhado acordou” (in the man’s dream who dreamed the dreamed he woke up). Among the participating artists, Marilá Dardot will be in the group.
For the first time since 2015, the year of the launch of Anozero, Coimbra’s contemporary art biennale, the curatorship will be assumed by two women, Elfi Turpin and Filipa Oliveira. Also in a premiere, the 2021 edition schedule will be divided into two stages. In the first part, an installation by Carlos Bunga serves as a platform for the screening of four films, with themes that help to prepare the ground for the group exhibitions, which will open to the public next year, between the 9th of April and the 26th of June.
Anozero is an initiative proposed in 2015 by the Círculo de Artes Plásticas of Coimbra, organized in conjunction with the City Council of Coimbra and the University of Coimbra, whose primary objective is to promote a reflection on the circumstance of classification of the University of Coimbra, Alta and Sofia as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.