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Cindy Ng - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Cindy Ng A Moment #162053 NFT Exhibition Dates: Oct 13-Nov 10, 2022 Location: Bloomberg Center Cornell Tech NYC Links: Cindy Ng Cindy Ng Sio Leng was…

The Cherry Gallery - 2022 Cornell Biennial

The Cherry Gallery Local Futurities Monica Franciscus, Leo Kang, Blažo Kovačević, Grace Sachi Troxell, Van Tran Nguyen, Muhammad Zaman Exhibition: Sep 23-Oct 30, 2022 The Cherry…

Greg Stuart - 2022 Cornell Biennial

GREG STUART Composition and Improvisation Residency Residency hosted by María Alejandra Bulla Clavijo Music | Performing Arts Performance: Sep 12 + 15, 2022 at 7pm Milstein…

Tacet(i) Ensemble - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Tacet(i) Ensemble Extended Instruments and Global Sounds Concert | Performance | Conversation Discussion: Contemporary Music from Southeast Asia Nov 2, 2022 11:25a-1:30p Lincoln Hall Room B20…

Jade Doskow - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Jade Doskow Freshkills Exhibition organized by Jennifer Minner, Director of the Just Places Lab Exhibition: Oct 10 - Nov 4, 2022, M-F 8am-4:30pmJohn Hartell Gallery, Sibley…

Zhang Huan - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Zhang Huan The Celestial Burial of an Artist NFT Exhibition Dates:Fall 2022 Location:TBD at Cornell Tech NYC Links:Zhang Huan's Twitter In the body of work The…

Between Nothingness and Infinity - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Mellon Public Curatorial Expression Between Nothingness and Infinity Curated by Lauren Siegel (Africana Studies), Sarah Then Bergh (Africana Studies), Marie Lambert (Comparative Literature), Romain Pasquer (Romance…

Giselle Hobbs - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Giselle Hobbs Anti Biome Bioart Exhibition Exhibition: Aug 29 - Sep 2, 2022 8a-4:30p M-F Olive Tjaden Experimental Gallery Links: @giselle.hobbs "Anti Biome" The most pressing…

Gina Goico - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Patricia Encarnación + Gina Goico Sou / Venir Space + Installation Arts Performance: Nov 9, 2022 6pm A.D. White House Guerlac Room Links: ginagoico.com patriciaencarnacion.com "Sou…

Material Resistance - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Mellon Public Curatorial Expression Material Resistance: Social Justice & Empowerment Narratives Told Through Cloth Curated by Dyese Matthews (FSAD), Jenine Hillaire (AIISP), Kat Roberts (FSAD), Ami…

Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz - 2022 Cornell Biennial

JUAN MANUEL ALDAPE MUÑOZ Armadillos (Little Armored Ones) Performance + Installation Performance: Sep 30 at 12:30pm; Oct 1 at 12:30pm Begins at Ho Plaza Link: juanmaldape.com…

Felix Heisel + Circular Construction Lab - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Felix Heisel + Circular Construction Lab Circulating Matters Installation Installation: Aug-Oct 2022 Arts Quad by McGraw Hall Link: Felix Heisel Faculty Page Circulating Matters represents an…

Kellen Cooks - 2022 Cornell Biennial

KELLEN COOKS Dreaming-on-Hudson: The Politics and Power of Speculation in the Hudson Valley Curriculum and Exhibition Exhibition: November 7-18, 2022 Hartell Gallery, Sibley Hall Reception: November…

So-Yeon Yoon - 2022 Cornell Biennial

So-Yeon Yoon Immersive Portraits of COVID: Pause Exhibition Exhibition: Sep 13-30, 2022 Martha Van Rensselaer Gallery Link: So-Yeon Yoon Faculty Page Immersive Portraits of COVID: [Pause]…

Austin Bunn + Jeffrey Palmer - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Austin Bunn + Jeffrey Palmer Ghosts Film Date: November 17, 2022 Location:Schwartz Performing Center Time:5pm Links: austinbunn.com pma.cornell.edu/jeffrey-palmer "Ghosts" short film tells the dramatic true story…

Leslie Lok - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Leslie Lok, Kurt Jordan, Matthew Reiter, Sasa Zivkovic UNFRAME Tower Installation | Built Environment Installation: Sep 12-Oct 31, 2022 Arts Quad by McGraw Hall Links: Leslie…

Esther Kondo Heller - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Ceaseless Waves Hosted by Esther Kondo Heller Visual & Auditory Performance Date:October 6, 2022 Location:Sage Chapel Hours:7-10pm Ceaseless Waves Ceaseless Waves is a night of sounding…

Joanna Malinowska + C.T. Jasper - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Joanna Malinowska + C.T. Jasper A morning in 1953 (Messiaen Reversed, Birds Released) New Media | Installation Exhibition: Sep 15 - Oct 7, 2022 8a-4:30p John…

Matéa LeBeau + Isabella Culotta - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Matéa LeBeau + Bella Culotta Waste Not: In search of adaptive solutions to sewage treatment, soil health, and food production Outdoor Installation Installation: Aug 28-Sep 30,…

Paul Vanouse - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Paul Vanouse: America Project Exhibition and Performance Exhibition: Sep 17 - Oct 7, 2022 Bibliowicz Family Gallery Weekdays 8am-4:30pm Performance: Sep 17, 2022 Bibliowicz Family Gallery…

Mermaids, by Karrabing Film Collective

Karrabing Film Collective - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Karrabing Film Collective The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland Video Date: Nov 16 - Dec 18, 2022 Johnson Museum Picket Family Video Gallery Links: karrabing.info Screen…

Camel Collective - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Camel Collective Gated Commune Video Showing: Sep 14 - Oct 16, 2022 Johnson Museum Picket Family Video Gallery Links: camelcollective.org Screen Art Series Gated Commune Gated…

Madre Drone by Patricia Domínguez

Patricia Domínguez – 2022 Cornell Biennial

Patricia Domínguez: Madre Drone Video Showing: Jul 13 - Aug 14, 2022 Johnson Museum Picket Family Video Gallery Links: patriciadominguez.cl Instagram Screen Art Series Madre Drone…

In Vitro, 2019, by Larissa Sansour & Soren Lind

Larissa Sansour + Søren Lind – 2022 Cornell Biennial

Larissa Sansour + Søren Lind In Vitro Video Showing: Aug 17 - Sep 11, 2022 Johnson Museum Picket Family Video Gallery Links: larissasansour.com Screen Art Series…

Denise Green - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Denise Nicole Green and CF+TC Threads of Life, Love, & Loss: An HIV/AIDS Story Articles of Displacement Exhibition | Documentary Threads of Life, Love, and Loss:…

Mendi + Keith Obadike, 2022 Cornell Biennial

Mendi + Keith Obadike - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Mendi + Keith Obadike: Harmonies and Difference Tones Sculpture + Sound/Light Projection Performance: Sep 16+17, 2022 at 9-9:30pSouth Lawn, Johnson Museum Exhibition: Sep 16-Oct 30, 2022Mallin…

Jennifer Birkeland + Jonathan A Scelsa – 2022 Cornell Biennial

Jennifer Birkeland + Jonathan A. Scelsa Cornell Sage Knoll Built Environment Installation: Aug 15-Oct 31, 2022 Outside Day Hall Links: op-al.com Instagram Cornell Sage Knoll In…

Sara Jimenez - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Sara Jimenez At what point does the world unfold? Fabric Installation Installation: Sep 15 - Oct 27, 2022 Arts Quad, Goldwin Smith Hall Link: sarajimenezstudio.com At…

Kyungwon Moon/Joonho Jeon, 2022 Cornell Biennial

Moon Kyungwon + Jeon Joonho - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Moon Kyungwon + Jeon Joonho: The Ways of Folding Space and Flying Video Showing: Oct 19 - Nov 13, 2022 Johnson Museum Picket Family Video Gallery…

Jenifer Wightman - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Jenifer Wightman Shared Space: Seasonal color shift of species succession Bioart Installation Current Art: Apr 22 - Sep 15, 2022 Mann Library Lobby Exhibit: Mann Library…

Matt Dallos, 2022 Cornell Biennial

Matt Dallos - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Matthew Dallos: Libe Slope Wild Garden Native Plantings Date:Ongoing Location:Libe Slope (near McGraw Hall) Links:Instagram Libe Slope Wild Garden Walk the path through the wild garden.…

Wendy S. Walters, 2022 Cornell Biennial

Wendy S. Walters - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Wendy S. Walters To Rent or Own: On Benefits Absolute and Vulgar Creative Writing Performance Reading: Sep 22, 2022 at 5PM A.D. White House Link: walterspot.com…

Xu Bing - 2022 Cornell Biennial

Xu Bing, A.D. White Professor-at-Large Background Story Mixed Media Exhibition: Oct 8, 2022 - Jan 22, 2023 Johnson Museum of Art, Gold Gallery Floor 2L Links:…

Ken Feingold, 2022 Cornell Biennial

Ken Feingold - 2022 Cornell Biennial

KEN FEINGOLD The Animal, Vegetable, Mineralness of Everything Robotics and AI Date:July 18 - October 9 Location:Johnson Museum of ArtGussman Entrance Hall Time:11am - 4pm |…

Revolution - 2016 Cornell Biennial

TERESA DIEHL Revolution Sound & Light Installation Lebanese artist Teresa Diehl will collaborate with the Cornell University Chorus to create an adaption of her work titled…

Hans Baumann with Karen Pinkus - 2018 Cornell Biennial

HANS BAUMANN WITH KAREN PINKUS Crystalline Basement Sculptural Installation Crystalline Basement is a sculptural installation commissioned for the CCA 2018 Biennial. The piece is situated within…

Robotic Construction Laboratory with Arnot Teaching and Research Forest - 2018 Cornell Biennial

CORNELL ROBOTIC CONSTRUCTION LABORATORY WITH ARNOT TEACHING AND RESEARCH FOREST Log Knot - On Perpetual Wood Cycles and Forest Processes Outdoor Installation Zivkovic capitalizes on his…

Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon with Emilie Stark-Menneg - 2018 Cornell Biennial

LYRAE VAN CLIEF-STEFANON WITH EMILIE STARK-MENNEG Measured/The Clover Project Multimedia Performance A multi-media performance, this project imagines Duration: Passage, Persistence, Survival by extending a decade long…

Jolene Rickard - 2018 Cornell Biennial

JOLENE RICKARD GAYOGOHÓ:NÓ Restorative Movement Professor Rickard leads an effort to document and restore the cultural tradition of the GAYOGOHÓ:NÓ or Cayuga Nation. A fall gathering…

Joanna Malinowska with C.T. Jasper - 2018 Cornell Biennial

JOANNA MALINOWSKA WITH C.T. JASPER The Emperor's Canary Outdoor Sound Art Installation This elegant outdoor sculptural sound art installation is located on two proximate symbolic sites:…

Ian Pica Limbaseanu + Madeleine Eggers - 2018 Cornell Biennial

IAN PICA LIMBASEANU WITH MADELEINE EGGERS TODD: A Companion in the Fluff TODD is an unannounced but wholesome guest in our places of daily passage. Its…

Annie Lewandowski with Katy Payne and Sarah Hennies - 2018 Cornell Biennial

ANNIE LEWANDOWSKI WITH KATY PAYNE AND SARAH HENNIES Cetus: Life After Life Whale/Chimes Duet In “Cetus: Life After Life,” composer Annie Lewandowski explores the temporal dimension…

Denise Green - 2018 Cornell Biennial

DENISE GREEN Women Empowered: Fashions From the Front Line Fashion Exhibition This groundbreaking exhibition, to follow Ruby Chishti's show on Level T of the Human Ecology…

Kate Greder with Yasir Ahmed-Braimah, Juan Felipe Beltrán, and Josh Strable - 2018 Cornell Biennial

KATE GREDER WITH YASIR AHMED-BRAIMAH, JUAN FELIPE BELTRÁN, AND JOSH STRABLE ATGC New Media Light Installation Two graduate students and two postdoctoral fellows from four different…

Kevin Ernste with CAGE - 2018 Cornell Biennial

KEVIN ERNSTE WITH CAGE New Instruments of the Future Past The Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners, A Performa Commission, Curated and Conducted by Luciano Chessa —…

CCCP + International Contemporary Ensemble - 2018 Cornell Biennial

CORNELL CONTEMPORARY CHAMBERS PLAYERS WITH INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE (ICE) Stage/Sound Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players (CCCP) present a program in conjunction with New York City’s International Contemporary…

Richard Lin - 2018 Cornell Biennial

RICHARD LIN Painting Relief Art Installation Exhibited in Documenta, 1964, this rare painting prompts viewers to reflect on aesthetic duration in abstract painting. Sponsored and lent…

Ruby Chishti - 2018 Cornell Biennial

RUBY CHISHTI Narratives of Memory: A Conversation With Time Fiber-Art Installation The Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design (FSAD) has invited CCA Biennial Invitational Artist,…

Ni'Ja Whitson | The NWA Project - 2018 Cornell Biennial

NI'JA WHITSON | THE NWA PROJECT A Mediation on Tongues Live-dance and Multimedia Adaptation Cornell Council for the Arts’ (CCA) 2018 Biennial kicks off September 14-15…

Xu Bing - 2018 Cornell Biennial

XU BING The Character of Characters Three-Channel Projection Installation To celebrate Xu Bing’s first campus residency as an A. D. White Professor-at-Large, CCA Biennial will screen…

Laurent Mignonneau/Christa Sommerer - 2020 Cornell Biennial

LAURENT MIGNONNEAU/CHRISTA SOMMERER Portrait on the Fly (2015) Interactive Computer Installation In collaboration with \Art, Cornell Tech, New York City Portrait on the Fly (Interactive Version)…

Mengni Zhang - 2020 Cornell Biennial

MENGNI ZHANG In Touch A Tactile Language Encoder Nature has proven to us through evolution that by organizing weak and uninformed individuals into a swarm, the…

Jenifer Wightman - 2020 Cornell Biennial

JENIFER WIGHTMAN Mud Painting: Bacterial Performativity Bioart Installation These creative experiments in bioart exhibit “mud paintings” that foreground microbes existing within mud to photosynthesize pigments. As…

Grace Troxell - 2020 Cornell Biennial

GRACE TROXELL Microbiome Rift Microbiome Rift, an outdoor sculpture situated on the Arts Quad, dissolves boundaries between internal and external, contained and container, animate and inanimate.…

Natasha Raheja - 2020 Cornell Biennial

NATASHA RAHEJA A Gregarious Species What do bugs and borders have to do with each other? In 2019, thousands of gregarious desert locust swarms flew across…

Piyawat Louilarpprasert - 2020 Cornell Biennial

PIYAWAT LOUILARPPRASERT Sonic Stigmergy and Swarm Granulation The concept of stigmergy is referring to ideas and activities of self-organization in wide range of spheres such as…

Denise Green - 2020 Cornell Biennial

DENISE GREEN Fashion in Transit From the aesthetics of transportation mechanisms themselves to the clothing and accessories worn by bodies in motion, fashion affects and is…

Marianthi Papalexandri Alexandri - 2020 Cornell Biennial

MARIANTHI PAPALEXANDRI ALEXANDRI Generators Generators centers on a set of hand-crank generators that convert mechanical motion into electrical energy to directly drive and synchronize a swarm…

Matt Dallos - 2020 Cornell Biennial

MATT DALLOS Libe Slope Meadow Walk the path through the meadow. Grasses stand head high on both sides. Through chaotic plant stems you see fragments of…

Jennifer Birkeland + Jamie Vanucchi - 2020 Cornell Biennial

JENNIFER BIRKELAND/JAMIE VANUCCHI Swarming the Susquehanna This installation represents the uneasy relationship between nature and community through a field condition of floodplain homes on display on…

J. Robert Lennon - 2020 Cornell Biennial

J. ROBERT LENNON Stigmergium The idea of the swarm is highly applicable to the music we make, and this project will lean heavily into the concept,…

Wendy S. Walters - 2020 Cornell Biennial

WENDY S. WALTERS Good People of Fresh Creek Basin: Notes on Climate Change (2020) Creative Writing Performance This essay examines the early signs of forced migration…

Sam Van Aken - 2020 Cornell Biennial

SAM VAN AKEN The Tree of 40 Fruit (2008-2020) Bioart Installation This creative blend of art and science provides an extravagant habitat for the natural swarm…

Moon Kyungwon + Jeon Joonho - 2020 Cornell Biennial

KYUNGWON MOON/JOONHO JEON The Ways of Folding Space and Flying (2015) Video Installation The Ways of Folding Space & Flying is a multi-channel film installation created…

Sara Jimenez - 2020 Cornell Biennial

SARA JIMENEZ At what point does the world unfold? (2020) Printed Fabric Installation The Biennial is commissioning a new outdoor installation from the exciting emergent New…

Maria Hupfield - 2020 Cornell Biennial

MARIA HUPFIELD One Person Exhibition (2020) Felt, Sculpture, Video, Performance Maria Hupfield will retool the gallery space as a laboratory, as a performance venue, and as…

Carrie Mae Weems - 2018 Cornell Biennial

CARRIE MAE WEEMS Heave Two-part Video Installation Housed in specially designed structures on the Art Quad, the two-part installation, “Heave,” incorporates photography, video, text, spoken word,…

Ken Feingold - 2020 Cornell Biennial

KEN FEINGOLD The Animal, Vegetable, Mineralness of Everything (2004) Robotics and AI An international pioneer of robotic and artificial intelligence art, Ken Feingold exhibits this compelling…

Xu Bing - 2020 Cornell Biennial

XU BING Precarious Natural Swarms (2020) Mixed Media As a proposal for a permanent installation for the Cornell Botanic Gardens, the celebrated Chinese artist and Cornell…

Laurie Anderson/Hsin-Chien Huang - 2020 Cornell Biennial

LAURIE ANDERSON/HSIN-CHIEN HUANG To the Moon (2018), Virtual Reality Installation The pioneering American performance artist, Laurie Anderson, again collaborates with the creative Taiwanese technology artist, Hsin-Chien…

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