Welcome to the AIB18!
Art Ii Biennial addresses current themes, participates in the public discussion through the methods of art and to boldly combines the cultural heritage of Ii with the contemporary art.
A crucial part of the event is to facilitate interactions between the local community and international art professionals through communal activities. The Art Ii Biennale’s site-specific art works are mostly in the environmental–art park of Ii and village centre. Temporal, local and cultural conditions affect the production of these art works. One of the main values of the event is ecological, economical, social and cultural sustainability.
Concept
The concept of the Art Ii Biennial 2018 is built around the concept of water: water as the fundamental element in all forms of life, a cultural interface, a transformable material, a natural storage medium.
Curators
The participants of the AIB18 were selected by the curatorial team based on an open call, as well as individual invitations. The curators of AIB18 were: Anastasia Patsey, Antti Tenetz and Merja Briñón.
Info
The venues of AIB are the vicinities around the Huilinki Museum and the Nättepori Cultural Centre. The visitors' information point at the biennial is located at the Nättepori Cultural Centre, and it is open for the public daily from 12 noon to 6 pm during the festival week 4–10 June.
Previous Biennials
Art Ii Biennial has presented tens of international artists since 2008.