Göteborg International Biennial
for Contemporary Art (GICBA)
7 September – 17 November 2013
It is with great pleasure Röda Sten Art Centre presents the preparations for Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GICBA) 2013 and the work on strengthening the Biennial as one of the major art events in Sweden.
The planning has begun with an innovation in the Biennial organization. Stina Edblom (co-curator GICBA 2011) and Edi Muka (curator GICBA 2007) have been appointed Artistic Directors of the Biennial. Based on their previous experience, Stina Edblom and Edi Muka will be working on developing the Biennial’s sustainable growth and anchorage in Gothenburg and the Region Västra Götaland as well as nationally and internationally. The Artistic Directors will formulate the conceptual framework for the Biennial and invite a selection of curators to curate individual platforms as part of the Biennial. Together, these platforms will form Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art. The opening is scheduled for 7 September 2013.
Leisure, Discipline and Punishment (working title)
Röda Sten Art Centre is also proud to present that GIBCA 2013 will form part of a collaboration between four European art biennials: Contour, the Biennial of Moving Image in Mechelen (BE), the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art (UK), the Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (SE) and the Bucharest International Biennial for Contemporary art (RO). As part of the collaboration each biennial will commission two artists to produce new site-specific works that will utilize different locations in the city that people visit for leisure, discipline or punishment. The new artistic productions will tour the various biennials included in the project.
For the project, Röda Sten Art Centre has been granted EU funding of EUR 35,000.
Stina Edblom
held a position as co-curator and producer of Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2011. From 2009 to 2012 she worked as Exhibition Curator at Göteborgs Konsthall in Sweden, as well as Assistant Curator of the 29th São Paulo Biennial, Brazil. In 2008, she held a position as Research/Assistant Curator of the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, on the theme of Farewell to Postcolonialism, where she curated the African participation in the triennial. Stina completed a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths College, 2007.
Edi Muka
holds a position as Exhibition Curator at Röda Sten konsthall since 2009. He is one of the founders of Tirana International Contemporary Art Biennale, as well as Director and Curator of TICA – Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art. In 2007, he curated the 4th edition of Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, titled Rethinking Dissent, together with Joa Ljungberg. In 1999, Edi curated the first Albanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennial and in 2005 he was the commissioner for the pavilion.
Kontakt
Director Röda Sten Art Centre
Mia Christersdotter Norman
mia.christersdotter(at)rodasten.com
+46 31 12 08 83
Artistic Director
Stina Edblom
stina.edblom(at)goteborg.biennal.org
+46 31 12 07 76
Artistic Director
Edi Muka
edi.muka(at)rodasten.com
+46 31 12 08 46












































