Short Guide of the 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts

The Biennial exhibition is accompanied by a short guide: The 32nd Biennial of Graphic Arts: Birth as On the occasion of the 32nd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Birth by Criterion, a short guide was published, presenting the concept of the Biennial, a description of the modernist poet Jure Detela and his poem Birth by Criterion, which provided the impetus for the kind of self-reflection that this edition of the Biennial embarked on. The break, brought on by Jure Detela's poem, resonated in the rhizomic structure of the Biennial, which – without the central figure of the curator – instead functioned as a self-producing entity. By stepping outside the comfort zone, be it the tradition of the Biennial or the established protocols of conceptualising contemporary art exhibitions, Birth by Criterion foregrounded a variety of relationships – a multiplicity that has no single unifying concept but exists as a continuous stream of meanings, offering a multitude of potential connections and interactions between artworks. The publication presents the participating artists, their works and projects, as well as numerous colour reproductions.