8th Triennial of Contemporary Art U3: Beyond the Globe

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The subject of this years 8th Triennial of Contemporary Art Slovenia, curated by internationally renowned philosopher, art critic, and media theorist Boris Groys is the integral nature of cosmic and global processes. The fully illustrated softcover catalog presents photographs of installations, texts, and projects by a variety of contributors including artists, theorists, researchers, and curators, most of whom were born in or work in Lublijana. Organized alphabetically in sections with short texts and explanatory captions, the contributors address a cosmos that is a harmonious, utopian universe, but also uncontrollable and unknownthe source of a specifically modern fear or uneasiness that could be described as cosmic anxiety. Together they explore the many possibilities of connection between the artistic and the scientific imagination cosmos as analysis of sci-fi culture, corporeal immortality and critiques of contemporary technology. Contributors include, Zdenka Badovinac, Joe Bari, Boris Beja, Irena Boric, Bla Boic, BridA, Chang Tsong-Zung and Gao Shiming plus many more.