Pedro Lasch: 20 22: Art Biennials and Other Global Disasters Published by Temblores Publicaciones.
Text by Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda, Octavian Esanu, Pedro Lasch. Interviews by Andrea Giunta, Candice Hopkins, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Gabi Ngcobo, Hoor Al-Qasimi, José Roca, Lucia Pietroiusti, Miguel López, Ralf Rugoff, farid rakun, Rujeko Hockley, Trevor Schoonmaker, Yuko Hasegawa. Does the art system of certain territories only gain value after tragedy, and what role do fairs play in this financial cycle? Provoked by his experience with the 2009 Ghetto Biennale in Port-au-Prince and the earthquake that devastated Haiti afterward, artist and educator Pedro Lasch (born 1975) reflects on the two faces of art fairs—as platforms for artistic legitimization and stages marked by catastrophe.
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