PUBLIC EVENT FEATURING VIDEO INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES
THE
BIENNIAL OF THE YEAR 2000
MUSEUM
OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
5-28 OCTOBER 1975
Persona
non gratis at the official biennial on account of his subversive
antics during the 1973 edition, the artist organizes his own alternative
biennial in an exhibition space adjoining the official one. This
satirical counter-biennial—the Biennial of the Year 2000—is
construed as a retrospective and sociological look back at the 1975
edition that “took place” with the full support of the
military regime. It features video footage of the official event.
The between the two events is blurred as people circulate freely
from one to the others. The Biennial of the Year 2000 prompts the
defection of several artists participating in the official event,
which it eclipses in terms of publicity.