Aimee Harrison and Lucía Sanromán will curate the 2027 edition of the Liverpool Biennial, titled The Age of Magical Thinking. The exhibition is scheduled to take place from 5 June to 19 September.
The theme draws on psychologist Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, which identified a period in childhood development where imagination is particularly strong. The exhibition will position childhood, a transitional period charged with creative potential, as a lens through which to consider our current global crisis.
‘I think of childhood and youth as a period of constant transition, of change and possibility, but also a time that demands and requires the urgency to question the present’, said Sanromán in a statement. ‘Artists in the exhibition give us insights into the imagination of childhood, spurring us to boldly ask for a better future. The exhibition responds to the loud demands by young people throughout the world to be taken seriously in how political decisions are made, and for whom.’
The participating artists are:
Ad Minoliti; Amalia Pica, Anya Paintsil; Charmaine Poh; Dor Guez; EBB.Global; Elias Nafaa; Francis Alÿs; Harold Offeh; Hiroko Kubo; Immy Mali; Iván Argote; the vacuum cleaner; Laakkuluk Williamson; Wen Cheng Lee; Marilyn Boror Bor; Petrit Halilaj; Rineke Dijkstra; Robert Gabris; Ronak & Roza Moshtaghi; Ruth Ewan; Tania Candani; Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Khimei; Zohra Opoku.
