Biennial 17 – New Temples

17 March

Lisboa

LuxFrágil

Concert, performance

Tianzhuo Chen, Aisha Devi, Asian Dope Boys

Concert-Performance / BoCA Oppening

At the forefront of new Chinese contemporary art, Tianzhuo Chen uses colourful, grotesque, and kitsch images dominated by references to Chinese religion, Japanese Butoh, voguing, and the world of fashion. The electronic-pop mantras of Napalese-Tibetan artist Aïsha Devi create a musical landscape that is intense and visceral, industrial and dance-able.

31 March

Lisboa

ZDB

Concert

Klein

Concert “Klein”

At 19, Klein is already one of the most intriguing and unclassifiable contemporary producers. Her music is fluid yet uncompromising.

31 March

Lisboa

ZDB

Concert

Van Ayers

Concert “Van Ayers”

In Van Ayres’s first record “Sorry Stars” we hear dream-like, exalted electronic music that maps the now with playful IDM, incandescent of 90s trance echoing in the music of Rustie or Lorenzo Senni, game soundtracks, and James Farraro’s consumerist hyper-reality post “Far Side Virtual” – all of this with dedication and sincerity worth celebrating.

30 April

Lisboa

LuxFrágil

Concert

Jenny Hval

Concert “Jenny Hval” | BoCA Closing

All modesty aside, Jenny Hval is an absolute miracle of experimental pop. It’s a lofty affirmation, but well deserved by this vigorous Norwegian artist. With a background in performance, she moulds word and sound to a conceptual line that is as apocalyptic as it is hopeful.