Dystopian Realms / Idyllic Meadows, the 8th Baltic Contemporary Art Biennial focused on European identity and the values on which it is based and built. Europe, as a project based on values such as individual liberty, tolerance, free expression and capitalism, is being tested by substantive shifts in political and social reality. The project was conceived as a tool to analyze this emerging in statu nascendi cultural and political order and to discover some of paradoxes that accompany the processes of adapting to the forces of change.

Curated by: Magdalena Lewoc, Marlena Chybowska-Butler

Artists: Adel Abidin, Adrian Paci, Armando Lulaj, Christian Niccoli, Damir Nikšić, Daniela Kostova, Joanna Rajkowska, Johan Muyle, Ján Mančuška, Kalle Hamm and Dzamil Kamanger, Kaspars Goba, Michael Blum, Pavel Braila, Petja Dimitrova, Ronald Dagonnier, Tomasz Mróz, Šejla Kamerić