The Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana has announced that artist, theatre director and educator Marko Peljhan will represent Slovenia at the 58th edition of the Venice Biennale. Working at the intersection between art and science, Peljhan is best known for his 10 year-long project Makrolab (which appeared at Documenta 10 in Kassel, 1997), a workstation designed as a research and living space for artists and scientists exploring climate change in Antarctica for which he was awarded the UNESCO Digital Media Prize in 2004, as well as his founding of the arts and technology organisation Projekt Atol in 1992 (a nonprofit that focuses on scientific research and collaboration).
Peljhan has previously shown work at international art festivals including Montreal Biennial (2014), Istanbul Biennial (2009), Brussels Biennial (2008), Venice Biennale (2003), Gwangju Biennale (2002) and Manifesta 2 (1998).
23 April 2018
