1st Edition Rehearsing the Unexpected

The Climate Biennale is an open meeting space for citizens. A place where people and organizations from very different backgrounds come together to think, converse, imagine and debate the major challenges of our time.Through art, culture and nature, the biennale invites us to reflect on issues that affect us all: the industry and jobs of the future, the relationship between rural and urban worlds, and how to strengthen democratic coexistence.

An approach to the territory is proposed through artistic methodologies and cultural mediation practices that bring together diverse voices to recognize the issues that matter. In this way, the Biennial functions as a platform that amplifies what already exists and generates new connections with the global sphere.

The programme brings together more than forty artists and collectives. Many of the works have been acquired or produced specifically for this edition. Some pieces are part of the State Collection of Art and Climate of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, a growing collection that will accompany future editions of the Biennale. Others are the result of artistic residencies developed at the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the Energy City Foundation, and the Factoría Cultural of Avilés.

The Biennale also presents projects in progress that will continue evolving beyond this edition, as well as interventions in public facilities — such as libraries — through participatory architecture projects.

This exhibition programme is structured around three major axes:

The public programme of the Climate Biennial opens spaces for dialogue inspired by the artworks and the places that host them. It is an invitation to listen and share perspectives through art, in an open and participatory environment.