Table of Contents Shifting Gravitiy The Crisis and Opportunity ofBiennials Yongwoo Lee '10 Bringing the Biennial Community Together Marieke van Hal 14 The Inaugural World Biennial Forum Elke aus dem Moore 16 Shifting Gravity Ute Meta Bauer and Hou Hanru IS Keynotes Rethinking Equality: WangHui 28 The Decline of Representation The Cosmos in Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism Nikos Papastergiadis 34 Democracy, Human Rights, and Chantal Mouffe 46 Cosmopolitanism: An Agonistic Approach Case Studies Asia Pacific—Part A 58 Asia Pacific Triennial ofContemporary Art Caroline Turner Biennale ofSydney Jonathan Watkins Biennale Jogja Alia Swastika Moderator Ursula Zeller Asia Pacific—Part B 64 Taipei Biennial Fang-Wei Chang Shanghai Biennale Zhang Qing Yokohama Triennial Eriko Osaka KOBE Biennale Ritsuko Taho Moderator Zheng Yang Architecture— Design —Infrastructure 70 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismYArchitecture Ou Ning Gwangju Design Biennale Hyungmin Pai Guangzhou Triennial Wang Huangsheng Moderator Ute Meta Bauer Emergent—Alternative 78 Emergency Biennale Evelyne Jouanno Kochi-Muziris Biennale Riyas Komu Land Art Mongolia 360° Marc Schmitz Tbilisi Triennial Wato Tsereteli Chobi Mela Shahidul Alam Moderator Marie Le Sourcl http://d-nb.info/1033856444 South Korea SS Gwangju Biennale Yongwoo Lee Mediacity Seoul JinsangYoo Anyang Public Art Project Beck Jee-Sook Moderator Kim Hong-Hee "Asia"and Its Margins 94 Istanbul Biennial Bige Orer Meeting Points Tarek Abou El Fetouh Ural Industrial Biennial ofContemporary Art Alisa Prudnikova Sharjah Biennial Hoor Al Qasimi Moderator Hou Hanru Special Guests We Hop On, We Hop Off: The Ever-faster Rene Block 104 Spinning Carousel of: Biennials Interview with MOON Kyungwon Hans Ulrich Obrist 110 and JEON Joonho Questionnaires The Role of Biennials? 120 The Function and Potential of Biennials? 130 The Challenges Faced by Biennials? 137 Are Biennials Alternative Sites for Experimentation and Resistance? 145 The Financing of International Contemporary Art Biennials Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (iKSV) 153 World Biennial Forum N" 1 Participating Biennials 1/5 Contributors 201 .