THE AGE OF MAGICAL THINKING
LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL
June 5 - September 12, 2027
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The title draws on psychologist Jean Piaget’s identification of a particular period in childhood development when the lines between reality and make-believe are blurred. This is an age when the imagination is powerful; tomorrow is charged with potential and when magical thinking can help to create new, alternative worlds.
‘The Age of Magical Thinking’ brings 25 international artists and collectives to Liverpool’s galleries and public spaces, with artworks ranging from reflections on the experience of childhood and the importance of children’s rights, to projects that recognise young people as experts of their own experience, encouraging visitors to learn together through play and technology.
Throughout the city, artworks will explore the complexity of the past, address the uncertainty of the present, and provoke necessary questions about the future. The participating artists are:
Ad Minoliti (Argentina), Amalia Pica (Argentina/UK), Anya Paintsil (Wales), Charmaine Poh(Singapore/Germany), Dor Guez (Jerusalem/Athens), EBB.Global (France), Elias Nafaa (Lebanon/Canada), Francis Alÿs (Belgium/Mexico), Harold Offeh (Ghana/UK), Hiroko Kubo(Japan), Immy Mali (Uganda), Iván Argote (Colombia/France), the vacuum cleaner (UK), Laakkuluk Williamson (Greenlandic Inuk/Canada), Wen Cheng Lee (Taiwan), Marilyn Boror Bor (Guatemala), Petrit Halilaj (Kosovo/Germany), Rineke Dijkstra (The Netherlands), Robert Gabris(Slovakia/Austria), Ronak & Roza Moshtaghi (Iran/Germany/Norway), Ruth Ewan (Scotland), Tania Candiani (Mexico),Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei (Ukraine), Zohra Opoku (Germany/Ghana).
Curated by Aimee Harrison and Lucía Sanromán