Land Art Mongolia (LAM 360°) is a Biennial art festival that is located in Mongolia.
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History of the Land Art Biennial
Land Art Mongolia was founded 2006 on the occasion of a Land Art Symposium in Bor-Öndör (Gobi desert) to be hosted in various locations of Mongolia. 2010 the 1st international Biennial curated by the Canadian art critic Robin Aexander Suri and took place in BAG GAZRIIN CHULUU, Gobi. Artists from 16 Nations participated with artistic projects at site in Dundgobi. 2012 the 2nd Biennial was held in IKH GAZRIIN CHULUU, Gobi under the issue Art & Politics. Curators 2012 were Fumio Nanjo (Director Mori Art Museum Tokyo) and Anja Brietzke (curator Berlin).
The 3rd Biennial was guided by the theme “men & animals”. 24 artists from 14 different countries were participating on a field work in Orkhon Valley and exhibition at UMA art gallery in Ulaanbaatar; curated by Vera Tollmann, texts and essay by Brian Holmes. Sensitive topics such as overgrazing, desertification, poaching and illegal wildlife trade, decentralization and general questions of animal husbandry from the perspective of different species were motivating this discussion. The Biennial takes place every two years at different regions of Mongolia which represents not only the high variety of landscapes, also respects the nomadic tradition of Mongolia.
Organization
MNG 360° is an Ulaanbaatar based independent art organization (NGO) with the purpose of raising awareness for issues as sustainability, nomadic culture, ecological decentralization and democracy by contemporary art as an impulse generator for civil society in Mongolia. Constituting the project Land Art Mongolia (LAM 360°) is its main activity. LAM 360° focuses on Land Art as a form of spatial visualization of the relations between nature, culture, and social policies. It strongly promotes freedom of expression in joining people and institutions from all sectors of Mongolian society by meshing their respective backgrounds and perspectives through collaboration and networking actions of regional and global scope.
Each edition of the Biennial is focused on specific curatorial issues. The theme of the first edition was art perspectives on sustainability. The second Biennial aimed at creating a dialog of art & politics. The third edition of Land Art Mongolia / LAM 360°, in August 2014, was guided by the relationship of men and animals.
1st Biennial (2010) / 2nd Biennial (2012) / 3rd Biennial (2014) (participating artists)
Participating artists:
1st LAM 360° (August 8 - October 25, 2010) / 2nd LAM 360° (August 6 - 31st 2012) / 3rd LAM 360° (August 4 - 31st 2014)