Sydney previews its 17th Biennale which opens in May on Australia’s ABC News. Click on the image to the left to be taken to the story page but be sure to watch the video in the lower right corner:

The theme of the 17th Biennale is “The Beauty Of Distance – Songs Of Survival In The Precarious Age”.

Artistic director David Elliott says the idea is to explore life from a different persepctive. “Wherever you are, you’re going to be long way away from something. And that’s what it’s about. It’s actually about how distance can be a very good, a very necessary thing,” he said. “Distance gives us space to be who we are. Distance gives us freedom.”

He says it will also be a show that will stand up anywhere around the world.

Biennale to Shake Up Art World (ABCnews)