On the horizon, under the moon / Сарны дор, тэнгэрийн хаяанд
June 6 – 20, 2025 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar Biennale looks beyond the horizon, inviting local and international artists to contemplate place, land and home. Inspired by a Mongolian poem and the vast landscape of the country, On the horizon, under the moon turns towards the meeting point of the sky and the earth, the blue border of dreams. The title evokes the coalescence of many perspectives for this Biennale: while we may see different horizons, we share the same moon.
On the horizon, under the moon explores the poetics and politics of land and homelands. The exhibition makes space for ancestral and intimate connections to place; platforms land rights struggles and indigenous movements; and speaks to cultural displacement and
diasporic loss. It also makes visible the forces that act upon the land – destructive, generative and regenerative. In a world impacted by colonialism and capitalism, we ask: What does resistance look like? What can be recovered on the precipice of loss? What can
be restored or renewed? What can we see at the edge of the sky, lit by the glow of the moon — and how might we get there?
Chief Curator:
Tian Zhang
Participating artists, main exhibition:
Almagul Menlibayeva, Bat-Orgil Battulga, Biligt Enkhtaivan, Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC), Cian Dayrit, Fitriani Dwi Kurniasih (Fitri DK), Gerelkhuu Ganbold, Harvest School, Ireedui Bulgantamir, Jane Jin Kaisen, Jantsankhorol Erdenebayar, Javkhlan Ariunbold, Jazz Money, Leeroy New, Liu Chuang, Luke Willis Thompson, Natalia Papaeva, Nomin Zezegmaa, Raven Chacon, Serwah Attafuah, Solmaz Daryani, Subas Tamang, Tsagaantsooj Erdenechimeg, Vivien Sansour, and Yakthung Cho Sangjumbho.
Partner exhibitions:
Close to the Moon organized by Blue Sun Contemporary Art Center at the Museum of Natural History
Technostalgia: Peripheral Memory curated by Tammy Yu-Ting Hsieh at Ancore Center Lee Nam at Chingis Khan Museum
Programs:
Open Space Symposium: a symposium and a gathering, 9 to 10 June at the Mongolian National Art Gallery
Arts and crafts village at Sukhbaatar Square
Kids Museum program at the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, Chingis Khan Museum,
National Art Gallery, Museum of Natural History and 6 districts of the Ulaanbaatar city
Side exhibitions:
Rainbow Bridge at the Mongol Art Gallery
Suren Hash at Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts
Oir Art Hub at MTS Saruul Office
Javkhlan Ariunbold at Lkham Gallery
XO Space
A Space
