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The Biennial, it has meant
different things at different moments,
and I think each group of curators
approaches the Biennial
in a different way.
We're trying to represent
one particular moment in time,
but I think within the institution
the Biennial has often been the basis
for the collection, so a lot of work
gets purchased out of the Biennial
and that ends up shaping
what kind of story we tell
about American art in general.
So it's not necessarily a perfect history,
but also it's an experience
for the visitors who come here
to see the show.
They'll take away
a very particular memory of what artists
have to say at this moment.
Yeah, I think the Biennial is like,
in the life of the Museum,
it's like an anniversary
in the life of people.
Museums, like people, they need
moments to celebrate themselves,
and that's what a Biennial is.
The Biennial every two years happens,
and it's a moment of celebration
of the history of the Museum,
of the reason why the Museum exists,
the nature of the Museum.
It's again like a person.
If not, there would be a flux of time
without an interruption,
and I think that as people,
museums are alive entities
and they need to kind of have
some moment where they recognize
this liveliness of their existence.
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