The 20th Biennale of Sydney: The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed was unveiled today by Artistic Director Stephanie Rosenthal.  Asia Pacific’s largest contemporary visual arts event features 83 artists hailing from 35 countries and is presented free to the public across seven venues or ‘embassies of thought’ and multiple ‘in-between spaces’ around the inner city, from Friday 18 March until 5 June 2016.

The Biennale’s seven ‘embassies of thought’ are: Cockatoo Island (Embassy of the Real); Art Gallery of New South Wales (Embassy of Spirits); Carriageworks (Embassy of Disappearance); Artspace (Embassy of Non-Participation); Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Embassy of Translation); a roving bookshop (Embassy of Stanislaw Lem) and first time venue Mortuary Station (Embassy of Transition).

More than half of the 200 artworks in the exhibition have been specially commissioned for the 20th Biennale of Sydney, including a robust schedule of artist performances, which are an integral part of the 20th Biennale, presented at each embassy and at in-between locations by artists. Performance works include: boychild, Boris Charmatz, Neha Choksi, Mette Edvardsen, Mella Jaarsma, Lee Mingwei, Adam Linder, and Justene Williams, who is collaborating with Sydney Chamber Opera.

The exhibition is supplemented by a comprehensive schedule of public programs spanning three months including artist performances, daily guided tours, artist and curator-led talks, lectures, workshops, salons, reading groups and gatherings.