→Center for Peripheries & Alin Bosnoyan

Biography

Center for Peripheries is a collective operating at the intersection of social research and space-based art. It was founded by three artists who stem from Europe’s different peripheries (the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans), but reside and collaborate in Berlin—one of Europe’s most significant centers, and the EU’s (statistically) most populous city—which has throughout recent history embodied the dialectic of East and West. Aiming to explore the relations of power and the mechanisms of othering within and beyond the far ends of this dialectic, Center for Peripheries operates through interventions themed around different notions of everyday life, expanding them into analyses of wider political contexts. Amongst other exhibitions and projects, Center for Peripheries has recently exhibited at Ravnikar Gallery Ljubljana, Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, and Neue Galerie, Innsbruck. Currently, Center for Peripheries is a curating a group exhibition at Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna. Alin Bosnoyan is an Argentinian visual artist born with Armenian heritage. Her practice is concept-driven and operates between spatial installations, object design, and pop and advertising phenomena. Her work explores ways to unravel complexity through triviality. Spanning a variety of disciplines as well as outlets, her recent projects have been featured in multiple galleries and platforms in Europe and South America, including La Confiteria in Buenos Aires and Sand Journal.