5th International Istanbul Biennial
On Life, Beauty, Translations and other Difficulties
5 October – 9 November 1997

Curator: Rosa Martínez

Venues: The Imperial Mint, Hagia Eirene Museum, Yerebatan Cistern, Women’s Library and Information Center, Sirkeci Train Station, Maiden’s Tower, Atatürk Airport, The Marmara Hotel, Pera Palace Hotel, Karanfilköy/Akatlar, Taksim Square, Sultanahmet Square

Artists: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Ana Laura Aláez, Helena Almeida, Halil Altındere, Janine Antoni, Kutluğ Ataman, Vahap Avşar, Şükran Aziz, Semiha Berksoy, Meta Isæus Berlin, Eva Eszter Bodnár, Oscar Bony, Louise Bourgeois, Rebecca Bournigault, Daniel Buetti, Patrick van Caeckenbergh, Cai Guo-Qiang, Maurizio Cattelan, Johan Creten, Dorothy Cross, Yael Davids, Diller+Scofidio, Jimmie Durham, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Türkan Erdem, Chohreh Feyzdjou, Michel François, Simryn Gill, Leszek Golec & Tatiana Czekalska, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Joseph Grigely, Yolanda Gutiérrez, Federico Guzmán, CM von Hausswolff, Irit Hemmo, Juan Fernando Herrán, Richard Hoeck, Carsten Höller, IRWIN, Bedi İbrahim, Ann Veronica Janssens, Soo-Ja Kim, Sophia Kosmaoglou, Oleg Kulik, KÜLTÜR, Antal Lakner, Moshekwa Langa, Leonilson, Anna Lindal, Ann Lislegaard, Lani Maestro, Elahe Massumi, Cristina Mateus, Matthew McCaslin, Ana Mendieta, Antoni Miralda, Şükran Moral, Mariko Mori, Nikos Navridis, Shirin Neshat, Rivane Neuenschwander, Roberto Obregón, Orlan, Ebru Özseçen, Marta Maria Pérez Bravo, Manuel Piña, Liza May Post, Eglė Rakauskaitė, Flávia Ribeiro, Pipilotti Rist, Chryssa Romanos, Lotty Rosenfeld, Beverly Semmes, Stahl Stenslie (Cortex), Jana Sterbak, Eve Sussman, Bülent Şangar, Sam Taylor-Wood, Lin Tian-Miao, Grazia Toderi, Eulàlia Valldosera, Laura Vickerson, Mark Wallinger, Martin Weber, Maaria Wirkkala