James Hyman’s venture is leaving its current home in west London and seeking long-term funding

James Hyman’s venture is leaving its current home in west London and seeking long-term funding
Running until 30 June, the 2021 programme examines a provocative array of future(s) against the backdrop of Belfast
The British artist sheds a mesmerising light on the degradation and contamination wrought by plastic particles in today’s natural environment
The 18-year-old Hamburg Triennial will be directed for the second time by Polish curator Krzysztof Candrowicz, who moved to Hamburg four years ago and set about transforming the it, bringing people and institutions together, and determined to make it more relevant to the viewing public. The 2015 edition was, he says, “The first holistic attempt to create the collaborative framework of the festival. Before, the museums were basically highlighting their own exhibitions, but there was no actual curatorial collective structure.” The determinedly political and environmentally-conscious theme this year was inspired by an amalgamation of many factors, he says, including spending a year “away from structured, mechanised and commercial reality”, travelling around Latin America, Nepal and India. “Breaking Point became, for me, a metaphor for rapid and sometimes unexpected transformation on a personal and global level.”