Detail: Theme: The Spectacle of the Everyday

This edition celebrates the 10th anniversary under the direction of international curator, Hou Hanru, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at the San Francisco Art Institute and artistic director Thierry Raspail. Hou Hanru has chosen the theme ‘The Spectacle of the Everyday’ which comprises the work of a select, key group of international artists, both established and emerging alike. Artists from Asia include Bani Abidi from Pakistan; Shilpa Gupta from India; Takahiro Iwasaki, Tsuyoshi Ozawa and Michael Lin from Japan; Kuswidananto aka Jompet and Eko Nugroho from Indonesia; Lee Mingwei, Lin Yilin, Li Qingyuan & Yah, Tsang Kinwah, Chen Shaoxiong, Huang Yongping, Yang Jiechang and Yangjiang Group (Zheng Guogu, Chen Zaiyan, Sun Qinglin) from China; Gimhongsok from Korea; and Wong Hoy Cheong from Malaysia.
The event also includes the Veduta, an art event taking place in the periphery of Lyon curated by Abdelkader Damani. Veduta's aim is to reflect on the centre/periphery dichotomy and the ‘issues’ which can be connected to this. The three chosen artists for the 2009 Veduta project are Bik Van der Pol, Eko Nugroho and Robert Milin.