Periferic is an international biennial of contemporary art initiated in 1997 as a performance festival by the Romanian artist Matei Bejenaru. It is organized in Iaşi

Iasi

Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

by the Vector Association, and takes its name from the "centre-periphery" relationship that it seeks to explore. Eight editions have taken place thus far.

External links

• Official site
• Astrid Wege, "Periferic 7/Focusing Iaşi: Biennial for Contemporary Art; Various Venues, ArtForum, October 2006
• Vlad Morariu, "Social Processes / Strategies of Learning / Why Children?", framework
• ‘Periferic – a Contemporary Art Biennial at the Edge of Europe’ by Matei Bejenaru, Romanian Cultural Centre London
• Lucia Popa, "„Periferic 8“, între acadele şi portofele", Cotidianul, 7 October 2008