Working in many different formats, the 20-plus artists featured in Almost Unreal open portals to other realities: parallel universes, mystical realms, alternative ways of seeing. They appropriate and hack existing technologies, such as music boxes, holograms and weaving looms. They create new worlds using advanced gaming engines and generative machine learning tools.   

As in the previous edition of the Triennale, this year’s overall theme centres on art and new technologies. The title of the 2025 edition, Almost Unreal, refers to the time we live in, in which the division between the real and the unreal is becoming increasingly fluid.  

About the MUNCH Triennale:    

The MUNCH Triennale is part of the museum’s ambitious contemporary art programme, and takes place every three years. Through the Triennale, MUNCH puts Norway-based and international artists in dialogue with each other. The exhibition consists of both existing works and new productions.   

Together with MUNCH curator Tominga O’Donnell, Mariam Elnozahy is the exhibition’s co-curator. Elnozahy works as director of Konsthall C in Stockholm as well as being a writer and researcher.