Telling Time explores the complex relationship between images and time. Inspired by Malis rich traditions of storytelling and the nations recent political realities, the biennale questions how artists narrate real and imagined experiences focusing especially on politics and social change. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Bamako Encounters, this years biennale publication is unique in its content and design. The publication extends its focus beyond the current edition of the biennale through a special supplement section devoted to the biennales history and its future. Embodying multiple temporalities, the book chronicles the events 20-year history through essays, interviews, a timeline, and archival documentation including a complete reprint of the catalog that accompanied the biennales 1994 inaugural edition. The publication features original essays on all of this years participating artists and special projects, as well as high-quality reprodu