Heaven
Author: Mosaiko EditorPosted on: May 29th 2009
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2nd Athens Biennale 2009
The 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 Heaven is designed as a multi-faceted contemporary art event, comprised of several exhibitions, actions, music and theatre performances, film screenings, symposia, etc., with the participation of more than 130 international artists. The 2nd Athens Biennale will open its doors for a preview on June 13 and 14. The exhibition itself will run through October 4, at the Faliron coast, which will include Athens 2004 Olympic venues.
Artistic directors XYZ (Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio, Augustine Zenakos), who curated the 1st Athens Biennale 2007 Destroy Athens, have invited an eclectic group of curators to contemplate the subject of Heaven. Heaven as a wide topic touches upon notions such as lost innocence, nature and ecology, utopias and ideal communities. From this premise, a creative dialogue begins, which will reflect upon the theme itself as well as the methodology surrounding large-scale periodical exhibitions. The diverse approaches of the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 team of curators will retain their autonomy, while interconnecting creatively and claiming a narrative cohesion which will be further reflected in the exhibition design, by architect and artist Andreas Angelidakis.
The multiple visual art and performances in the public spaces will be curated by Dimitris Papaioannou and Zafos Xagoraris. Exhibitions, installations, public interventions, screening programmes, and symposia will be curated by Nadja Argyropoulou, Diana Baldon, Christopher Marinos, Chus Martínez, and Cay Sophie Rabinowitz.
The U.S. Embassy supports the 2nd Athens Biennale with a grant for the participation of American artists.
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