MEDIATIONS BIENNALE
POZNA¡ / POLAND
3. - 30. 10. 2008
<http://www.mediations.pl>http://www.mediations.pl
The first international bi-annual contemporary
art exhibition in Pozna, Mediations Biennale is
intended to become one of the largest events of
the kind in Central Europe. The main idea of the
biennale is mediation, a dialogue between
different cultures of the world, based on the
experience and exploration of the culture and art
of Central Europe.
Poland's location on the borderland of European
and Asian influences, for centuries stimulated
development of a unique cultural perspective,
which differs from the post-colonial identity of
Western Europe. The art of Central Europe is the
result of mutual social, historical, ethnic,
religious, cultural and aesthetic influences. At
times, remotely inspired by main European trends,
it produced completely new artistic phenomena and
manifestos. Although it is difficult to talk
about Central European art as a separate,
consistent reality, each confrontation with it
evokes a desire to name this unique phenomenon so
deeply embedded in the region's reality.
16 exhibitions in most prestigious exhibition
spaces in Pozna, over 200 artists amongst
others: Marina Abramoviç, Günter Brus, Chen
Chieh-Jen, Weng Fen, Jan Fabre, Gloria Friedmann,
Paolo Grassino, Shilpa Gupta, Izabella Gustowska,
Tamás Hencze, William Kentridge, Anselm Kieler,
Jaros½aw Koz½owski, Laura Lancaster, Zbigniew
Libera, Hermann Nitsch, Roman Opa½ka, Giuseppe
Penone, Sándor Pinczehelyi, Michelangelo
Pistoletto, Joanna Rajkowska, Zdenek Sykora,
Günther Becker, Lee Ufan czy Koen Vanmechelen.
The Biennale consists of two elements. Main
Program are three curator exhibitions presented
at the National Museum in Pozna, "Zamek" Culture
Centre and Old Printing House:
VOYAGE SENTIMENTAL - curated by Lorand Hegyi
CORPOREAL/TECHNOREAL - curated by Yu Yeon Kim
IDENTITY AND TOLERANCE - curated by Gu Zhenqing
Month of Mediation is a program of exhibitions
and other artistic events held throughout October
in galleries and public spaces, which will
constitute a platform for dialogue between
different cultures, forms of art, and means of
expression.
Organization: "Zamek" Culture Centre, Kontekst Sztuki Association
Financed by: Governor of Wielkopolska Province, Municipality of Pozna
Exhibition Patron: Meble VOX
Centrum Kultury "Zamek"
ul. Âw. Marcin 80/82
61-809 Pozna
PR: Joanna Przygoska
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