[spectre] BUCHAREST BIENNALE 5 list of artists and venues

Sat Feb 18 23:42:04 CET 2012

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The appointed curator of BB5 announced the list of the participant
artists and the venues.

Thursday, February 16, 2012, Anne Barlow, the appointed curator of
BUCHAREST BIENNALE 5, announced in a press conference the list of
participating artists, the venues and new details about the concept of
BUCHAREST BIENNALE 5 - Bucharest International Biennial for
Contemporary Art.

BUCHAREST BIENNALE 5, May 25 - July 22, 2012

PREVIEW DAY: May 24, 2012

TACTICS FOR THE HERE AND NOW 

Within the current context of the shifting nature of politics,
economics, and culture—conditions that are increasingly referred to
as "precarious" times—artists often have to negotiate risky
positions, contested territories, or situations in which cultural
activity interacts with, or provides a counterpoint to, conditions of
flux. Bucharest Biennale 5 profiles the work of artists whose agency
lies less in overt statements, but rather in investigative or informal
strategies that possess their own kind of power.

For more details please visit:
http://bucharestbiennale.org/concept.html

PARTICIPANTS:

Abbas Akhavan (IR/CA)

Marina Albu (RO)

Haris Epaminonda (CY/DE)

Klas Eriksson (SW)

Ruth Ewan (UK)

Aurelien Froment (IE/FR)

Ciprian Homorodean (RO/B)

Iman Issa (EG/USA)

Janice Kerbel (CA/UK)

Jill Magid (USA)

David Maljkovic (HR)

Marina Naprushkina (BY/DE)

Ahmet Öğüt (TR/NL)

Vesna Pavlović (Serbia)

Anahita Razmi (DE)

Wael Shawky (EG/FR)

Alexandre Singh (FR/USA)

Mounira Al Solh & Bassam Ramlawi (LB)

Rinus van der Velde (B)

VENUES:

PAVILION - center for contemporary art and culture

Located in Victoria Square, PAVILION - center for contemporary art
and culture is situated on the ground floor of a communist building.
The aforementioned space became a banking center in 1993 and it has
stayed like this for the last 15 years. The actual building of the
block started in the years of the communist regime and it was
concluded five years after the fall of communism. The hruschiovi
(apartments named after the former communist leader from the ’60s)
from the center of Bucharest have witnessed the changes of a Stalinist
society into a capitalist society, with strong social and political
marks. 

is a work-in-progress independent space, a space for production and
research in the fields of the audiovisual, discursive and
performative. It is a space of critical thinking, and promotes an
artistic perspective implying the social and political involvement of
art and of cultural institutions.

PAVILION - center for contemporary art and culture will function as
an exhibition venue, as well as the info point of BB5.

Casa Presei Libere / The House of the Free Press

Casa Presei Libere (original name, before 1989, it was Casa
Scânteii),a building in northern Bucharest, is a copy of the
Lomonosov Moscow State University. Casa Presei Libere held the record
for the tallest structure in the city between 1956 and 2007. The
building was originally conceived as Scânteia House Complex. The
construction of the building took 5 years (1952 - 1957), (between 1949
and 1954, the project leader was Prof. Panaite Mazilu) and was
intended to be the headquarters of the official media and especially
of the "Scânteia" newspaper that reemerged as the official voice of
the Communist Party of Romania. The antenna on this building sustained
for a while, since 1956, the Romanian Television transmitter. After
1989, "Casa Scânteii" became known as "Casa Presei Libere" The House
of the Free Press. The former Printing House "Casa Scanteii" was also
transformed after 1989 into the Autonomous Administration of Printing
"CORESI". In February 1999, the Autonomous Administration of Printing
"CORESI" became The National Company of Printing CORESI and is a
typography company.

The Institute for Political Research

The Institute of Political Research was created in 1999, 10 years
after the revolution, through the transformation of the Centre for
Political Research, founded in 1995 as the research core of the
Faculty of Political Science of The University of Bucharest. After 10
years from the institutionalization of research activity, the
Institute remains one of few platforms of debate and analysis of the
Romanian political environment from an academic perspective, through
social and economic mediation. 

By intervening within the Institute of Political Research, BUCHAREST
BIENNALE 5 suggests and inserts new means of investigation, discussion
and criticism of the socio-political context.

Alert Studio

Alert studio is an independent artist-run space that acts as a
platform for the research and promotion of contemporary artistic
production. Taking on the function of a laboratory space, Alert Studio
proposes a meeting point between artists, ideas, directions and
dialogues from different areas of conceptual and cultural spaces. 

BUCHAREST BIENNALE chose this artist-run space as a venue for its
strategic position vis-a-vis the Bucharest University of Art, also
being a microcosm of a contemporary art scene.

Make a Point

The headquarters of the cultural center Make a Point is inside of old
textile factory, “Postăvăria Română” (1925-2008), where,
under low light, the weavers would correct any problems found in the
finished material. Make a Point is a permanent exhibition space, ideal
for a wide variety of cultural events, having a screening room with
two screens and a library open to the public.

For more details please visit BUCHAREST BIENNALE website:
http://bucharestbiennale.org

Strategic Partner: UniCredit Țiriac Bank

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Curatorul desemnat al BB5 a anuntat lista artistilor si a spatiilor

Joi, 16 Februarie, 2012, ora 11:00, Anne Barlow, curatorul desemnat
al BUCHAREST BIENNALE 5, a anuntat in cadrul unei conferinte de presa,
lista artistilor participanti, a locatiilor si noi detalii cu privire
la conceptul BUCHAREST BIENNALE 5 – Bienala Internationala pentru
Arta Contemporana Bucuresti.

BUCHAREST BIENNALE 5, May 25 - July 22, 2012

PREVIEW DAY: May 24, 2012

TACTICS FOR THE HERE AND NOW / TACTICI PENTRU AICI SI ACUM 

In contextul actual al naturii schimbatoare a economiei, societatii
si culturii—situatii care sunt adesea numite “vremuri precare”
— artistii trebuie sa isi negocieze adesea pozitii riscante,
teritorii contestate, ori situatii in care activitatea culturala
interactioneaza sau ofera un contrapunct la conditii de flux. in
cadrul acestui context, Bucharest Biennale 5 reliefeaza creatia unor
artisti al caror portofoliu nu consta neaparat in situatii evidente,
ci mai degraba in strategii investigative, indirecte sau informale,
care poseda propria lor forma de putere. 

Pentru mai multe detalii:
http://bucharestbiennale.org/ro/concept.html

PARTICIPANTI:

Abbas Akhavan (IR/CA)

Marina Albu (RO)

Haris Epaminonda (CY/DE)

Klas Eriksson (SW)

Ruth Ewan (UK)

Aurelien Froment (IE/FR)

Ciprian Homorodean (RO/B)

Iman Issa (EG/USA)

Janice Kerbel (CA/UK)

Jill Magid (USA)

David Maljkovic (HR)

Marina Naprushkina (BY/DE)

Ahmet Öğüt (TR/NL)

Vesna Pavlović (Serbia)

Anahita Razmi (DE)

Wael Shawky (EG/FR)

Alexandre Singh (FR/USA)

Mounira Al Solh & Bassam Ramlawi (LB)

Rinus van der Velde (B)

LOCATII:

PAVILION - centrul pentru arta si cultura contemporana

Asezat in Piata Victoriei,PAVILION - centrul pentru arta si cultura
contemporana, se afla la parterul unui bloc comunist, spatiu devenit
sediu de banca in 1993, si care a functionat astfel timp de 15 ani.
Constructia blocului a inceput in timpul regimului comunist si a fost
finalizata la 5 ani dupa caderea acestuia. “Hrusciovchi” din
centrul Bucurestilor este martorul transformarilor unei societati
staliniste catre o societate capitalista puternic marcata politic si
social.

PAVILION - centrul pentru arta si cultura contemporana este un spatiu
independent work-in-progress, un spatiu de productie si cercetare a
vizualului, a discursivului si a performativului. Este un spatiu al
gandirii critice si care promoveaza o intelegere implicata
socio-politc a artei si a institutiilor culturale.

PAVILION - centrul pentru arta si cultura contemporana va functiona
atat ca spatiu expozitional, cat si info-point al BB5.

Casa Presei Libere

Casa Presei Libere (numele original, dinainte de 1989, fiind Casa
Scanteii) este o cladire localizata in nordul orasului Bucuresti si
este o copie a Universitatii Lermontov. A detinut recordul de cea mai
inalta structura din oras intre anii 1956 - 2007.

Cladirea a fost conceputa initial sub denumirea de Complexul Casa
Scanteii. Ea a fost ridicata in 5 ani (1952 - 1957) (intre 1949 si
1954, sef de proiect a fost prof. univ. emerit ing. Panaite Mazilu),
fiind destinata publicarii presei de stat si in special a ziarului
Scinteia, "organ" al Comitetului Central al Partidului Muncitoresc
Roman. Antena de pe aceasta cladire a sustinut pentru o vreme,
incepand din 1956, emitatorul Televiziunii Romane. Dupa anul 1989,
Casa Scanteii este cunoscuta sub denumirea de Casa Presei Libere.

Fostul Combinat Poligrafic "Casa Scanteii" s-a transformat si el,
dupa 1989, in Regia Autonoma a Imprimeriilor "CORESI". La randul sau,
regia s-a transformat in februarie 1999 in Compania Nationala a
Imprimeriilor CORESI si este o companie tipografica.

Institutul de Cercetari Politice

Institutul de Cercetari Politice a fost creat in 1999, la 10 ani dupa
revolutie, prin transformarea Centrului de Cercetari Politice,
intemeiat in 1995 ca nucleu de cercetare al Facultatii de stiinte
Politice a Universitatii Bucuresti.

Dupa inca 10 ani de la institutionalizarea activitatii de cercetare,
Institutul ramane una din putinele platforme de dezbatere si analiza a
mediului politic romanesc din perspectiva academica, prin mijlocirea
abordarilor sociale si economice implicate in demersul politic.

Prin interventia din cadrul Institutului de Cercetari Politice,
BUCHAREST BIENNALE propune si insereaza noi modalitati de a investiga,
dezbate si critica contextul socio-politic.

Alert Studio

ALERT studio este un proiect independent de tip artist-run space cese
doreste o platforma de cercetare si promovare a productiei artistice
contemporane. Asumandu-si functia de spatiu laborator, Alert Studio
propune o intalnire intre artisti, idei, directii si discursuri din
zone conceptuale si spatii culturale diferite. 

BUCHAREST BIENNALE a ales drept spatiu acest artist-run space pentru
pozitionarea sa strategica, vis-a-vis de Universitatea de Arta
Bucuresti, fiind totodata reprezentarea formei celulare a unei scene
de arta contemporana.

Make a Point

Sediul principal al centrului cultural "Make a Point" se afla in
incinta fostei fabrici de textile Postavaria Romana (1925-2008), pe
locul sectiei de repasat, acolo unde, sub lumina slaba, tesatoarele
corectau erorile din stofele finisate. "Make a Point" ofera un spatiu
expozitional permanent, ideal pentru o varietate de evenimente
culturale, avand o sala de proiectie cu doua ecrane si biblioteca
deschisa publicului.

Pentru mai multe detalii va rugam sa vizitati site-ul BUCHAREST
BIENNALE: http://bucharestbiennale.org

Partener Strategic: UniCredit Tiriac Bank

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