| 10/12/2009 | Exhibitions | Croatia |
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3rd Quadrilateral Biennale
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| Posted by Zvonimir Blazevic | |
December 8th, 2009 – January 13th, 2010   For the third time the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art presents one of the most important regional art events – the Quadrilateral Biennale. Its history began in 2005 with a cultural exchange between four neighbouring countries, the members of the Quadrilateral initiative – Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Italy, with an emphasis on presenting contemporary art practice, its recent developments, exciting statements, new forms, and media. Unlike its thematic predecessors, Relativism (2005) and Culture Hero (2007), this year’s Quadrilateral Biennale is for the first time concerned with new media art – the art that uses digital technologies, which have deeply affected contemporary society, as its medium. The Quadrilateral Biennale will examine different angles and intersections emerging from new media in their relation to the specific political, economic, and cultural context of the participating countries. The curatorial team – Christiane Paul (USA/GER), Nina Czegledy (HU), Peter Tomaž Dobrila (SL), Darko Fritz (HR), and Elena Giulia Rossi (IT) will present 16 works of media and digital art, one of the most innovative fields of art in its aesthetic and technological constellations. On display in the MMSU and at several other Rijeka venues, the exhibition will be integrated into the urban space of Rijeka, which, during the time of the Biennale, will turn the city into the regional centre of new media art. The exhibition provides insight into characteristics of media art, such as its connectivity, interactivity, and adaptability, thus reflecting on the current state of information society, while transcending national borders and generating a much wider regional effect. In addition to this, the Biennale hosts Christiane Paul from the USA as artistic director, and, in the OFF program, four artists from countries that are not members of the Quadrilateral. This also gives the exhibition the character of a multilateral event, transforming the initial geographic format into an open matrix of the connections and perspectives that form the framework of contemporary media culture. The curatorial selection offers different perspectives on contemporary art and culture, directing our attention to multiple relations between forms and themes. Among these are Intersections between different media, such as film, photography, and performance, as well as time/space intersections (enabled by telecommunications) and the ones between local and personal histories and natural and technological space. (Christiane Paul) Artists: Croatia: Helena Bulaja, Vlatko ÄŒerić, Dalibor Martinis, Ivan MaruÅ¡ić Klif Italy: Elastic Group of Artists Research, Lorenzo Pizzanelli, Carlo Zanni, Eva & Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.org Hungary: Marton Andras Juhasz, Adam Somlai Fischer, Janos Sugar, Julia Vecsei Slovenia: UrÅ¡ula Berlot, Marko KoÅ¡nik, Luiza Margan & Miha Presker, son DA Artistic Director of the Biennial: Christiane Paul (USA/GER) Program manager: Ksenija Orelj, MMSU Curators: Nina Czegledy (HU), Peter Tomaz Dobrila (SL), Darko Fritz (CRO), Elena Giulia Rossi (IT) _________________________________________ MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART Dolac 1/II Rijeka, Croatia tel +385 51 492 611 334 280 fax + 385 51 330 982, 492 623 www.mmsu.hr |
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