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Happy holidays to all. Go to the sea (if possible). See you in september.

Buone vacanze a tutti. Andate al mare (se potete). Ci vediamo a settembre.

video: Sir Oliver Skardy & Fahrenheit 451 - Fame un spritz

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Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:43:00 -0700 Afrojack - Replica (Original Mix). Unz unz! http://oddtag.posterous.com/afrojack-replica-original-mix-unz-unz http://oddtag.posterous.com/afrojack-replica-original-mix-unz-unz

video: Afrojack - Replica (Original Mix)

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Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:17:00 -0700 In me non c'è che futuro / Nothing but future in me: Olivetti, Scarpa, Venezia http://oddtag.posterous.com/in-me-non-ce-che-futuro-nothing-but-future-in http://oddtag.posterous.com/in-me-non-ce-che-futuro-nothing-but-future-in

link: Il Negozio Olivetti in Piazza San Marco  

txt: In me non c'è che futuro - Film Commission Torino Piemonte

C’è stato un momento, a metà degli anni ’60 del XX secolo, in cui una azienda italiana ebbe l’occasione di guidare la rivoluzione informatica mondiale, 10 anni prima dei ragazzi della Silicon Valley: Steve Jobs e Bill Gates. Una rivoluzione tecnologica che aveva le sue radici in una rivoluzione culturale e sociale, in un modello industriale pensato al di là di Socialismo e Capitalismo, che il suo promotore, Adriano Olivetti, aveva cominciato a sperimentare sin dagli anni ’30 a Ivrea, in provincia di Torino. La Olivetti arrivò ad essere la più grande azienda italiana, con il maggior successo commerciale internazionale, capace di coprire un terzo del mercato mondiale del suo settore. Una multinazionale atipica: con un forte radicamento territoriale, caratterizzata da politiche sociali avveniristiche, formazione permanente e attività culturali di respiro internazionale, che furono il segreto del suo successo commerciale e non la conseguenza filantropica o mecenatistica dei suoi profitti. Come nacque tale modello imprenditoriale? In che consisteva il suo stile gestionale, pensato all’insegna della socializzazione delle conoscenze e della responsabilità sociale dell’impresa? che promuoveva un modello alternativo di società? e che condusse alle soglie della più grande occasione industriale che l’Italia abbia mai avuto?

(EN) There was a time in the mid-60s of the twentieth century, when an Italian company had the chance to lead the global information revolution, ten years earlier the Silicon Valley boys: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. A technological revolution that had its roots in a cultural and social revolution, in an industrial design thought beyond socialism and capitalism, which promoter, Adriano Olivetti, begun to experience since the 30s in Ivrea, near Turin. Olivetti became the biggest Italian company, with the most successful international business, able to cover one third of the world market in its sector. A multinational atypical with strong local roots, characterized by futuristic social policy, lifelong learning and international cultural activities, elements that were the secret of his commercial success and not the result of his philanthropic or patronage profits. What was this business model like? How was his management style, designed upon knowledge socialization and social responsibility, which promoted an alternative society model and led to the threshold of the largest industrial occasion that Italy has ever had?

 

video: In me non c'è che futuro (trailer) - Un film di Michele Fasano - Sattva Films

 

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Mon, 30 May 2011 20:31:00 -0700 Electrovenice Festival 2011 - Saturday 18 June 2011, Parco San Giuliano, Mestre http://oddtag.posterous.com/electrovenice-festival-2011-saturday-18-june http://oddtag.posterous.com/electrovenice-festival-2011-saturday-18-june

links:

- Electrovenice Festival 2011

- FATBOY SLIM

- SVEN VÄTH

- DEADMAU5

- AFROJACK

- GOOSE

- RESET!

- NT89  

 

txt: About Electrovenice

The Electrovenice Festival was created in 2010, as a brand new idea and concept of the usual summer music festival, where the passion for dance music combines with a unique location, the stunning green area of parco San Giuliano, a perfect, relaxing location to fully enjoy the festival.The first edition was a huge success and now, a year after, the festival is a not to be missed event with a wide fan base.Eclecticism will surely be this 2011 edition’s keyword; Electrovenice is the one and only festival in Italy to offer in a single day the number one talents of the international dance and electro scene, immersed in a perfect set, parco San Giulano, so they can express themselves through a unique performance. The festival becomes a sort of collective ritual, where artists and the crowd really get in touch: the dj is the master of a ceremony where all hearts beat in sync, creating a unique and exceptional sound. By June 18th 2011 this living, pumping heart will beat the whole day long in San Giuliano Park in Venice. With just one edition the Electro Venice Festival has already the status of a cult event and will come back this year with an even more surprising and spectacular cast.

video: Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim on youtube.com

 

 

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Mon, 02 May 2011 20:37:00 -0700 Ca' Foscari Digital Week 2011 - 3/5 maggio 2011 http://oddtag.posterous.com/ca-foscari-digital-week-2011-35-maggio-2011 http://oddtag.posterous.com/ca-foscari-digital-week-2011-35-maggio-2011

link: www.digitalweek.it  

txt: Ca' Foscari Digital Week 2011 - Infoscari

 

Saranno tre giorni veneziani intensi e ricchi di eventi e iniziative dedicate alle nuove frontiere della tecnologia, in particolare al rapporto tra digitalizzazione e innovazione, didattica, apprendimento, ricerca, editoria e biblioteche, pubblica amministrazione, disabilità e accessibilità, sanità, lavoro, sicurezza (informatica e sul lavoro), lifestyle, marketing, social media, impresa, design, arte, turismo, musica, sport, creatività. [...] A Ca' Foscari, dal 3 al 5 maggio 2011, sbarcheranno più di 150 relatori impegnati in oltre 60 appuntamenti tra workshop tematici (sessioni della durata di circa 1 ora e mezza nelle quali i singoli temi vengono esplorati da diversi relatori), fast workshop (sessioni della durata di venti minuti con contenuti mirati a condividere un’esperienza con la platea o a fornire un contenuto mirato) e special events (anteprime e contest, appuntamenti particolari come lo “Storming Pizza” promosso da H-Farm, in cui giovani imprenditori possono presentare le proprie idee, o ancora “Imagine Cup”, la competizione promossa da Microsoft) distribuiti in vari luoghi: nella sede centrale di Ca' Foscari, nell'area expo di Ca' Foscari Esposizioni, all'Auditorium Santa Margherita, all'Aula Magna Ca' Dolfin e al CLA (Centro Linguistico di Ateneo).

video: CA' FOSCARI DIGITAL WEEK 2011

 

 

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Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:23:00 -0700 Omaggio a Corto Maltese: Corte Sconta detta Arcana http://oddtag.posterous.com/omaggio-a-corto-maltese-corte-sconta-detta-ar http://oddtag.posterous.com/omaggio-a-corto-maltese-corte-sconta-detta-ar

link: Corto Maltese - Wikipedia

 

Corto: Forse siamo in ritardo: oggi è il 34 dicembre, e il primo dell'anno non è ancora arrivato. Bocca Dorata: Ah sì sì, ma anche Natale è arrivato il 27: qui a Venezia gli anni sono sempre un poco più lunghi...

 

video: corto_MALTESE intro la corte arcana detta sconta - youtube.com

 

 

 

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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:21:00 -0700 Le 4 T: Talento, Tecnologia, Tolleranza. E Trento http://oddtag.posterous.com/le-4-t-talento-tecnologia-tolleranza-e-trento http://oddtag.posterous.com/le-4-t-talento-tecnologia-tolleranza-e-trento

txt: Se l’Italia innova come Trento ce la fa - www.linkiesta.it

 

Un ottimo ateneo, un’amministrazione provinciale che punta sull’innovazione, imprenditori vivaci e la presenza di ottimi centri di ricerca. Sono gli elementi che trasformano Trento e la sua provincia nella capitale italiana della knowledge economy. Dalla biologia sintetica alle tecnologie semantiche passando per i genomi sequenziati, Trento si pone come modello per il resto del Paese. Con un ruolo specifico del pubblico. Qui la spesa procapite in R&S del settore è superiore a quella italiana, e perfino a quella dell’eurozona. Una scelta che sembra inizi a pagare.

 

via: Luca de Biase: Linkiesta ha visto Trento  

video: The Simpsons - Think Differently huludotcom on youtube.com

 

 

 

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Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:13:00 -0700 How does Venice work? http://oddtag.posterous.com/how-does-venice-work http://oddtag.posterous.com/how-does-venice-work

link: venicebackstage.org

txt: Venice Backstage. How does Venice work? Insula on vimeo.com

 

Venice is not just a stage set. It is also a city with a resident population, which has productive activities, transportation and services. But how does the “Venice system” work? How do the tides in the lagoon behave? How are the canals formed? And the embankments? What’s under the buildings? Venice Backstage, a project conceived by Insula spa, the operative arm of the Venice Municipality for urban maintenance, is about what happens behind the curtains, to make the fragile beauty of this fantastic city easier to appreciate.

 

Directed by Nicolò Scibilia - teodolinda.it Motion graphics: pholpo. Produced by Insula spa, operational division of Venice Municipality.  

video: Venice Backstage. How does Venice work?

 

 

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Sat, 09 Apr 2011 05:49:00 -0700 Settimana della Cultura, 9/17 aprile 2011 http://oddtag.posterous.com/settimana-della-cultura-917-aprile-2011 http://oddtag.posterous.com/settimana-della-cultura-917-aprile-2011

txt: XIII Settimana della Cultura - 9/17 aprile 2011 - www.beniculturali.it

 

L’Italia è un Paese dallo straordinario patrimonio artistico e culturale. Si tratta di un tesoro dall’inestimabile valore che abbiamo avuto il privilegio di ricevere in eredità dai nostri antenati nel corso dei secoli. Questa fortuna risulta ancora maggiore potendone godere gratuitamente per nove giorni, dal 9 al 17 aprile prossimi. E’ quello che succede durante la Settimana della Cultura, giunta alla XIII edizione, che ogni anno apre gratuitamente le porte di musei, aree archeologiche, archivi e biblioteche statali, per una grande festa diffusa su tutto il territorio nazionale. In tutta Italia, oltre 2.500 appuntamenti tra mostre, convegni, aperture straordinarie, laboratori didattici, visite guidate e concerti renderanno ancora più speciale l’esperienza di tutti i visitatori italiani e stranieri.

 

video: "Girare Venezia" - Spot i-MiBAC Cinema

 

 

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Fri, 08 Apr 2011 06:20:00 -0700 Renovation of the "Torre di Porta Nuova" as a cultural centre http://oddtag.posterous.com/renovation-of-the-torre-di-porta-nuova-as-a-c http://oddtag.posterous.com/renovation-of-the-torre-di-porta-nuova-as-a-c

Torre di Porta Nuova, Arsenale Novissimo (Venice): at the end of the building restoration the Tower will be open to the public on April 9 2011, 10.30-17.30 Torre di Porta Nuova, Arsenale Novissimo, Venezia: in occasione della fine dell’intervento di recupero sarà aperta al pubblico il giorno 9 aprile, dalle ore 10.30 alle 17.30.

txt: Renovation of the "Torre di Porta Nuova" as a cultural centre

 

The client’s requirement was two-fold: preservation and enhancement of a historical building and; the new function of this building as an exhibition space and cultural center." says MAP studio on Renovation of the “Torre di Porta Nuova” as a cultural centre. Project Name: Renovation of the "Torre di Porta Nuova" as a cultural centre Location of Site: Venice, Italy Design Team: Francesco Magnani, Traudy Pelzel - MAP Studio Project Type: Renovation of historical building Client: Arsenale di Venezia spa

 

txt: www.arsenaledivenezia.it

 

La Torre, edificata a partire dal 1811 quale “macchina per alberare” i vascelli, si caratterizza per la sua unicità all’interno della configurazione seriale delle tese dell’Arsenale. L’edificio, che versa da tempo in condizioni di abbandono e di degrado, verrà recuperato ad area espositiva e spazi attrezzati per la consultazione, studio e ricerca. Le funzioni previste (una sala conferenze al piano terra, uno spazio espositivo e biblioteca al secondo e quarto livello, spazi per uffici e laboratori al primo, terzo e quarto piano) sono inserite quali volumi indipendenti all’interno dello spazio esistente, determinati dalla razionalizzazione dei percorsi verticali.

 

video: Il recupero della Torre di Porta Nuova dell'Arsenale - ufficiostampavenezia on youtube.com

 

 

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Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:34:00 -0700 Happy April Fools' Day! Buon pesce d'aprile! http://oddtag.posterous.com/happy-april-fools-day-buon-pesce-daprile http://oddtag.posterous.com/happy-april-fools-day-buon-pesce-daprile

link: Gmail motion.. beta

video: Introducing Gmail Motion - Now you can control Gmail with your body

 

 

link: Pesce d'Aprile: apre sexi shop a Venezia, ma era uno scherzo - ansa.it  

video: Pesce d'aprile a Venezia

 

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Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:57:00 -0700 Incroci di civiltà 2011- Incontri internazionali di letteratura a Venezia http://oddtag.posterous.com/incroci-di-civilta-2011-incontri-internaziona http://oddtag.posterous.com/incroci-di-civilta-2011-incontri-internaziona

links:

- www.incrocidicivilta.org

- www.facebook.com/incrocidicivilta

 

txt: incroci di civiltà - www.incrocidicivilta.org

 

La quarta edizione di INCROCI DI CIVILTÀ, Incontri internazionali di letteratura a Venezia, promosso da Comune di Venezia, Assessorato alle Attività e Produzioni Culturali e Università Ca' Foscari Venezia si svolgerà dal 13 al 16 aprile 2011, presentandosi con una nuova collocazione nel calendario e con un programma ricco di novità per portare ancora una volta il mondo a Venezia e Venezia nel mondo. Si conferma la formula di osservare il mondo di oggi, avvicinarsi alle culture vicine e lontane, analizzare il loro incontrarsi ed incrociarsi, affrontare le tematiche più attuali attraverso lo sguardo privilegiato degli scrittori. Ad Antonia S. Byatt, Theo Angelopoulos, Petros Markaris, i nomi di punta già annunciati al momento del lancio del ciclo preparatorio Verso Incroci, si aggiungono un ospite di straordinario prestigio come il premio Nobel V. S. Naipaul, gli enfant terribile della narrativa contemporanea Etgar Keret e Wladimir Kaminer, i bestseller italiani Gianrico Carofiglio e Alessandro Piperno, la coraggiosa narratrice croata Dubravka Ugrešic, l'artista del fumetto Joann Sfar, dodici poeti di tutto il mondo venuti a celebrare il centenario di Czesław Miłosz, e molti altri autori e culture da scoprire.

 

video: INCROCI DI CIVILTÀ (edizione 2010) youtube.com

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Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:45:00 -0700 The urbanization knowledge platform http://oddtag.posterous.com/the-urbanization-knowledge-platform http://oddtag.posterous.com/the-urbanization-knowledge-platform

txt: The Urbanization Knowledge Platform with Edward Glaeser on the Triumph of the City - worldbank.org

 

So the question is: what are we doing about it? One new response is the Urbanization Knowledge Platform—a collaborative partnership between researchers, policymakers, the private-sector, and knowledge brokers including the World Bank Group. The platform aims to become the leading ‘go-to’ hub for urban knowledge, by providing a compelling venue for interactions and by matching the incentives of multiple stakeholders in urbanization to contribute knowledge and learn from each other.

 

links:

Urbanization - Wikipedia

Brief review of world socio-demographic trends

 

video: Urbanization Knowledge Platform - youtube.com

 

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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:46:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Wales http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-wales http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-wales

curator: Tom Rowland artist: Tim Davies venue: Ludoteca Santa Maria Ausiliatrice - Castello Venezia on Google maps link: Art Council of Wales - Wales at the Venice Biennale  

txt: about Tim Davies - www.artscouncilofwales.org

 

Tim Davies is part of a constituency of artists, working transnationally, who are committed to ‘place’ but also function in the world, who do not prescribe our understanding nor privilege their own by adopting an avant-garde position. Davies works by unpicking the locks of human experience, from a position already beyond Modernism, rather than leading any sort of futile charge against it. He asks that we explore the nature and meaning of that experience with him. He also embodies, in his practice, a role for the artist which has both intimacy and, at the same time, the wider reach necessary to access the individual and collective public mind and it is this which makes it a new, necessary kind of ‘public’ art (essay in The Butler Gallery’s Kilkenny Shift catalogue, 2009).

 

video: Poem in October by Gerald Conn on vimeo.com

 

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Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:39:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Denmark http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-denmark http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-denmark

"Speech Matters" curator: Katerina Gregos link: The Danish Arts Agency  

txt: Danish Pavilion 2011 Curator's statement

 

The exhibition aims to provoke a considered debate and to complicate the issue of freedom of speech which seems, more and more, to be used as an empty slogan for political purposes, and subjected to a very simplified, biased or populist debate when in fact it is an extremely complex, often ambivalent issue which is contingent on subjective political, social, cultural, religious and personal circumstances. The discussion around freedom of speech is therefore not only complicated but also highly relative and debatable, and the exhibition aims to highlight these intricacies, ambiguities and grey areas, emphasizing the fact that freedom of speech cannot be exercised or applied in any programmatic or strictly proscribed manner. Why an exhibition on freedom of speech at this time? Because it is one of the key issues in the current public debate and one that is becoming increasingly contested given the steady erosion of civil liberties, even in the 'freer', Western world. Apart from the fact that it relates to Denmark specifically, it is also highly relevant in relation to much of what is happening in the world today from press intimidation and censorship in Russia and elsewhere, to the recent Google episode in China, down to other issues such as increasing surveillance in the UK and the USA, and highly charged debates on the limits of freedom of speech in several European countries such as the Netherlands. Finally, it also touches on the essence of visual artistic practice per se, which fundamentally entails conditions of freedom.

 

video: Katerina Gregos - The Elastic Documentary (part 1) - kask on vimeo.com

 

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Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:33:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Australia http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-australia http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-australia

links: - Australian pavilion - Australia Council for the Arts Curator: Anne Ellegood Artist: Hany Armanious txt: (.pdf) Hany Armanious to represent Australia at Venice Biennale 2011

 

Hany’s work is provocative and enigmatic, said Venice Biennale Commissioner, Doug Hall. ‘It confronts the traditional notions of sculpture. The richness and depth of Hany’s work is greatly admired both here and internationally. I’m confident that international audiences will respond to it with keen interest. It will build on the strong presence of Shaun Gladwell and the other artists represented in the Once Removed exhibition presented in Venice in 2009.’ ‘The Venice Biennale is a crucial high-profile platform for visual artists the world over,” said Australia Council CEO Kathy Keele. ‘Of the reported 375,000 visitors to the 2009 exhibition, over 220,000 of them visited our Australian pavilion. Presenting to such a large audience is an immense opportunity for any artist. This time that honour falls on just one Australian artist, and I’m confident that Hany will build on Australia’s long presence at Venice and impress our international audiences with his unique and engaging works.’

 

link: Uncanny Valley, 2009 - Hany Armanious, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery  

video: The Uncanny Valley Popscivideo on youtube.com

 

 

 

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Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:45:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Iceland http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-iceland http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-iceland

link: Icelandic Art Center Comissioner: Dorothée Kirch Curator: Ellen Blumenstein Artists: Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson

txt: Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson represent Iceland at Venice Biennale 2011

 

The Spanish-Icelandic artist duo Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson have been chosen to exhibit on Iceland’s behalf at the 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia 2011. Their work is characterised by their at once attentive and critical, analytical and emotional gaze and their interest in identifying the many questions that the present raises. The trans-cultural tendency in today’s world and the complex relationships that spring from it is one of the artist’s main concerns, exploring relationships among art, everyday life, politics and transculturality. Castro, born in Madrid, and Ólafsson, born in Reykjavík – based in Rotterdam and Berlin and aptly referred to as “citizens of the world” – met in the Netherlands in 1997 and have been collaborating since.

 

video: Libia and Olafur sample - SalvageFreedom on youtube.com

 

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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:49:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Germany http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-germany http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-germany

links: www.deutscher-pavillon.org MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main  

Curator: Susanne Gaensheimer Artist: Christoph Schlingensief  

txt: the German Pavilion of the 54th Venice Biennial in 2011

 

Dr. Susanne Gaensheimer, Commissioner of the German Pavilion of the 54th Venice Biennial in 2011 and Director of MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt/Main, has announced that the work of Christoph Schlingensief will be presented in Venice despite his untimely death. [...] In early May 2010, Christoph Schlingensief himself commented on his invitation to the Venice Biennial in the following words: “I have worked in many different fields, as a director in film, theater and opera, producer, solo entertainer, human being, also as a sick human being and Christian, and equally so as a politician and performer, and I have always taken an interest in those artists who felt almost compelled to practice their art, and in so doing did not necessarily separate their compulsion from that of having or wanting to live. A kind of schizophrenia has always been typical of my work and my life. If I limited myself to one thing only I would simply get bored, my mind would be starved of inspiration. Between music and image, people and language, the healthy and the infirm, the funny and the sad I always need to be given the chance to state the opposite too. To my mind, everything in the world is ambiguous. The task of using the German Pavilion, which very much looks like a representative building, not for the purpose of representation but for art, simply fits the bill – a heavy burden, yet art makes light what would otherwise be heavy. And yet perhaps it is precisely what makes it so positive. I, for my part, love those cracks and opposites, and over the coming months I intend to seek out the most productive opposites for Venice, the German Pavilion, and Burkina Faso.”

 

video: Wa(h)re Kunst: Die Museumsdirektorin Susanne Gaensheimer | euromaxx on youtube.com

 

 

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Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:49:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Finland http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-finland http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-finland

link: FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange - Venice Biennale  

Artist: Vesa-Pekka Rannikko Curator: Laura Köönikkä  

txt: Vesa-Pekka Rannikko Represents Finland at the 2011 Venice Biennale

My choice was influenced by the versatility and re-inventiveness of the artist as well as his ability to take charge of architectonic space. Rannikko’s international fame will also enhance Finland’s visibility at the multinational Biennale”, says exhibition curator Laura Köönikkä. Amongst Vesa-Pekka Rannikko’s most recognisable works are sculptures that reproduce objects in three dimensions, mimicking paintings. Rannikko has also created several location-specific works where the usual boundaries between viewer, work of art and space are blurred. His works challenge the limits of viewing and experience: an image becomes a material object while the space of the work becomes an image. Viewers feel impelled to question the veracity of many of the works, due to the juxtaposition of their theme and the way they are realised. For Rannikko, one starting point for the exhibition at the Venice Biennale is the Aalto Pavilion in Venice. Ceated by Alvar Aalto, it was originally meant to be a temporary structure. Now Rannikko is keen to explore its role and character as a stage for what is Finnish.

 

video: Finland Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai: 2010

 

 

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Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:50:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Austria http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-austria http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-austria

links: www.labiennale.at Venice Biennale 2011 Austria on Facebook  

txt: Commissioner's Statement

 

In his Venice project, Markus Schinwald examines the Austrian Pavilion built 1934 by Josef Hoffmann, an architectural landmark in and around the Giardini district. Markus Schinwald, who scored success with complex installations he realized mainly in museums and art institutions outside Austria, as for example in Zurich, Frankfurt, Brussels, and Budapest, has a comprehensive oeuvre to show for, with his works combining performative with painterly, sculptural, filmic and architectural elements. With subtlety and finesse, Schinwald explores dispositifs of control, disciplining, and self-improvement, which inscribe themselves in the human body, shaping and pervading it to re-emerge on the body surface as psychologically charged inner worlds, visible and palpable. This approach also makes itself felt in his Biennale contribution: the viewer turns into a performer, the pavilion into a closed stage. By dissecting the interior space along vertical axes, a new mode of perception emerges which makes the human body its structural frame of reference: “Although these constructional components are of course architectural elements, it suggested itself to use psychoanalytical terms for a concise definition; after all, the space created is dissociative rather than than actually fragmented: claustrophobic above and nothing below. Or, if you will, the mind in neurosis, the crotch in psychosis. However, unlike in the spatial sculptures of Bruce Nauman or Robert Morris, the space intervention is not an autonomous act here, but also a kind of stage system or environment for the display of different works. It is, for one thing, an attempt to establish various different elements and, at the same time, to avoid explicit categorizations through contrastive positioning”, Markus Schinwald explains.

 

video: Approaching Venice - Jörg Heiser

 

 

 

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