TRES BIENN
Tres Bienn brings together 3 biennials of contemporary art that all take
place over autumn 2007:
the Athens Biennial, the Istanbul Biennial and the Lyon Biennial.
Tres Bienn illustrates the willingness for collaboration that is developing
between these three events: exchange of artists and artistic projects,
development of cultural interchange, joint communication and visibility
strategies.
In 2007, Tres Bienn will initiate artistic collaborations, collaborative
events, joint tourist packages and promotional activities at the Venice
Biennial, Art Basel and Documenta.
1ST ATHENS BIENNIAL
Destroy Athens
September 10 – November 18, 2007
Professional preview: 9 September
2007.
Curators: Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-
Yio, Augustine Zenakos
Director: Marieke van Hal
Main venue: Technopolis
Destroy Athens aims to attack
stereotyping. It is an attempt to
challenge the ways in which
identities and behaviours are
determined through stereotypical
descriptions. The exhibition is
inviting artists to employ the
heretical treatment of the universal
and timeless symbol of Athens as a
pretext or as a metaphor for an
assertion of self-determination.
Contact:
+30 210 5232222
contact@athensbiennial.org
www.athensbiennial.org
10TH INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL
Not Only Possible, But Also
Necessary: Optimism In The Age Of
Global War
September 8 – November 4, 2007
Professional preview: September 6 –
7, 2007
Curator: Hou Hanru
Venues: Antrepo, AKM – Ataturk
Cultural Centre, IMC – Istanbul
Textile Traders’ Market, santralistanbul
The 10th International Istanbul
Biennial will not be a thematic
exhibition in the traditional
manner; rather, it will emphasise
artistic production based on
collective intelligence and the
living process of negotiating with
physical sites. The biennial will
focus on urban issues and
architectural reality as a means of
exposing different cultural contexts
and artistic visions regarding the
complex and diverse forms of
modernity.
Contact:
+90 (212) 334 07 57
istbiennial@iksv.org
www.iksv.org
For press & accreditations
Mr. Ustungel Inanc
uinanc@iksv.org
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