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Thursday, September 11th, 2008This is the last episode on Manifesta 7, The European Biennial of Contemporary Art with views of works by Didier Fiuza Faustino, Heide Hinrichs, Luca Trevisani, Nico Vascellari, Nina Canell, and Pamela Rosenkranz. Manifesta 7 runs until the 2nd November 2008. Still enough time to visit the Trentino – South Tyrol!
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Manifesta 7: Rovereto, Italy / Part 1/2
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Manifesta 7’s exhibition at the Manifattura Tabacchi in Rovereto, Italy, has been curated by Adam Budak. The title is “Principle Hope”. In this walkthrough we focus on the works of Christian Philipp Müller, Fabrics Interseason, Miks Mitrevics, Ragnar Kjartansson, Ricardo Jacinto, and Ricardo Valentim. For a separate episode on Ricardo Jacinto’s work “Labyrinthitis” click here.
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Ricardo Jacinto: Labyrinthitis / Manifesta 7, Rovereto
Friday, September 5th, 2008Some fun for the weekend: Installed in the courtyard of the Manifattura Tabacchi in Rovereto, Italy (one of the locations of Manifesta 7, The European Biennial of Contemporary Art), is a sculpture by Ricardo Jacinto, made of six gigantic black balloons, filled with helium. As the video shows, not only children have fun with the [...]
Michael Snow: So Is This / Manifesta 7, Fortezza / Franzensfeste
Friday, August 29th, 2008One of the videos shown at the fortress in Fortezza / Franzensfeste as part of the exhibition “Scenarios”, is Michael Snow’s 1982 film “So Is This”. Michael Snow (born 1929) is a Canadian artist who works in various media such as painting, sculpture, photography and film. The film “So Is This” (16mm, b&w, silent, [...]
Adriana Cavarero: Acoustic Shadows / Manifesta 7, Fortezza / Franzensfeste
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Adriana Cavarero (born 1947) is a feminist philosopher who lives and works in Verona. She currently is professor of political philosophy at the University of Verona and member of the Expert Group on the Humanities at the European Commission in Brussels. Her work for the Manifesta 7 exhibition in Fortezza / Franzensfeste consists of a [...]
Manifesta 7. The Soul. Trento, Italy / Part 2/2
Friday, August 22nd, 2008This is part 2 of our coverage of The Soul (or, Much Trouble in the Transportation of Souls), Manifesta 7’s exhibition in Trento, Italy. In this episode we have a look at works by Roee Rosen, Joachim Koester, Andrée Korpys & Markus Löffler, Eyal Sivan, Beth Campbell, Barbara Visser, Karl Holmqvist, and Klaus Weber.
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Manifesta 7. The Soul. Trento, Italy / Part 1/2
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008The Soul (or, Much Trouble in the Transportation of Souls) is the title of the Manifesta 7 exhibition in Trento, Italy. The exhibition is curated by Anselm Franke and Hila Peleg, and is composed of contributions by 49 contemporary artists who are mainly working in Europe. In this episode we have a look at the [...]
Piratbyran (The Bureau of Piracy): Please Join the Party / Manifesta 7, Bolzano/Bozen
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Piratbyrån (“The Piracy Bureau”) is a Swedish organization established to support people opposed to current ideas about intellectual property — by freely sharing information and culture. The name Piratbyrån is a play on Antipiratbyrån (“The Anti-piracy Bureau”), a non governmental but content industry-based Swedish anti-piracy organization. Piratbyrån (The Bureau of Piracy) might be best known [...]
Manifesta 7. The Rest of Now. Bolzano/Bozen, Italy / Part 2/2
Friday, August 8th, 2008In the second part of our coverage of Manifesta 7’s exhibition at Ex Alumix in Bolzano/Bozen,”The Rest of Now”, we have a look at works by Teresa Margolles, Alexander Vaindorf, Piratbyrån (The Bureau of Piracy), Emre Hüner, Jörgen Svensson, Teufelsgroup, David Adjaye, Charles Lim Yi Yong, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Graham Harwood, Richard Wright & Matsuko Yokokoji, [...]
Manifesta 7. The Rest of Now. Bolzano/Bozen, Italy / Part 1/2
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008The Rest of Now is the title of the Manifesta 7-exhibition in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. The Rest of Now, curated by the Raqs Media Collective, is set in the disused Alumix aluminium factory. In the first part of our coverage of Manifesta 7’s “The Rest of Now” we have a look at works by Harold de [...]
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