Bigger than Benetton ...

Bamako. Bogota. Seoul. Stuttgart. St. Petersburg. Toronto.

5 Dec 2009
5 Dec 2009

Some nights are big,
some night are bigger than others,
and tonight's our biggest night so far at the Amsterdam Biennale..

This saturday night we have SIX openings, yes, six openings....

Canadian campfires, German gastronomy, Seoul street food, Russian rebels, African adventures and Colombian charms

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United Colors - Foto: United Colors of Benneton Foto: Liu Wen for United Colors of Benetton 2009 Jans Possel

With:
skip&die, Hugo Herrera Tobón, Natalia Domínguez Rangel, Hama Goro, Kaspar Wimberley, Suzanne Kudielka, Kyle Tryhorn, Jihyun Ryou, Olga Jitlina, David Artuffo, Seouneun Jung, David Artuffo, Harald Schole, Améyovi Homawoo, Bourama Diakité, Mamary Diallo, Aissata Dao, Alassane Maiga, Rafty OkeFolahan, Menja Stevenson, Renata Liebel, Eva Beedow, David Baur, Markus Niessner, Stefanie Reling, Anna Ingerfurth, Steffen Osvath, Pauline Füg, Tobias Heyel, Ludwig Berger, Vânia Oliveira, Amy Bowles, Bojana Stanic, Brendan Flanagan, Claire Egan, Davida Nemeroff, Matt Brown, Niall Mcclelland, Sameer Farooq, Alena Chendler, Svetlana Mihailova, Veronika Rudjeva-Ryazantseva, Katja Sytnik

A total evening experience of music, art, video, food, photography, and performance from four continents in just four hours time.

All this without even having to take your passport with you.

If this is not enough we have DJ's from Canada, West Africa, and Colombia, and SKIP&DIE in the Equinox Music Festival. And the Betelnut Bar is open of course.

Excess is the new minimalism.. Sometimes you just can't get enough of a good thing.

The curators of the new pavilions are: Hugo Herrera Tobon / Natalia Dominguez (Bogota), Hama Goro (Bamako), Kaspar Wimberley / Susanne Kudielka (Stuttgart), Jihyun Ryou / Seouneun Jung / David Artuffo (Seoul), Olga Jitlina / Katja Sokolova (St Petersburg) and Kyle Tryhorn (Toronto).

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Meet at the St. Petersburg Pavilion - At the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Toronto pavilion - At the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Bogota pavilion - At the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Graffiti Shooter - Inside Bogota Pavilion at the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Bigger than Benetton crowd - The Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Toronto drinks - The Toronto pavilion at the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Maultaschen making - The Stuttgart pavilion at the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Maultaschen munching - The Stuttgart pavilion at the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Seoul pavilion - At the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Curator of the Seoul pavilion explains - At the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Fun in Seoul - The Seoul pavilion at the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

With: Andreas Conradi
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Selfportraits - One Wall of the Bogota pavilion at the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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SKIP & DIE - The Equinox pavilion at the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Bamako pavilion - At the Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Dancing to the music - The Bigger than Benetton Opening on 5 December at the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach