Official opening Amsterdam Biennale

Pavilions of Kabul, Naples, Amsterdam, Munich, Melbourne, Belgrade, Tallinn & Brooklyn

16 Oct 2009

20:00
Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS
Vijzelstraat 68 , 1017 HL Amsterdam
Mediamatic Foundation
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http://www.mediamatic.net/

On Friday the 16th of October at 20:00 hrs the Amsterdam Biennale officially took off at Mediamatic. There was a live perfomance of Firestone and DJ Margit (Tallinn), DJ Katja Novi (Tallinn, Amsterdam) & DJ Velović (Belgrade, Amsterdam).

Amsterdam Biennale 2009 - Pre-opening of Amsterdam Biennale on Saturday 10th October

With: Diana Marrone, Danilo Capasso

Diana Marrone, Robert Kluijver, Margit Säde, Helen Grogan, Sascha Glasl, Hedwig Heinsman, My Little Underground, logo.gif, Danilo Capasso, Alessandro Cimmino, Roberto Paci Dalo, Marco Zezza, Omar Sharifi, Natasa Stojanovic, Vladan Jeremic, Rena Raedle, Boris Stanic, Bogdan Vojnovic, ongoing, Marko Krojac, Bojan Krstic, Jovana Komnenic, Nina Ivanovic, Tijana Krstic, Bojana Volas, Adriana Young, Sean Bailey, Courtney Lucas, Nicki Wynnychuck, Firestone, Elisabeth Klement, Nele Aunap, Margo Niit, Koit Randmae, Katja Novitskova, Eve Arpo, Tuuli Aule, Jaan Evart, Mikk Heinsoo, Kroot Juurak, Katrin Sipelgas, Silja Saarepuu, Indrek Sirkel, Risto Kalmre, Kadri Klementi, Anton Koovit, Anu Vahtra, Jasper Zoova, Caroline Woolard, Isidora Krstic, Nikola Krstić

Naples, Kabul, Belgrade, Melbourne, Tallinn, Brooklyn and Amsterdam

The official opening of the biennale featured the following pavilions: Naples, curated by Diana Marrone, Kabul, curated by Robert Kluijver, Belgrade, curated by Isidora Krstic, Melbourne, curated by Helen Grogan, Tallinn, curated by Margit Sade, Munich, curated by Sascha Glasl, Brooklyn, curated by Caroline Woolard, and Amsterdam1, curated by Femke Dekker and Amsterdam2, curated by DUS architects.

Each of the curators built a pavilion that measures 6' x 6' x 7' and is made of either bamboo, styrofoam (EPS), honeycomb cardboard or printable fabric. The curators decide about the design and content of the pavilions.

The opening was in the presence of some of the curators and artists.

Amsterdam Biennale 2009

The Amsterdam Biennale 2009 presents the contemporary art scene from all over the world. More than thirty international curators from the Mediamatic network provide their view of art in their city.

The Biennale is an exhibition in progress. New pavilions will be built every week. This means there will be an opening every week during this period. Keep an eye on the website for the latest news about upcoming openings. From 17 October 2009 until 13 December 2009.