This booklet on the Bergen Biennial Conference, which was held 17-20 September 2009 in Bergen, Norway, and was one of the largest international conferences on biennials ever organized, supplements The Biennial Reader: An Anthology on Large-Scale Perennial Exhibitions of Contemporary Art. The conference was designed to generate discussion and create an occasion for collective reflection on the history, practice, and potential of biennials as institutions. The event had its origins in the Bergen City Council's desire to establish a biennial of contemporary art in Bergen.
Includes conference programme and biographies.
Onsite
English
2009
56
9783775726108
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conference proceedings
Introduction - Elena FILIPOVIC, Marieke VAN HAL, Solveig ØVSTEBØ
Day 1: History
The Era of the Histories of Biennials Has Begun - Vittoria MARTINI
Towards the Unknown: A Debate with Sarat Maharaj and Carlos Basualdo - Vinicius SPRICIGO
The Cage of the Contemporary: On 'Late Style' and Biennials - Marit PAASCHE
Day 2: Practice
On Biennial Practice: The Global Megacity and Biennial Memory - Ina BLOM
How to Run a Biennial (with an Eye to Critical Regionalism) - Monika SZEWCZYK
On the Method and Location, Not to Mention the Timing, of a Possible Manifestation - Tommy OLSSON
Day 3: Future
Biennials as Platforms for Social Exchange - Nikos PAPASTERGIADIS, Meredith MARTIN
The Biennial Reader: The Bergen Biennial Conference
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