Biennale Cuvee
dal 2/3/2010 al 1/5/2010
Segnalato da
2/3/2010
Biennale Cuvee
O.K Center for Contemporary Art and external locations, Linz
33 artists from 18 countries come to visit. The exhibition brings the international art scene to Linz, shows current trends and is a barometer of what is understood internationally today as contemporary art. Exhibition locations of the 'Biennale Cuvee' are the OK 'Offenes Kulturhaus' and the Power Tower of the company Energie AG.
What do Venice, Istanbul, Lyon, Thessaloniki, Mechelen in Belgium, Havanna, Jerusalem and Sharjah in the United Emirates have in common? In 2009 they all had an important exhibition of contemporary art, a so-called "biennial".
An exciting selection from these exhibitions has been compiled for Linz, a "Biennale Cuvée". 33 artists from 18 countries come to visit. The exhibition brings the international art scene to Linz, shows current trends and is a barometer of what is understood internationally today as contemporary art.
Exhibition locations of the "Biennale Cuvée" are the OK "Offenes Kulturhaus" and the Power Tower of the company Energie AG.
The OK Center for Contemporary Art, which is supported by public funding, is an experimental laboratory for exploring art. It is intended to be an exhibition and production house for contemporary art, accompanying the implementation of an artistic work from the idea to the exhibition.
In this way, both a public platform and a laboratory situation are provided simultaneously for artists, usually from a younger generation, working in an international context. Concomitant symposia, mediation work, and live acts form networks with art-projects and recipients. Documentation comes in the form of catalogues, video and CD productions.
Founded in the late eighties, the OK is positioned with its flexible, process-oriented structure as a site of discourse and agency. The programmatic emphasis focuses on multimedia and explicitly space-related group projects or individual projects, which often relate to social topics. The architecture makes it possible for different productions to be conducted at the same time; a collection will purposely not be established. Curatorship at the OK is supported by an artistic advisory board that changes according to a principle of rotation.
Press contact: Maria Falkinger
OK Platz 1, 4020 Linz, Tel: +43.732.784178-203;
mail: m.falkinger@ok-centrum.at
Opening 3 March 2010
OK Center for Contemporary Art Upper Austria and the Power Tower of the company Energie AG
OK Platz 1, A - 4020 Linz