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27/9/2013

4th Athens Biennale

Different venues, Athens

Curated by the AB4 Team

The question Now what? is the starting point of the 4th Athens Biennale 2013. AGORA emerges out of the search for answers. A social event, a space for the exchange of ideas and a setting for reflection and critique is created at the very center of Athens - a city in crisis. AGORA is hosted in two sites: the building of the National Bank of Greece at 8-10 Sofokleous str., a historical building that formerly housed the Athens Stock Exchange, and at CAMP (Contemporary Art Meeting Point), 4 Eupolidos & 2 Apellou str. at Kotzia Square.

AGORA includes more than seventy artists showcasing more than one hundred works of contemporary art including painting, sculpture, installation, video, sound, performance, theatre, dance, public interventions, and participatory projects. Artists, scholars, scientists, activists, collaborative initiatives, civic groups, and of course the public will meet on a daily basis: AGORA includes a rich program of discussions, workshops, roundtables, speeches, educational programs and guided tours. AGORA, the 4th Athens Biennale 2013, opens to the public on Sunday September 29th and will unfold over two months, closing on December 1st 2013.

AGORA innovates by aiming to create an assembly point both physical and digital. It addresses an Open Call to the creative world via its webpage and discourses online through the use of #ab4agora, thus composing questions and collecting answers.

The 4th Athens Biennale was designed by the AB4 Team, a team of artists, curators, theorists, activists, and practitioners in the creative industries brought together for this occasion. AGORA is thus the result of a process of fermentation between cultural workers from different backgrounds. What matters most to those who participate in such an experiment is a shared sense of responsibility and an urge to co-produce meaning.

Participants and projects:
Abbas Akhavan, David Adler, Dimitris Antoniou, Yanna Andreadi, Arbit City Group, Artbank, Art & Economics Group (Tanja Ostojic, Dimitri Kleiner, David Rych), Anestis Azas, Manolis Baboussis, Bertille Bak, Erica Baum, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Dave Beech, Matei Bejenaru, Blitz, Iain Boal, Irina Botea, Tania Bruguera, Campus Novel, Charley Case, Giuseppe Chico & Barbara Matijević, Katerina Christidi, Neil Cummings, Bruce Gilbert and BAW, Nuria Güell, Dashndem, Design 99, Dimitris Dokatzis, Sam Durant, Charles Esche, Fallen Fruit, Heiner Flassbeck, FYTA, Rainer Ganahl, Nikolaus Gansterer & Emma Cocker, Fernando Garcia-Dory, Fotini Gouseti & Culture Travellers, Grupo Etcetera, Severin Guelpa, Konstantinos Hadzinikolaou, Jan Peter Hammer, Paul Handley, George Harvalias, David Harvey, Yota Ioannidou, Nazima Kadir, Valentina Karga & Pieterjan Grandry, Gareth Kennedy & Sarah Browne, Anja Kirschner & David Panos, Anna Kleberg, Ika Knezevic, Zissis Kotionis, Maria Konti, Chryssanthi Koumianaki, Gabriel Kuri, Kyklos Ensemble, Gosalyn Mallard, Paolo Manasse, Jenny Marketou, Gabriel Mascaro, Konstantinos Mihos, Never the Same, Vladimir Nikolic, Nomadic Kitchen / Shedia, Nils Norman, Navid Nuur, OKK Actiongroup, Boris Ondreicka, Geof Oppenheimer, Georgia Paizi, Yiorgos Papadakis, Panos Papadopoulos, Leda Papaconstantinou, Elias Papaioannou, Vito Polito, Sally Poter, Ester Partegàs, Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Adrian Piper, Antonis Pittas, Thomas Poulsen / FOS, Theo Prodromidis, Qualia, Gene Ray, Raymondos, Lucrezia Reichlin, Steve Reinke, Oliver Ressler, Juan Carlos Romero, ROMVOS, Frances Ruane, Salinas / Bergman, Salon de Vortex, Marinella Senatore, Research and Dissemination Center of Music Scheming, Roman Signer, Laurie Simmons, Deb Sokolow, Soo-Young Kim, Aspa Stassinopoulou, Yannis Stavrakakis, Hito Steyerl, Superstudio, Amund SjØlie Sveen, Theatre of the Oppressed, Petros Touloudis, Nikos Tranos, Kostas Tsolis, Loukas Tsoukalis, Vital Space, Vassilis Vlastaras, Peter Watkins, Wooloo, Mi You & Lisa Bensel, Zafos Xagoraris, ABROAD, Economic Forum, Radio Materiality, Erect Like a Country, Pre-Institutional Critique Workshop, Value, Event as Process, Art as a Changemaker, The New Parthenon.

SUPPORT
The realization of the 4th Athens Biennale AGORA is co-financed by the Greece and the European Union and is under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Municipality of Athens. The main sponsor of the 4th Athens Biennale is the National Bank of Greece and the major donor is NEON. Additionally, sponsors of the 4th Athens Biennale are AGEAN, Athenaeum Intercontinental Athens, HOL, Mellon Group of Companies and NETSMART. Supporters of the 4th Athens Biennale are EZA and KAYAK.

For more information please contact:
Katerina Stavroula, Press Officer T: +30 210 5232222, 210 5232224, Email: press@athensbiennial.org

Press Conference 28th September, 12:00
Preview: September 28
Former Athens Stock Exchange 8-10 Sofokleous st. Athens

National Bank of Greece Building, 8-10 Sofokleous str. Athens
CAMP Contemporary Art Meeting Point, 4 Eupolidos & 2 Apellou str. Athens
Tuesday-Friday: 12.00-21.00
Saturday & Sunday: 10.00-22.00
Admission
AGORA offers a season ticket for the exhibition for 8 euros. The season ticket allows admission throughout the two months of the 4th Athens Biennale and for all the events hosted by the AGORA.
Additionally, AGORA offers a daily ticket for 5 euros and a discount ticket for 3 euros, for students who hold a student ID, teens 12-18 years old and senior citizens (70 years old or above).
Holders of the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) card, students of the Athens School of Fine Arts, members of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, ICOM, AICA, IKT as well as special needs attendants are granted free entrance with appropriate ID.

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