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2/6/2004

On Reason and Emotion

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney

curated by Isabel Carlos, brings work by 51 artists from 32 countries to Sydney and will challenge audiences to discover, think and feel.


In Descartes' Error (1995) the neurologist António Damásio analyses several neurological case studies to show that emotion is crucial to human intelligence. In another book, The Feeling of What Happens (1999) he discusses the importance of emotion and feeling in the construction of the self. In Looking for Spinoza (2003) António Damásio elaborates his ideas further.

On Reason and Emotion has at its core an exploration of perception and its borders. There are several complex threads intertwining throughout the exhibition: the balance and connection between human consciousness and physicality; the architecture of the built environment as a parallel anatomy, and conversely that the body is my house (Lygia Clark); and the politics and poetics of human relationships, where communication is a mutual exchange rather than a passing on of information, and thus serves to connect ideas and people rather than become a platform for individual expression.

Rather than the restrictions of the traditional cogito (I think, therefore I am), I am interested in art that creates a bridge between poles - the supposed north/south/mind/body splits. Now one can say that I feel, therefore I am. The project invites the audience to participate in an aesthetic experience using not only their sight, but also all the senses provoking active participation and inciting the emotions. The audience will be challenged to think and feel.
Isabel Carlos, 2003

The Biennale of Sydney in 2004 will be complemented by an extensive series of public programs. Over 70 artists, critics and curators, journalists will visit Australia, including cultural commentators Beatriz Colomina, Sue Best, Frances Dyson, Sarat Maharaj; and curators Hans Ulrich Obrist, Maareta Jaukkuri, Dirk Snauwaert, Bartomeu Mari and Ann Demeester. There will be symposia, panel discussions and performances that explore the themes of the exhibition.

A dynamic public program of artist talks, discussion panels, performances and film screenings featuring international and Australian artists, curators, writers and thinkers complements the ideas explored in the 2004 Biennale of Sydney.
FREE admission (except where noted)

Artists:
AES + F (Russia)
Helena Almeida (Portugal)
Diti Almog (Israel / United States)
Fernando Alvim (Angola)
Francis Alÿs (Belgium / Mexico)
Pat Brassington (Australia)
Loulou Cherinet (Sweden)
James Coleman (Ireland)
Nathan Coley (United Kingdom)
Cecília Costa (Portugal)
Minerva Cuevas (Mexico)
Luísa Cunha (Portugal)
Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij (Netherlands)
Sherre DeLys & Joan Grounds (Australia)
Jimmie Durham (United States / Germany)
Carolyn Eskdale (Australia)
Matias Faldbakken (Norway)
Asta Gröting (Germany)
Jens Haaning (Denmark)
Michael Harrison (New Zealand)
Gordon Hookey (Australia)
Pravdoliub Ivanov (Bulgaria)
Annetta Kapon (Greece / United States)
Emiko Kasahara (Japan)
Koo Jeong-a (Korea / France)
Derek Kreckler (Australia)
Lim Tzay Chuen (Singapore)
Daniel Malone (New Zealand)
Rubens Mano (Brazil)
Thomas Mulcaire & Amanda Rodrigues Alves (South Africa / Brazil)
Mônica Nador (Brazil)
Bruce Nauman (United States)
Susan Norrie (Australia)
Elizabeth Nyumi (Australia)
Mélik Ohanian (France)
Amilcar Packer (Brazil)
Frédéric Post (Switzerland)
Michael Raedecker (Netherlands / United Kingdom)
Catherine Richards (Canada)
Mario Rizzi (Italy)
MP & MP Rosado (Spain)
Michael Sailstorfer (Germany)
Jari Silomäki (Finland)
Mari Sunna (Finland)
Javier Téllez (Venezuela)
Frank Thiel (Germany)
Daniel von Sturmer (New Zealand)
Xing Danwen (China)
Yin Xiuzhen (China)
Heimo Zobernig (Austria)
And an artist to be announced

Image: Jimmie Durham, Still Life with Stone and Car (maquette), 2004. Car, granite boulder, acrylic paint.

Venues:
- Museum of Sydney, Cnr Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney. Open daily 9.30am to 5pm. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney. Opening Hours: 10am to 5pm; Wednesdays 10am - 9pm. Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day.
- Museum of Contempory Art, 140 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney. Open 10am-5pm every day except Christmas Day.
- Artspace, 43 - 51 Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo. Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat 11am - 5pm. Closed on public holidays.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney. Opening hours: May & August 7am-5.30 pm, June & July 7 am-5 pm.
- Sydney Opera House

Biennale of Sydney
43-51 Cowper Wharf Road
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
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