[spectre] BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 2002

[geert lovink]

BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 2002
The Biennale of Sydney 2002 opened today after a momentous media preview =
and
opening parties yesterday.   A pdf of the press kit is attached. An
Exhibition Guide is available at all venues for visitors to the Biennale =
of
Sydney. This includes the full public program, education program and deta=
ils
of the artists and venues.

SPECIAL EVENTS IN OPENING WEEK INCLUDE:

FILM AND VIDEO PROGRAM
Art Gallery of New South Wales
3pm Mon - Sat, Special Film Screenings =AD Ann Sofi-Siden (Sweden) QM, I =
think
I call her QM.
3:30pm Fri & Sat Special Film Screenings =AD Margaret Wertheim (USA) It=B9=
s
Jim=B9s WorldSwe just live in it.
3:30pm Tue & Thur Video Program - Curated by Emil Goh
2:30pm Wed & Sun Film Program - Curated by Robert Herbert

Wednesday 15 May

Sydney Opera House
11am, Monumental Steps, Yutaka Sone "Throw of the Dice" Performance took
place in the pouring rain. Gamblers be informed that the lay of the dice =
was
1+ 2.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)
7-9pm, Lloyd Rees Memorial Lecture: Vito Acconci (USA), Public Art in the
21st Century SOLD OUT

AMP Building, Circular Quay
6:30 =AD 9pm everynight Otil Sun 19 May, Darren Siwes, projection


Thursday 16 May

City Exhibition Space
11-12noon Daniel Palmer (Australia) For Your Pleasure: Advertising and
Contemporary Photomedia
12-1pm John Peter Nilsson (Sweden) Changing Realities
1.30-2pm  Artist Talk =AD Paul Etienne Lincoln (USA)
2-3pm Eril Baily (Australia) Non-electronic and Electronic Reality

Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)
11 -12:30pm Curatorial Strategies in International Biennales
Chair: Tony Bond, Director of Curatorial Services, AGNSW
Participants: Richard Grayson, Rosa Martinez, Yuko Hasegawa, Peter Hill,
Adrian Dannat, Zhe Qui.
2.30-3pm Artist Talk - Glenn Brown (UK)
3-3.30pm Artist Talk =AD Patrick Corillon (Belgium)

Museum of Contemporary Art
10-12noon Lick Performance - Cang Xin (China) NEW
11:30-12 noon Artist Talk =AD Do-Hoh Suh (Korea)
12-12.30pm Artist Talk =AD Joao Penalva (Portugal)
12.30-1pm Artist Talk =AD Suzanne Treister (Australia)
2-2.30pm Susan Hiller (UK) in conversation with Richard Grayson (Artistic
Director, Biennale of Sydney 2002)


Friday 17 May

MCA
12-12.30pm Artist Talk =AD Eleanor Antin (USA)
12.30-1pm Artist Talk =AD Jim Shaw (USA)
2-2.30pm Artist Talk =AD Kim Adams (Canada)
2:15-3pm Maria Lind (Sweden) Exchange and transformation: On contemporary
art, corporate culture and resistance.
2.30-3pm Artist Talk =AD Jeffrey Vallance (USA)
3-3:45pm Edward Colless (Australia) Search Engine

Sydney Opera House
12.30-1pm, Artist Talk =AD James Angus (Australia)

City Exhibition Space
1.30-2pm, Artist Talk =AD Darren Siwes (Australia)
3-4pm, Marketta Seppala (Finland) The work of Veli Gran=F6

Object galleries
2-2.30pm Artist Talk =AD Patricia Piccinini (Australia)
3.30-4pm Artists Talk =AD Nina Fischer and Maroan el Sani (Germany)
4-4.30pm Artist Talk =AD Shirley Tse (USA/Hong Kong)

AGNSW
3-3.30pm Artist Talk =AD Michael Parekowhai (NZ)

Customs House
6-8pm Architecture and the Future (Featuring Kathryn Findlay, Michael J
Ostwald, Wood Marsh Architects)

Saturday 18 May

AGNSW
11-12pm Marina Grzinic (Slovenia) Fiction reconstructed - Salon de Fleuru=
s
12-1pm Isabel Carlos (Portugal) Non-style and self-referentiality
2-3pm John Marsden (Australia) Fiction and Truth
3-4pm Justin Clemens (Australia) The Murderous Fantastic
4-5pm McKenzie Wark (Australia) Virtualities

MCA
10am - 5pm Lick Performance - Cang Xin (China) NEW
12-12.30pm Artist Talk =AD Paul Noble (UK)
12.30-1pm Artist Talk =AD Matthew Ritchie
1-1.30pm Pope Alice Performance

CES
11-12pm, Anne Marsh (Australia) A Fantastic Real: Contemporary Photograph=
y
and Theoretical Ideas
12-1pm Darren Tofts (Australia) The world will be Tl=F6n: Mapping the
Fantastic on to the Virtual
2-2.30pm Artist Talk =AD Paul Etienne Lincoln (USA)
2:30-3pm Artist Talk =AD Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (Vietnam)

Object galleries
3.30-4pm, Artist Talk =AD Patricia Piccinini (Australia)
4-4.30pm Artist Talk =AD Shirley Tse (USA/Hong Kong)


Sunday 19 May

Sydney Opera House
1.30-2pm, Artist Talk =AD James Angus (Australia)
3pm & 7pm Studio, Eleanor Antin (USA) The Last Night of Rasputin: a film
with performance by Eleanor Antin
Bookings essential. Tickets $25/$20. Contact SOH on 02 9250  7777.

MCA
2-3pm, Artist Talk =AD Blast Theory (UK)
3-4pm Curators Floor Talk =AD TBA

AGNSW
2.30-3pm, Artist Talk =AD Michael Stevenson (NZ)
3-3.30pm Artist Talk =AD Patrick Corillon (Belgium)

Biennale of Sydney
43-51 Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011 Australia
Tel. 61-2 9368 1411, Fax. 61-2 9368 1617

Biennale of Sydney 2002 (The World May Be) Fantastic
15 May - 14 July
<http://www.biennaleofsydney.com.au>

The Biennale of Sydney is brought to you with the invaluable support of o=
ur
Principal Partners: Australia Council for the Arts, the City of Sydney, N=
SW
Ministry for the Arts, Tempo Services and Transfield Major Partners: Beyo=
nd
Online, JCDecaux, ResMed, SBS Television, Singapore Airlines and Sydney
Airport