[spectre] 3rd International Biennial of Sevilla (Modified by geert lovink)

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3rd INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF SEVILLE (SPAIN)

  YOUniverse
2 October 2008 – 11 January 2009

http://www.fundacionbiacs.com

  Curatorial Team

Peter Weibel, general director of the ZKM Centre for Art and Media of 
Karlsruhe, Germany.
Wonil Rhee, guest curator of PS1MoMA 2009, Korean curator.
Marie-Ange Brayer, director of the Regional Centre of Contemporary Art 
of Orleáns, France.

  YOUniverse, the exhibition

  In the global context of the information and communication society, 
the third edition of the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of 
Seville (Biacs3) will make a new map of Global Art, World Art, 
addressing the specific aspect of media, environment and technology. 
Under the title YOUniverse, the Biennial of Seville will show how 
contemporary art worldwide has changed through the influence of media, 
technology, science and architecture by fostering one main goal: the 
participation of the public and a new equation between man and his 
environment.

  The creations of the selected artists (approximately one hundred in 
number) will revolve around mobility, individualisation through 
technologies, quantum physics, nanotechnology, hydraulic engineering, 
architecture and the environment. One aspect will be to show that 
technology as man-made nature can help to solve our problems with 
natural environments. The other aspect will be the democratization of 
art. The audience, rather than the artists, is the star.

  The artistic curatorial team plans to present the public with a 
showcase of the 21st century’s most representative technical 
breakthroughs on the threshold of a material revolution that will lead 
us from simulation to stimulation, and will invite visitors to 
personally interact with the contents of the exhibition.

  The Biennial is organised into four areas:

Section 1 offers a brief retrospective overview of the great 
masterpieces of media art, from Nam June Paik to Bill Viola. Also 
included are little known artistic positions, which deserve to be 
relocated from the historical periphery to the centre of attention.

Section 2 showcases the very latest trends in media art: interactivity 
and participation of the public, Internet art, and multiplayer media, 
the spectator as user. Using state-of-the art technology, the art at 
the Biacs3 will open a gateway onto an unknown world that science, 
technology, art, and media place at our disposal, a world where humans 
are central and can influence the world in any way they wish.

  In Section 3 the transformations in architecture through the use of 
computers and new software programs that generate new forms of 
conviviality will be on display.

Section 4 is Andalusia itself. The exhibition not only takes place in 
the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), but also in public 
spaces in the city of Seville. Furthermore, there will be satellites of 
the exhibition at other locations, such as Cordoba and Granada. The 
purpose of these annexes is to delve into the archaeology and deep time 
of the sciences and technology in Andalusia and demonstrate that 
Andalusia has a long history of science, technology and art.

  Organizer
  Foundation for the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of 
Seville (BIACS).

  The primary goal of the BIACS Foundation is to offer a selection of 
today’s most avant-garde artwork, bringing people together every other 
year in a supranational gathering that invites visitors to discover 
where the latest creative tendencies are headed. At the same time, the 
BIACS also aims to enrich the present cultural panorama by weaving new 
energy into the current artistic fabric, in response to the growing 
social demand for quality cultural productions. Seville shares in this 
universal demand and rises to meet the challenge armed with the 
strength of its vast cultural, artistic and intellectual experience.

  Biacs Office
  Camino de los Descubrimientos, 14. Pabellón de España.
  Isla de la Cartuja. 41092 Seville (Spain)
  Tel. +34 954 46 75 14. Fax. +34 954 46 75 13
  For further information, please contact to press at fundacionbiacs.com or 
visit http://www.fundacionbiacs.com