Post by art4net on Feb 15, 2002 9:16:46 GMT -5
The Venice Biennale is an interdisciplinary Cultural Society concerned with visual arts, architecture, dance, music, theatre and cinema.
The Biennale organises exhibitions (the International Art Exhibition, the International Architecture Exhibition, and the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, i.e. the Venice Film Festival) and live performances of Dance, Music and Theatre. Since the 1998 reform, the Biennale has aimed to re-launch itself not merely as a large exhibition centre, but also as a workshop for artistic education and production, developing permanent programmes of activity.
Under current president Paolo Baratta, important results have been achieved in all sectors of the organisation, both in its organisational restructuring and in the restoration and regeneration of historic and prestigious spaces in Venice for artistic and performance use.
New exhibition spaces (9,000 sqm.) have been created at the Arsenale (Artiglierie, Gaggiandre, Tese Cinquecentesche in 1999, Tese delle Vergini in 2001), alongside those at the Corderie and the traditional spaces at the Giardini di Castello, thus creating an exceptional multi-form space (15,000 sqm.) for the International Art Exhibition and the International Architecture Exhibition. Following the important inauguration of the Teatro Verde on the island of San Giorgio (1,300 open-air seats) in 1999, the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale (330 seats) and the Teatro alle Tese (500 seats) opened in 2000: the latter is an extraordinary vast place and is ideal for putting on events and performances.
For the Venice Film Festival on the Venice Lido, alongside the historical Palazzo del Cinema, the Sala Perla (580 seats) was restructured and enlarged in 1999, the PalaBNL seating was increased to 1,700, and the spaces reserved for journalists and professionals from the film world at the Casino were increased in 2000 and 2001, creating a total of 11,000 sqm.
A permanent activity Sector, the Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC) documents all of the Biennale's work, as well as the arts in the 20th century. A special project has been recently implemented for the digital re-cataloguing of the material to make it universally accessible.
www.labiennaledivenezia.net/
The Biennale organises exhibitions (the International Art Exhibition, the International Architecture Exhibition, and the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, i.e. the Venice Film Festival) and live performances of Dance, Music and Theatre. Since the 1998 reform, the Biennale has aimed to re-launch itself not merely as a large exhibition centre, but also as a workshop for artistic education and production, developing permanent programmes of activity.
Under current president Paolo Baratta, important results have been achieved in all sectors of the organisation, both in its organisational restructuring and in the restoration and regeneration of historic and prestigious spaces in Venice for artistic and performance use.
New exhibition spaces (9,000 sqm.) have been created at the Arsenale (Artiglierie, Gaggiandre, Tese Cinquecentesche in 1999, Tese delle Vergini in 2001), alongside those at the Corderie and the traditional spaces at the Giardini di Castello, thus creating an exceptional multi-form space (15,000 sqm.) for the International Art Exhibition and the International Architecture Exhibition. Following the important inauguration of the Teatro Verde on the island of San Giorgio (1,300 open-air seats) in 1999, the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale (330 seats) and the Teatro alle Tese (500 seats) opened in 2000: the latter is an extraordinary vast place and is ideal for putting on events and performances.
For the Venice Film Festival on the Venice Lido, alongside the historical Palazzo del Cinema, the Sala Perla (580 seats) was restructured and enlarged in 1999, the PalaBNL seating was increased to 1,700, and the spaces reserved for journalists and professionals from the film world at the Casino were increased in 2000 and 2001, creating a total of 11,000 sqm.
A permanent activity Sector, the Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC) documents all of the Biennale's work, as well as the arts in the 20th century. A special project has been recently implemented for the digital re-cataloguing of the material to make it universally accessible.
www.labiennaledivenezia.net/