Invitation; Art as Media as Display - Biennials as Platforms for Social Change

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Jan Paul Dirkse

&

The Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Onno Kervers

have the pleasure to invite you

to a discussion in two sessions (English):

Art as Media as Display - Biennials as Platforms for Social Change

presented by Biennial Foundation and School of Media Design & New Media Art - NABA

followed by a networking reception organized in cooperation with

SICA (Dutch Center for International Cultural Activities) and

BKVB (The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)

on the occasion of the 12th Istanbul Biennial at the

Palais de Hollande (Istiklal Caddesi 197, Beyoğlu, Istanbul) on Saturday 17 September 2011.

(Registration is obligatory due to limited capacity. RSVP to  ist-pcz@minbuza.nl before 15 September 2011, 16:00 hrs)

Programme:

14:30 – 15:00 Welcoming

Jan Paul Dirkse (NL), Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Onno Kervers (NL) Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Marieke van Hal (NL) Director Biennial Foundation; Francesco Monico (IT) Director School of Media Design & New Media Art – NABA.

15:00 – 16:00 First Session

Panelists: Hedwig Fijen (NL) founding and over-all Director Manifesta Biennial; Katarina Gregos (GR) curator and writer; Nazim Dikbaş (TR) artist and educator Istanbul Bilgi University; Marieke van Hal – moderator – Director Biennial Foundation.

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30: - 17:30 Second Session 

Panelists: Martha Rosler (US) artist and writer; Yongwoo Lee (KOR) founding and over-all Director Gwangju Biennale; Lanfranco Aceti (IT) academic and Artistic Director ISEA 2011; Maurizio Bortolotti (IT) – moderator – curator and Professor, NABA.

17:30 – 19:30 Networking Reception