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<nettime-ann> 7th Werkleitz Biennale HAPPY BELIEVERS from 6th-10th September in Halle (Germany) |
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7th
Werkleitz Biennale HAPPY BELIEVERS
We
would kindly
like to invite you to the press conference of the 7th
Werkleitz
Biennale on Wednesday, 6th of September at 2 pm as well as
to the
grand opening at 7 pm.
We are glad that
Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Olbertz, minister for culture of Saxony-Anhalt,
will inaugurate the biennial. Afterwards a
short
fiIm programme will groom you to the topic of this years biennial, till
we will
celebrate in the „Happy Believers Club“ starting at 10 pm. In
the following
days the biennial features an exhibition with about 30 contributions, a
film
programme containing 56 films as well as performances, lectures, artist
talks
and DJ sets. The
artist Julia
Kissina invites to a séance with the dead Marcel Duchamp on Friday, 8th
of September. In the performance The Populistic Paradise a group of
artists
present their research for paradise in 'here and now' in Halle on
Saturday, 9th
of September. And finally, on Sunday, 10th of September, you
can
expect an extraordinary midday mass. In
visiting two evangelic
churches in Silberhöhe-Beesen and Radewell on Friday, 8th of
September, we will continue our tradition in offering excursions to the
city
and its surroundings. Pastor Hans-Dieter Schubert will report about
role and
practical experience of religious work in the former GDR and today. Many
of the
participating artists will be present for the period of the festival.
Therefore, the biennial again is a place for intensive
intercommunication
between artists, culture producers and the audience. The
7th
Werkleitz Biennale Happy Believers is curated by Anke
Hoffmann, Solvej
Helweg Ovesen, Angelika Richter and Jan Schuijren. For
the programme
and a list of the participating artists, please visit our website: www.werkleitz.de/happy_believers
The press
conference will be held on the 6th of September 2 pm in
Weinecksaal, Volkspark. Afterwards the curators will lead through the
exhibition. The organisors as well as the present artists are
availeable for interviews.
Contact
person Hanna
Keller
In case you are not interested in further
information, please answer this mail with the subject “unsubscribe“.
Main funders of
the 7. Werkleitz
Biennale: *** Throughout
the last decade the general
interest in religiosity and religious phenomena has increased. The 7th
Werkleitz Biennale entitled Happy Believers takes a closed look
at the
role of belief and religion in present day society. “What do we believe
in?”
and “why do we believe?” are the central questions guiding the
production of
the art works. These investigations go beyond an understanding of
belief in a
strictly religious sense. Visitors of the Church Congress,
Zen-Buddhists,
football fans, brand fetichists and hobby astrologists – they all have
their
own belief. -- hanna keller presse- und öffentlichkeitsarbeit fon: +49 (0)30 69531253 mobil: +49 (0)176 24093657 biennale06@werkleitz.de www.werkleitz.de |
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