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Biennial of Young ArtitsThe Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean was founded in 1984.
The first Biennial was held in (Barcelona in 1984). The first Biennial featured artists of 6 different countries (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Yugoslavia) who met together with some guests from Arab and Balkan countries. Over its history, the Biennial has been considered as the main platform for the creation and presentation of artists between 18 to 30 years working in a wide range of disciplines. The Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean has taken place in Thessaloniki, Barcelona, Bologna, Marseille, Valencia, Lisbon, Turin, Rome Sarajevo, Athens, Naples and Bari. Walking 4Art projectAmong the plethora of visual information, artists offer to the public the stimulus to re-discover the city they live in, through artistic sensitivity, spoting various locations and forming different links between the everyday and historic environment. As art’s extension and re-introduction in public space constitutes common artistic demand and desire, our city could be considered as a natural reception space of contemporary art.
Art in public space, as an ephemeral site-specific event, consists a dynamic local intervention, that is constantly re-defined, swinging between the site-specific and the community-specific. Public art, through languages and activities that enable it to penetrate the social fabric of the city, balancing between the everyday and the aesthetic experience, is capable -through its permanent or ephemeral presence- to provide an alternative conception of space and offer the impetus for a friendly relationship with the natural environment. The attempt is a reminder of how contemporary public opinion manipulation stems from mental rigidity and proposes ways to cover knowledge gaps due to the lack of audiences’ cultural education. It is an expression of disapproval, a comment and a reaction against the cultural environmental failure of our city and an attempt to constitute a “social vacuum” aiming to implement artistically a new communication utopia. CouratorAmong the plethora of visual information, artists offer to the public the stimulus to re-discover the city they live in, through artistic sensitivity, spoting various locations and forming different links between the everyday and historic environment. As art’s extension and re-introduction in public space constitutes common artistic demand and desire, our city could be considered as a natural reception space of contemporary art. Art in public space, as an ephemeral site-specific event, consists a dynamic local intervention, that is constantly re-defined, swinging between the site-specific and the community-specific. Public art, through languages and activities that enable it to penetrate the social fabric of the city, balancing between the everyday and the aesthetic experience, is capable -through its permanent or ephemeral presence- to provide an alternative conception of space and offer the impetus for a friendly relationship with the natural environment. The attempt is a reminder of how contemporary public opinion manipulation stems from mental rigidity and proposes ways to cover knowledge gaps due to the lack of audiences’ cultural education. It is an expression of disapproval, a comment and a reaction against the cultural environmental failure of our city and an attempt to constitute a “social vacuum” aiming to implement artistically a new communication utopia. Maria Kenanidou Art historian, Curator |
15η Μπιενναλε Νέων Μεσογείου, Θεσσαλονίκη
Συμμετοχή του Αριστοτέλη Δελιγιαννίδη στην Μπιενάλε Νέων Μεσογείου στην έκθεση "Walking 4 Art" με επιμελήτρια την Μαρία Κενανίδου. Η Μπιενάλε Νέων διοργανώνεται από το 1984 σε διαφορετικές ευρωπαικές πόλεις. Είναι από τους σημαντικότερους θεσμούς σύχγρονης καλλιτενικής δημιουργίας νέων δημιουργών. Ο Αριστοτέλης Δεληγιαννίδης προσκλήθηκε από την επιμελήτρια για να παρουσιάσει μια εικαστική παρέμβαση σε container μπροστά στον Λ. Πύργο. Στον κατάλογο της Μπιενάλε 280 σελίδων θα βρείτε στοιχεία για την έκθεση στην σελίδα 94 The catalogue of the Biennial. Color, 280 pages, English. (Walking 4Arts project page: 192)
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