Das Lied von der Erde - Biennalen im Dialog
The dialogue project is divided into two elements: exhibition and conference. For the exhibition, the different artistic positions will serve as moments of communication. Asia, Australia, Africa and Latin America as well as North America and Europe will be represented by those places which - hitherto in isolation - have striven to engage in a global dialogue on contemporary art. Distinguished by its workshop character, the exhibition form of the "biennial" facilitates co-operation and communication between the artistic representatives of the various cultures and traditions. It is their physical presence in situ which allows these artists to become protagonists of a globe-spanning dialogue which goes beyond contemporary art. The international conference affiliated to the exhibition will expand the spectrum of this dialogue. Curators, artists and responsible institutions, including those not represented in the exhibition, will embark upon an exchange of ideas in which their respective concerns and functions can be compared and analysed. By means of lectures and discussion forums, the conference will also endeavour to attract interested members of the general public. As the international voices of contemporary art now strike up together, a century after Gustav Mahler's period in Kassel, a new "Song of the Earth" will emerge - in the form of an exhibition and conference project staged in the Museum Fridericianum, the headquarters of the Kassel documenta. Artist list:
|