Solidarityaction | 7TH Berlin Biennale For Contemporary Art

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SOLIDARITY ACTION #1. FORMS OF ENGAGEMENT: ART / KNOWLEDGE / POLITICS

The first “solidarity action” organized by the Istituto Svizzero di Roma consists of two days of debates to create a bridge between the experiences of Eastern Europe – already presented and discussed in the context of the Berlin Biennale – and the activities of the Roman collective ESC, through the experience of the selftraining laboratory and research LUM – Libera Università Metropolitana. More »

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SOLIDARITY ACTION #2 / ARTUR ŻMIJEWSKI: FORGET FEAR

Edited by Artur Żmijewski and Joanna Warsza, Forget Fear – the first publication of the 7th Berlin Biennale – is a report on real action within culture, on the uses of artistic pragmatism. It is about concrete dealings by artists, curators, and politicians that lead to visible effects. More »

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Solidarity Action #3 – P/Act for Art Statements on Cultural Policy

From April 25, on the occasion of the 7. Berlin Biennale opening, P/Act for Art_ROMA, a magazine published by Istituto Svizzero di Roma, will be distributed for free at the entrance of KW – Institute for Contemporary Art. More »

Documenti

7.BERLIN BIENNALE REPORT – KHALED JARRAR INTERVIEW

The swiss writer Pascal Janovjak met Khaled Jarrar, one of the artists involved in the 7. Berlin Biennale. Here is an extract of their meeting in Berlin. Khaled Jarrar created a stamp with which he stamps passports of travelers and pedestrians in Ramallah, Berlin, Paris and other cities since 2011. More »

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Solidarity Action #4 – Art: back to politics.

(ITA) Giovedì 31 Maggio, alle ore 17.00, presso l’Università La Sapienza di Roma, L’Istituto Svizzero di Roma presenterà P/Act for Art Roma, un giornale pubblicato e distribuito gratuitamente a Roma e Berlino, nell’ambito delle Solidarity Actions promosse in tutta Europa dalla 7. Biennale di Berlino. More »

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Solidarity Action #5 – The Draftsmen’s Congress

From 4 June to 20 July, in the context of the Solidarity Action undertaken by Istituto Svizzero di Roma, the Draftsmen’s Congress will be presented. Started by Paweł Althamer at the church of St. Elisabeth in Berlin Mitte for the 7th Berlin Biennale, the Congress brings together artists and the public in a dialogue that uses the language of images instead of words. More »

Congresso dei Disegnatori

Il Congresso dei disegnatori – Opening ISR – June 4

(ITA) Il 4 giugno si è aperto ufficialmente il Congresso dei Disegnatori nella sede dell’Istituto Svizzero di Roma. Artisti e pubblico si sono incontrati per dialogare tra loro utilizzando il linguaggio delle immagini invece delle parole. More »

Congresso dei Disegnatori

ESC: Fluo Night – Closing event of the Draftsman Congress

On Thursday 19 from 8.30pm to 0.30 will take place the event Fluo Night. ESC at via dei Volsci 159 will be lit by UV lamps and artists, illustrators and the public are invited to paint on the walls of the Congress using fluorescent colors: the participants will have the opportunity to enter into dialogue with the existing designs using a new layer. More »

Congresso dei Disegnatori

The Draftsman Congress has brought artists and audience together in a dialogue using a language which consisted of images instead of words. During a two-month period various workshops were organized at the Swiss Institute of Rome as well as at ESC Atelier Autogestito, which gave way to a discussion open to the most heterogeneous types of audience,... More »

P/Act for Art Roma

It's a free newspaper which deals with the issues and modalities of artistic and cultural production in Rome. It has been used as an instrument for critically reflecting on the status of culture and of the institutions which represent it, through the voices of its various protagonists, soliciting comments, opinions and original proposals. More »

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The public encounters and debates organized in Rome from March through June 2012. These Solidarity Actions have involved artists, institutions and European activists and artists with the aim of rendering visible a network of personalities capable of acting on a transnational level, in solidarity between themselves and with the 7th Berlin... More »

Documenti

Interviews, documents and extracts from the conferences, discussed and produced during the Solidarity Actions. This research material delves on the debates and carries out an investigation around the fields of art, social sciences and political activism on a transnational level. More »

This is the archive of the Solidarity Actions carried out by the Swiss Institute of Rome on the occasion of the 7th Berlin Biennial, which took place from April 27 to July 1 2012, and which was curated by Artur Zmijewski together with Associated Curators Voine and Joanna Warsza.