On Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July dj Carlos Slazenger will play music for two special nights selecting primitive rock 'n' roll, retro disco, exotica & horror, surf, sci-fi nostalgia, futuristic folk, from a collection of bizarre records.

Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th July
22.00
Water Plaza (tram stop Delta Falirou)

Just7, a young group of enthusiasts, love jazz and what it represents. The group is consisted of: Vangelis Vassilopoulos (voice - trombone), Antonis Lazos (saxophone alto), Ermis Palmas (saxophone tenor), Yorgos Vassilopoulos (trumpet), Yorgos Bereris (piano), Yiannis Toubekis (electric guitar) and Thodoris Proponas (drums).

The student group Q(liquid) loves greek altrnative music. Q(liquid) are Nikos Antonopoulos (guitar), Katerina Konstantinou (cello) and Yorgos Stavrides (percussion).

Saturday July 4th
20.00-23.00
Batis beach (tram stop Batis)

As part of the "Heaven_Live" exhibition, the An Architektur team presents its project on the topic "Towards Post-Capitalist Spaces: The Meaning of the Commons". The notion of commons will be discussed in different historical situations. The project features Massimo de Angelis, Professor of Political Economy at the University of East London, and Stavros Stavrides, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens.

Friday July 3rd
19.00-21.00
Public interview with Massimo de Angelis and Stavros Stavrides
Flisvos Beach (tram stop Flisvos)

Saturday July 4th
11.00-15.00
Open workshop with Massimo de Angelis and Stavros Stavrides and other guests from Athens
Flisvos building (tram stop Flisvos)

The Columbia University Club of Greece has the pleasure of welcoming Carol Becker, Dean of the School of the Arts of Columbia University, to present a lecture inspired by her latest book entitled Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production, Wednesday, July 1st, 2009, at 19:30, at the Glass Building at the Water Plaza of the Faliro Olympic Complex (adjacent the Esplanade). The lecture is being presented as part of the program of events of the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 «Heaven».

A reception will follow. l The lecture will be presented in english. l Admission: 25€ (includes ticket for admission to the exhibitions of the biennale)

For further information and RSVP please contact Ms Cleo Lymberi at +30 6974 64 23 10 or clymberis@gmail.com

The Columbia University Club of Greece
Lecture by Carol Becker, Dean of the Columbia University School of the Arts
Topic: Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production
2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN
Wednesday July 1st, 2009, at 19:30
Glass Building, Water Plaza, Faliro Olympic Complex

Friday 26 June
22.00: Konstantinos Bhta
Live concert, Batis Beach stage (tram stop Batis)

Saturday 27 June
22.00: ILIOS, Symphony for electronics and internal combustion engine
Live concert, Water Plaza (tram stop Delta Falirou)

Sunday 28 June
20.00: Larry Gus+ Konstantia Manthou, Pensile Gardens
Live concert, playground of Batis Beach stage (tram stop Batis)
20.45: My Wet Calvin, Sanctuary
Live concert in encircled space for purification at the beach (tram stop Flisvos)
21.30: Lumiere Brother
Live concert, Flisvos (tram stop Flisvos)
22.30: Flakes, Siren
Live concert, Flisvos (tram stop Flisvos)

For further information on the Heaven_Live Concerts and on other Heaven_Live events, projects and performances taking place at this time, please check AB2 2009: heaven events

Friday 19 June
20.45: The Boy
Live concert, Batis Beach (lifeguard tower next to port)

22.00: dimitris papadatos / KU  TH (better canned and left in the fridge for opportunists who oblige)
Live concert, Flisvos Park (Errands' work)

For further information on the Heaven_Live Concerts and on other Heaven_Live events, projects and performances taking place at this time, please check AB2 2009: heaven events

Monday 15 June
21.30: The Callas Feat. The Callasettes: Fuck Your God
Performance, Flisvos Park

On the day that the 2nd Athens Biennale opens for the public, The Callas present a classic protest song against any kind of authority, presented in a half hour Kraut/Ρsyche version. The Callasettes are participating, with a new choreography and new Callas dresses, made especially for the performance.

For further information on the Heaven_Live Concerts and on other Heaven_Live events, projects and performances taking place at this time, please check AB2 2009: heaven events

The 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN opened to the public on June 15th and will last through October 4th.

The 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 is conceived as a multifaceted contemporary art festival that extends along the coastline of Athens, in the central areas of Palaio Faliro and Kallithea. The six exhibitions of the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 are complemented by a series of performative events lasting all through the summer.

For further information please check AB2 2009: heaven

We are pleased to invite you to an open discussion, which we are co-organising with the 2nd Athens Biennale Major Sponsor, COSMOTE, on the issue of cultural sponsorship. It will take place on Monday May 25th 2009, at 13.00, at Goethe Institute, Athens (14-16, Omirou street).

Participating speakers include Mr Thodoris Dravillas, General Secretary of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, XYZ, Artistic Directors of the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN, Dr Petros Zounis, Doctor of Cultural Sponsorship, Dr Marilena Fatsea, Director of Corporate Affairs, COSMOTE, Mr Dimitris Papaioannou, stage director, choreographer and curator of the exhibition, and Mr Dimitris Mastroyiannitis, journalist at Athens Voice newspaper. Journalist Paschos Mandravelis will moderate the discussion. The discussion is open to the public.

We are pleased to invite you to visit our booth for the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN, at Art Athina 2009, the Athens International Contemporary Art Fair, from Thursday May 21st to Sunday May 24th 2009. Opening hours: Thursday 21/5: Opening at 20.00 (by invitation only), Friday 22/5: 12.00-21.00, Saturday 23/5: 12.00-21.00, Sunday 24/5: 12.00-21.00.

We will be pleased to see you at our presentation, a part of the lecture programme of Art Athina 2009, on Saturday May 23rd, at 16.30. Participating speakers include the curators of the 2nd Athens Biennale Zafos Xagoraris, Nadja Argiropoulou and Christopher Marinos, architect Andreas Angelidakis, and XYZ.

Faliro Pavilion (TaeKwonDo), Hellenic Olympic Properties, 2 Moraitini Street, P. Faliro (Faliron Delta)

The Athens Biennale is looking for volunteers in view of the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN exhibition and events. Volunteering with the Athens Biennale is an excellent opportunity to live through a fascinating experience, contributing to the realisation of the country’s largest festival of contemporary art.

Volunteer positions are available for all the stages of the exhibition, from installation and preparations for the opening, to maintenance and support to the events and programmes, until its closing and de-installation.

For further information please check opportunities.

Become a volunteer for the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 and live the experience of contemporary art!

The application forms for Professional and Press Accreditation are now online.

The preview days for the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN are Saturday June 13th and Sunday June 14th.

Please visit the press & accreditations page to apply for Professional and Press passes for the preview days. A schedule, outlining all events taking place during the preview days, will be e-mailed to you upon confirmation of your accreditation. The Athens Biennale team will also be happy to provide professionals and Press with advise on planning their travel and stay in Athens.

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN!

In view of the opening of the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN in June, the Athens Biennale is seeking a number of interns to work alongside the production team as curatorial/production assistants.

Interns will gain practical experience through working with the curators, artists and the Athens Biennale production team. Curatorial/Production assistants contribute to the administration of the upcoming programme of the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009, conduct research and collate material on the artists participating in the exhibition, assist with the production of new works and the exhibition overall and help with the installation.

For further information please check opportunities.

Application deadline: 25 March 2009

As part of its ongoing Residency Programme, the European Biennial Network is issuing an Open Call for applications for a residency position for a curator, offered by the Athens Biennale.

The scope of the residency must relate to researching the Athens contemporary art scene. The resident will be required to follow a demanding programme, which will include studio visits, conversations with artists, curators, critics and academics, collectors, museum directors, and other art professionals, as well as visits to exhibitions and portfolio examinations.

This application is open to all curators, whether permanently employed at an institution or independent.

For further information, including the application process, check the European Biennial Network website.

The 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN is designed as a multi-faceted contemporary art event, comprising of several exhibitions, actions, music and theatre performances, film screenings, symposia, etc, with the participation of more than 100 international artists.

The exhibitions and events of the biennale will unfold along the coastline of Palaio Faliro, in various buildings and public spaces.

Artistic directors XYZ (Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio, Augustine Zenakos) have invited an eclectic group of curators to contemplate the subject of Heaven. The multiple visual art and performative interventions in the public spaces will be curated by Dimitris Papaioannou and Zafos Xagoraris. Exhibitions, installations, public interventions, screening programmes, and symposia, will be curated by Nadja Argyropoulou, Diana Baldon, Christopher Marinos, Chus Martínez, and Cay Sophie Rabinowitz. The exhibition will be designed by architect and artist Andreas Angelidakis.

For further information check 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 'Heaven'.

The Athens Biennale is pleased to invite members of the Press and interested professionals to the first Press Conference for the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 "HEAVEN" (15.06-04.10.2009), which will take place on Thursday 2nd October, at 12.00. The curators, venues and main themes of the exhibition will be announced.

"FLISVOS" Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Palaio Faliro
Poseidonos Avenue (opposite 32 Poseidonos Avenue & Aiolou Street), Palaio Faliro
Thursday 02.10.2008, 12.00

The Athens Biennale is seeking an Office Manager to undertake the general administrative, financial and clerical duties of the office.

The Office Manager coordinates and implements office procedures and provides efficient support to the Athens Biennale team, especially in view of the upcoming 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 "HEAVEN".

Closing date for applications: 31st October 2008, 16:00

For further information check opportunities.

The 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 is titled “Heaven”.

Moving its dates up to include the whole of the summer, the 2nd Athens Biennale will open on 15 June and will last until 4 October 2009.

A number of invited curators and artists will contemplate Heaven in a range of projects, exhibitions, performances and film screenings, altogether making a truly singular art event.

The curators and programme of the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 will be announced in September.  

15 June – 4 October 2009
Preview: 13 & 14 June 2009

The conference of the European Biennial Network, titled “Mapping the European Biennial Network”, will be held in Athens, on Sunday 1 June 2008. It is open to the public.

The conference will include presentations by: Chus Martinez (Director, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, and Chief Curator, MACBA), Lars Bang Larsen (independent curator and writer), Helge Mooshammer (Research Fellow, International Research Center for Cultural Studies, Vienna, and Visiting Tutor, Visual Culture Department, Goldsmiths College, London), Peter Mortenbock (Professor of Visual Culture, Vienna University of Technology, and Visiting Fellow, Goldsmiths College, London), Maike Cruse (Communication & Press, berlin biennial), Renate Wagner (Coordination office, berlin biennial), Maya Ersan (Exhibition Management, Istanbul Biennial), Antony Pickthall (Head of Marketing & Communications, Liverpool Biennial), Frederique Gautier (Artistic Coordination, Lyon Biennial), and Despoina Sevasti (International Projects Coordination, Athens Biennale).

The European Biennial Network is a collaborative structure in the field of contemporary art that aims to promote dialogue, interaction and collaboration between contemporary art biennials in Europe. The European Biennial Network members are the following: Athens Biennale, berlin biennial, Goteborg Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Manifesta, Liverpool Biennial, Lyon Biennial, Periferic Biennial (Iasi, Romania), Tirana Biennial and Venice Biennial.

“Mapping the European Biennial Network”
Sunday 1 June 2008, 10.30
B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music
9, Vassilissis Sofias Ave. & Merlin Str., Syntagma Square, Athens

For more information please visit www.europeanbiennialnetwork.org or contact the Athens Biennial. 

The Athens Biennale and Papasotiriou bookstores are pleased to invite you to an open discussion on the visual arts scene in Athens, as it has been developing in recent years. The discussion will consider the position and role of local institutions (museums, foundations, large-scale periodic exhibitions/biennials, group exhibitions of young Greek artists), and comment on the mobility of artists and curators, the activity of galleries, the emergence of new publications, etc.

Participants are:

The discussion will be moderated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou (co-director, Athens Biennale and curator).

Wednesday 7 May, 19.00
Papasotiriou bookstore
37 Panepistimiou & Korai street, Athens

Τhe Athens Biennale and “TA NEA” newspaper cordially invite you to the presentation of “The List”, a project by Banu Cennetoglu and Huib Haye van der Werf, with which they participate in the 1st Athens Biennale 2007 Destroy Athens.

“The List” is the catalogue of the 8.855 substantiated deaths of immigrants who tried to illegally cross the European Union borders, during the period 1993 – 2007.

The presentation will be held on Tuesday 25th September, at 19.00, in the E.S.I.E.A. auditorium. 

The work will be presented by Banu Cennetoglu, Michalis Mitsos, journalist in “TA NEA” newspaper, Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio and Augustine Zenakos, curators of the 1st Athens Biennale. Representatives of the United Nations High Commission and Amnesty International will also attend the event.

The project will be published in its complete form in “TA NEA” newspaper, on the 28th September.

The presentation is open to the public. Entrance is free.

Tuesday 25th September, 19.00
E.S.I.E.A. Auditorium, 20 Akadimias Street, Athens
For further information: +30 210 5232222

For over 25 years, Deutsche Bank has been carrying out pioneering work through its commitment to contemporary art. Its program comprises the largest corporate collection in the world with over 50,000 works of art, the Deutsche Guggenheim exhibition space in Berlin and a highly varied program of exhibitions, commissioned art works and art sponsorship activities. In 2007 Deutsche Bank is not only the main sponsor of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennial, but also the main sponsor of the 1st Athens Biennale. Deutsche Bank’s support for this exceptional premiere Destroy Athens, reflects its ongoing international commitment to art. Furthermore artists such as Charles Avery, John Bock, Peter Dreher, Olaf Nicolai, and Julian Rosefeldt, who participate in the first Biennale, are represented with their works in the Deutsche Bank Collection. Further information on Deutsche Bank Art is available at www.deutsche-bank-art.com

The Athens Biennale is pleased to invite you to the discussion entitled ‘Biennials in dialogue’ in the Art Lobby Program, at Art 38 Basel. The panel includes Thierry Raspail (artistic director, Lyon Biennial), Celenk Bafra (director, Istanbul Biennial), Poka-Yio, Augustine Zenakos (co-curators, with Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, 1st Athens Biennale), and Nicolas Bourriaud (curator, Tate Triennial). The discussion will be moderated by Jean-Max Colard (art critic, ‘Les Inrockuptibles’, Paris).

Art Lobby, Art Unlimited, Hall 1 – Messe Basel
Thursday 14.06.2007, 16.00-17.00

As part of the ‘tres bienn’ collaboration, the curators of the Athens, Istanbul and Lyon Biennials gave a joint public presentation during the opening days of the 52nd Venice Biennale. The discussion, entitled "The biennial is dead. Long live the biennial", included presentations by Poka-Yio & Augustine Zenakos (co-curators, with Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, 1st Athens Biennale), Hou Hanru (curator, 10th Istanbul Biennial), and Hans Ulrich Obrist & Stephanie Moisdon (curators, 9th Lyon Biennial), and was moderated by Rafal Niemojewski. The presentation took place on June 8th at Teatro Piccolo Arsenale.

The Athens Biennale, the Istanbul Biennial and the Lyon Biennial jointly hosted their closest friends on a 'tres bienn' boat reception in Venice on June 7th at St Elena shore, close to the Giardini. Those present had the opportunity to informally discuss the prospects of the collaboration of the three biennials, and celebrate together with the organisers and curators the launch of this initiative. More information on the ‘tres bienn’ collaboration here.

The Athens Biennale is pleased to invite you to a Press Conference, which will take place on Tuesday 5th June 2007, at 12.00. The curators of the 1st Athens Biennale 2007, Destroy Athens, will present the main themes of the exhibition, as well as the parallel events, and will announce the participating artists.

Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens
Room D6
Tuesday 05.06.2007, 12.00

ArtwaveRadio, the new Athens-based internet radio station for contemporary art, will begin broadcasting on Monday 23rd April 2007, at 13.00 (Athens time). Reminiscent of the first days of pirate radio stations, it uploads one two to three hour broadcast per week. The broadcast is repeated daily. Broadcasting times, as well as programme information, are available at the ArtwaveRadio website www.artwaveradio.net. They will also be e-mailed monthly to the Athens Biennale mailing list.

ArtwaveRadio provides an audio arena for the creation and promotion of original artwork, while among others includes rare recordings, interviews, DJs and mp3 streamings. It is directed by artists Kostas Bassanos and Dimitris Foutris and it maintains an open call for proposals by all interested in contributing to the programme.

ArtwaveRadio is an AB Project, implemented by the Athens Biennale, and alongside its regular broadcasting schedule, will also cover the events and activities of the 1st Athens Biennale 2007 exhibition Destroy Athens.

For more information or submission of proposals please e-mail us at: info@artwaveradio.net.

The 1st Athens Biennale 2007 Destroy Athens will open for the public on 10 September 2007 and will last until 18 November 2007.

The exhibition will take place in one main venue, as well as several side venues in central Athens. The main venue is Technopolis, a complex of buildings that covers an area of approximately 30 acres, administered as a cultural venue by the Municipality of Athens. Technopolis constitutes an industrial museum of incomparable architecture, one of the most interesting in Europe. It is located in the old Gas factory of Athens, known as "Gazi", next to Keramikos and close to the Acropolis, and it constitutes one of the basic elements composing the contemporary image of the city of Athens.

More information on side venues will be announced shortly.

1st Athens Biennale 2007
Destroy Athens
Preview: 9th September 2007
Public Opening: 10th September 2007

The 1st Athens Biennale 2007 Conference is titled Prayer for (Passive?) Resistance. It will be held on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February 2007. The Conference will investigate the premise suggested by the concept of the 1st Athens Biennale 2007 exhibition, Destroy Athens. It will take place in the main chamber of the Old Parliament, now the National Historical Museum, in central Athens. It is open to the public. 

The Conference will include presentations by Catherine David, independent curator, and co-curator of the 1st Contemporary Art Biennale of Thessaloniki; Per Hasselberg, artist and Director of Konsthall C, Stockholm; Evelyne Jouanno, independent curator and art critic; Maria Theodorou, architect; Viktor Misiano, independent curator, art critic, and curator of the parallel program of the invited country (Russia) in art athina 2007; Neil Mulholland, Αcting Director of the Centre for Visual & Cultural Studies, Edinburgh College of Art;  Panayis Panayiotopoulos, lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Kostis Stafylakis, artist, doctoral candidate at Panteion University, Athens; Yiannis Stavrakakis, Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Theoretical Studies, University of Essex, and tutor at the Department of Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Jeremy Valentine, Senior Lecturer at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh.

Old Parliament - National Historical Museum, 13 Stadiou Street, Athens | Time: 11.00 | Simultaneous translation | Εntrance to the Conference is free of charge | For more information please contact the Athens Biennale

The first companion publication for the 1st Athens Biennale 2007 Destroy Athens is now available. Titled Suggestions for the Destruction of Athens – A Handbook, it is a conceptual guide for the process leading up to the Destroy Athens exhibition, in September 2007. It is published by the Athens Biennale and Futura Publications in two versions, one in Greek and one in English.

You can order it directly from Futura Publications (15, Victoros Ougo Street, GR 104 32, Athens, Greece | T: +30 210 5226361 | E: futura@ath.forthnet.gr) or find it in selected bookstores.

The Athens Biennale will accept a number of interns in the coming months, to contribute towards the 1st Athens Biennale 2007 Destroy Athens. Some internships will begin later in the year and some after January 2007. Those interested are requested to send a brief note of interest, as well as a cv, to the Athens Biennale Project Coordinator Nicky Tsianti, by e-mail, fax or land-mail (please see below for contact details). 

The Athens Biennale team has moved to a new office space. Therefore, all inquiries or feedback should from now on be addressed to:
Athens Biennale
8 Acharnon Street
GR – 10432
Athens
Greece
T: +30 210 5232222
F: +30 210 5232202
E: contact@athensbiennial.org

The Athens Biennale is happy to announce that the international media sponsor for the 1st Athens Biennale International Contemporary Αrt Εxhibition Destroy Athens is e-flux. e-flux (electronic flux corporation) is a New York-based information service dedicated to world wide distribution of information on contemporary visual arts via the Internet. Established in 1999, e-flux has already built a readership of more than 33,000 international visual arts professionals (42% North America, 47% Europe, and 11% other) and provides services for leading museums, cultural centres, publishers, art fairs, biennials, and periodicals world wide.

May 2006 | The Athens Biennale at Art Lobby

The curators of Destroy Athens, the 1st Athens Biennale Contemporary Art Exhibition, will participate in the Art Lobby program at this year's Art Basel. In their presentation, Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio, and Augustine Zenakos will focus on the context within which the Athens Biennale was initiated, the unorthodox methods which were necessary for its founding, its intended tactics towards both the local and the international systems of distribution, as well as its aspirations for its upcoming projects, events and activities. The presentation will take place on 14th June (14:30 - 15:00), in Hall 1, Messe Basel. The full program is available at www.artbasel.com. Everyone is invited.

artwaveradio is an artist-run internet art radio station, broadcasting live from Athens, Greece. Please visit:www.artwaveradio.net. This is a call for proposals by people who wish to contribute to the broadcasting of artwaveradio. This project aims to provide a live audio arena for original audio artwork, rare recordings, interviews, talks, sound projects, and, of course, DJs and mp3 stream of music. artwaveradio will also be at the forthcoming 1st Athens Biennale International Contemporary Art Exhibition, in September 2007, streaming on a daily basis via internet, and covering the most important events. For submission of proposals, or further information, please e-mail us at artwaveradio@yahoo.gr

The 1st Athens Biennale International Contemporary Art Exhibition, titled Destroy Athens aims to attack stereotyping, so it is inviting artists to a celebration of dissent, which will employ the heretical treatment of the universal and timeless symbol of Athens as a pretext or as a metaphor for an assertion of self-determination.