Colombo Art Biennale 2016: “Conceiving Space”

Image by Firi Rahman. Courtesy of Colombo Art Biennale 2016.

Colombo Art Biennale 2016
http://colomboartbiennale.com/
Programme
E-flyer


This year’s Colombo Art Biennale theme is ‘Conceiving Space’ and it encapsulates over 73 artists from 21 countries across 10 venues in Colombo and is curated by Alnoor Mitha. This is our most ambitious festival to date with a cluster of educational and community activities in Slave Island, outstanding performance arts, and an exclusive Architects programme culminating in a ‘Great Feast’.

Prana Lounge, Horton Place, Colombo 7 will serve as the CAB 2016 ticketing and information center throughout the duration of the festival. Festival guides will be available here.

 
Visual Arts Programme
Our visual arts programme is a city wide initiative that includes Prana Lounge, JDA Perera Gallery, Old Town Hall in Pettah, Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, Post Graduate Institute of Archeology, Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Taj Samudra, CoCA, and ZMAX Fairway Hotel. We are working with primarily young and emerging Sri Lankan artists and as well as more established names who together will present alongside some of the most prestigious international artists of our generation in the region and further afield. Artists include Pushpamala N, Reena Kallat, Hardeep Pandhal, Danushka Marasinghe, Venuri Perera, Saskia Pintelon and many more.

Venues will be open to the public daily between 2nd December – 20th December. Please check opening times in the CAB festival guide.

 
Architects Programme
The architects programme will feature renowned architects working as artists. Line-up includes 2015 Turner Art Prize winners Studio Assemble (UK) with Madelon Vriesendorp (The Netherlands), Balmond Studios (Sri Lanka), Ciriacidis Lehnerer Architekten (Switzerland) and students and graduates from 5 universities from New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and UK. The resulting workshops and installations will be carried out in close participation with the community members of Slave Island, culminating in a ‘Great Feast’ celebrating the collaboration. An exclusive Architecture symposium will contribute towards improving the conditions of environmental learning, practice and knowledge, and promoting why design efforts are necessary to bring about socio-ecological benefits.

 
Education Programme
This programme will see international students from Auckland University (New Zealand), Sheffield Hallam University (UK), Hertfordshire University (UK), Unitec Institute of Technology (New Zealand), Architecture Graduates from the University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka), and the Colombo School of Architecture (Sri Lanka) collaborating with the Architects/Artists in this nine-day programme, in and around Slave Island. Students will be involved in a series of creative workshops and assist artists in the production of their works. Young students from Sri Lanka will be given the opportunity to participate in workshops with leading international artists such as Madelon Vriesendorp, Will Alsop and Studio Assemble, as well as significant local names such as Pala Pothupitiya.

Additionally, the Theertha International Artists Collective will organize a mentoring programme focusing on providing local school children the opportunity to attend lectures and visit exhibits from renowned artist of Sri Lanka.

For more information on Opening Week (December 1 – 11, 2016), please click here to view the programme and the e-flyer.

Please note the programme may be subject to change. Please follow CAB2016 on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with CAB news.
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