Invitation to the Opening of the 11th Kaunas Biennial

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11th Kaunas Biennial
THERE AND NOT THERE
September 15 – November 30, 2017
http://www.biennial.lt

15 SEPTEMBER 2017 (Friday)
12 noon – 3 pm Guided tours for professionals around the main exhibition. Registration required
6 pm GRAND OPENING at Vienybės aikštė, Kaunas (Vienybės Square, Kaunas).
Curator Paulina Pukytė. Artists: Adina, Manca Bajec, Karolina Freino, Allard van Hoorn, Jenny Kagan, Horst Hoheisel & Andreas Knitz, Jonas Oškinis & Raimundas Krukonis, Juozas Laivys, Dainius Liškevičius, Anton Lukoszevieze, Philip Miller, Tatzu Nishi, Paulina Pukytė, Juozas Zikaras

16 SEPTEMBER 2017 (Saturday)
5 pm Preview with curators at Kaunas Picture Gallery. Registration required
6 pm Opening of Exhibitions at Kaunas Picture Gallery (K. Donelaičio St. 16, Kaunas)

SOPHIE CALLE. DETACHMENT (The Walter Kuna Collection)

WHAT ARE MONUMENTS MADE OF International video programme. Curator Udi Edelman (Israel). Artists: Yochai Avrahami, Mark Clare, Declan Clarke, Ruben Woodin Dechamps and Oscar Hudson, Effi and Amir, Karolina Freino, Plattform Geschichtspolitik (Eduard Freudmann, Chris Gangl, Tatiana Kai-Browne), Christian Jankowski, Uri Katzenstein, Tali Keren and Alex Strada, Kristina Norman, Kamila Szejnoch, Julia Turbahn and Tal Alperstein, and Artur Żmijewski

COMING OR GOING? Curator Laima Kreivytė. Artists: Danas Aleksa, Audrius Ambrasas, Kostas Bogdanas, Cooltūristės, Kristina Inčiūraitė, „Iš reikalo“ (Jurga Jasinskaitė, Marta Vosyliūtė), Vytenis Jakas, Audrius Janušonis, Sandra Kazlauskaitė, Juozas Laivys, Dainius Liškevičius, Valdas Navasaitis & Marius Ivaškevičius, Deimantas Narkevičius, Ernestas Parulskis & Liudas Parulskis, Eglė Rakauskaitė, Indrė Šerpytytė, Emilija Škarnulytė, Gediminas Urbonas, Gintaras Zinkevičius, and artist who doesn‘t want to be mentioned, and others

16 – 17 SEPTEMBER 2017 (Saturday–Sunday) Registration recommended
Oral Programme: CONTESTED MEMORY | CONTESTED SPACES / 11 am – 5 pm, 16 September and noon – 3 pm, 17 September / Multifunctional Study and Science Centre, Vytautas Magnus University (V. Putvinskio St. 23, Kaunas). Curator: Dr. Rasa Antanavičiūtė. Speakers: Prof. James E. Young, Dr. Horst Hoheisel, Andreas Knitz, Jochen Gerz, Dr. Matthew Rampley, Manca Bajec, and others.

11th Kaunas Biennial HQ: Kaunas Picture Gallery / K. Donelaičio St. 16, Kaunas LT 44213.
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am – 7 pm

Registration, information, and hotel reservation: Neringa Stoškutė (project manager)
neringa@biennial.lt
phone no. +37062998182

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