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artists & participants
Jumana Emil Abboud,
Ebtisam Abdul-Aziz,
Georges Adeagbo,
Leyla Akhundzada,
Akira Kanayama,
Jawad Al Malhi,
Tarek Al-Ghoussein,
Irma Arestizabal,
Ahmed Askalany,
Silvia Bächli,
Katarina Bajcurova,
John Baldessari,
Jack Bankowsky,
Alberto Baraya,
Rosa Barba,
Miquel Barcelo,
Massimo Bartolini,
Hernan Bas,
Matteo Basile,
Carlos Basualdo,
Taysir Batniji,
Thomas Bayrle,
Luca Beatrice,
Manfredi Beninati,
Christian Bernard,
Valerio Berruti,
Simone Berti,
Bertozzi & Casoni,
Raquel Bessio,
David Bestue,
Homi K. Bhabha,
Gastone Biggi,
Guillaume Bijl,
Mahi Binebine,
Leonardo Blanco,
Jean Boghossian,
Nicola Bolla,
Mike Bouchet,
Gast Bouschet,
Martin Boyce,
Luiz Braga,
Sarah Browne,
Peter Buggenhout,
Juan Burgos,
Andre Cadere,
Rita Canarezza,
Giuseppe Carta,
Domenico Casadei,
Maurizio Cattelan,
Banu Cennetoglu,
Paul Chan,
Chien-Chi Chang,
Chen Chieh-Jen,
Alberto Chezzi,
Sandro Chia,
Illya Chichkan,
Nikhil Chopra,
Chu Yun,
Amrit Chusuwan,
Marco Cingolani,
Tony Conrad,
Stefan Constantinescu,
Sean Cordeiro,
Francisco Cordoba,
Pier Paolo Coro,
Giacomo Costa,
Gabriela Croes,
Keren Cytter,
Dado,
Teymur Daimi,
Issam Darwich,
David Bestue / Marc Vives,
Gino de Dominicis,
Paolo de Grandis,
Raffaele de Rosa,
Evelina Deicmane,
Aron Demetz,
Nathalie Djurberg,
Anju Dodiya,
Thora Dolven Balke,
Ingar Dragset,
Silvia Eiblmayr,
Adel El Siwi,
Elena Elagina,
Francesco Elisei,
Michael Elmgreen,
Elmgreen & Dragset,
Salvatore Emblema,
Leonhard Emmerling,
Dario Escobar,
Iraj Eskandari,
Pepe Espaliu,
Cerith Wyn Evans,
Andrea Faciu,
Öyvind Fahlström,
Fernando Falconi,
Zeng Fanzhi,
Lara Favaretto,
Hans-Peter Feldmann,
Magdalena Fernandez,
Spencer Finch,
Roberto Floreani,
Ceal Floyer,
Peter Forgacs,
William Forsythe,
Ana Frangovska,
Yona Friedman,
Simon Fujiwara,
Riccardo Furini,
Heather Galbraith,
Daniele Galliano,
Sandra Gamarra,
Carlos Garaicoa,
Lamya Gargash,
Sunil Gawde,
Jef Geys,
Gilbert & George,
Liam Gillick,
Shaun Gladwell,
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster,
Tarlan Gorchu,
Sheela Gowda,
Tamara Grcic,
Joao Maria Gusmao,
Joao Maria Gusmao & Pedro Paiva,
Wade Guyton,
Gonkar Gyatso,
Fabrice Gygi,
Shadi Habiballah,
Haegue Yang,
Jan Hafström,
Doug Hall,
Anawana Haloba,
Lamees Hamdan,
Yasser Hammoud,
Han & Him,
Zeng Hao,
Jenny Harper,
Rachel Harrison,
Claire Healy,
Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro,
Florian Hecker,
Susan Hefuna,
Federico Herrero,
Nadine Hilbert,
Carsten Höller,
Laura Horelli,
Hannah Hurtzig,
Sedaghat Jabbari,
Emily Jacir,
Martin Jacobson,
Ermek Jaenisch,
Koo Jeong-A,
He Jinwei,
Jiro Yoshihara,
Joan Jonas,
William E. Jones,
Eungie Joo,
Miranda July,
Alexey Kallima,
Vernon Ah Kee,
Noel Kelly,
Zilvinas Kempinas,
Gareth Kennedy,
Gayane Khachaturian,
Khatt Art Group,
Toba Khedoori,
Rachel Khedoori,
Djamshed Kholikov,
Dorothee Kirch,
Jussi Kivi,
Ragnar Kjartansson,
Terence Koh,
Irina Korina,
Nikola Koydl,
Sakarin Krue-On,
Elke Silvia Krystufek,
Marta Kuzma,
Marco Laimre,
Moshekwa Langa,
Ramses Larzabal,
Raffi Lavie,
Dario Lazzari,
Jani Leinonen,
Antonio Lengua,
Claude Leveque,
Mark Lewis,
Klara Liden,
Fang Lijun,
Arto Lindsay,
Liu Ding,
Marco Lodola,
Tevz Logar,
Sergio Lombardo,
Lu Hao,
Renata Lucas,
Nico Macina,
Goshka Macuga,
Beral Madra,
Sarat Maharaj,
Igor Makarevich,
Francesco Manacorda,
Liga Marcinkevica,
Christian Maretti,
Teresa Margolles,
Dorit Margreiter,
Masbedo,
Gordon Matta-Clark,
Steve McQueen,
Daniel Medina,
Cuauhtemoc Medina,
Cildo Meireles,
Ivo Mesquita,
Louli Michaelidou,
Judy Millar,
Aleksandra Mir,
Miks Mitrevics,
Antonio Molinari,
Andrei Molodkin,
Elisa Monaldi,
Jonathan Monk,
Gian Marco Montesano,
Monica Morariu,
Sadamasa Motonaga,
Kevin Muhlen,
Nico Muhly,
Andreas Münch,
Ciprian Muresan,
Marita Muukkonen,
Niyaz Najafov,
Goce Nanevski,
Bruce Nauman,
Ivan Navarro,
Davide Nido,
Luis Felipe Noe,
Kristina Norman,
Nils Nova,
Zoltan Novak,
Ahmet Ogut,
Henrik Olesen,
Roman Ondak,
Yoko Ono,
Gosha Ostretsov,
Jorge Otero,
Jorge Otero Pailos,
Owanto,
Raquel Paiewonsky,
Pedro Paiva,
Blinky Palermo,
Hannu Palosuo,
Omar Paolucci,
Lygia Pape,
Anna Parkina,
Philippe Parreno,
Philippe Pastor,
Justo Pastor Mellado,
Pavel Pepperstein,
Antonio Perez,
Claudio Perna,
Alessandro Pessoli,
Zsolt Petranyi,
Luca Pignatelli,
Franca Pisani,
Falke Pisano,
Michelangelo Pistoletto,
Att Poomtangon,
Marjetica Potrc,
Concetto Pozzati,
Michela Pozzi,
Sudsiri Pui-Ock,
Qiu Zhijie,
Khalil Rabah,
Bernardita Rakos,
Paul Ramirez-Jonas,
Koka Ramishvili,
Sara Ramo,
Farid Rasulov,
Tobias Rehberger,
Hamid Reza Avishi,
Richard Riley,
Patricia Rivadeneira,
Pietro Roccasalva,
Luis Roldan,
Valentin Roma,
Andrea Rose,
Teymur Rustamov,
Johannes Saar,
Saburo Murakami,
Huda Saeed Saif,
Tair Salakhov,
Anzor Salidjanov,
Lucas Samaras,
Tomas Saraceno,
Nina Saunders,
Norway Says,
He Sen,
Basak Senova,
Michael Shaowanasai,
Hassan Sharif,
Oksana Shatalova,
Sergey Shekhovtsov,
Pak Sheung Chuen,
Kazuo Shiraga,
Suporn Shoosongdej,
Shozo Shimamoto,
Anatoly Shuravlev,
Elisa Sighicelli,
Turi Simeti,
Amy Simon,
Wantanee Siripattananuntakoon,
Wantanee Siripattananuntakul,
Sissi,
Vibeke Slyngstad,
Vibeke Bärbel Slyngstad,
Dirk Snauwaert,
Socratis Socratous,
Todos Somos Creadores,
Antonieta Sosa,
Simon Starling,
Urs Staub,
Miha Strukelj,
Elaine Sturtevant,
Naila Sultan,
F. T. Marinetti,
Marialuisa Taddei,
Marialuisa Tadei,
Fathiya Tahiri,
Fiona Tan,
Atsuko Tanaka,
Michael R. Taylor,
Pascale Marthine Tayou,
The Future,
Tian Tian Wang,
Wolfgang Tillmans,
Thea Tini,
Rirkrit Tiravanija,
Grazia Toderi,
Zoran Todorovic,
Tom of Finland,
Vasili Tsereteli,
Arad Turgeman,
Delson Uchoa,
Gaston Ugalde,
Francis Upritchard,
Vittorio Urbani,
Pablo Uribe,
Nikola Uzunovski,
Matko Vekic,
Nico Ventura,
Nicola Verlato,
Angela Vettese,
Miria Vicini,
Marc Vives,
Ulla von Brandenburg,
Viktor Vorobyev,
Elena Vorobyeva & Viktor Vorobyev,
Julia Voss,
Madelon Vriesendorp,
Kelley Walker,
Lois Weinberger,
Richard Wentworth,
Pae White,
Paolo William Tamburella,
Krzysztof Wodiczko,
Silvio Wolf,
Ming Wong,
Xu Tan,
Tsuruko Yamazaki,
Miwa Yanagi,
Mihara Yasuhiro,
Hsieh Ying-Chun,
Ken Yonetani,
Huang Yong Ping,
Michio Yoshihara,
Cheng-Ta Yu,
Hector Zamora,
Giacomo Zaza,
Katarina Zdjelar,
Chen Zhen,
Anya Zholud
curators
, Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili , Eduardo Almirantearena , Nazira Alymbaeva , Berndt Arell , Antonio Arevalo , Edward Balassanian , Claudia Barattini , Aleksander Bassin , Sergio Baur , Patricia Bentancur , Tobias Berger , Alessandra Bonanni , Saskia Bos , Beatrice Buscaroli , Fang-Wei Chang , Natxo Checa , Lim Chwee Seng , Caoimhin Corrigan , Bozena Czubak , Diana Dallal , Enzo Dall´ara , Natalie de Vito , Branislav Dimitrijevic , Yanitza Djuric , Peter Doroshenko , Sophie Duplaix , Mohiedine El Kadiri Boutchich , VALIE EXPORT , Felicity Fenner , Barbara Fischer , Fernando Frances , Ana Frangovska , Tang Fu Kuen , Alenka Gregoric , Wahidat Hassani , Matthew Higgs , Bojana Janeva , Enrique Juncosa , Elin Kard , Khatuna Khabuliani , Vladimir Klitschko , Thavorn Ko-Udomvit , Laima Kreivyte , Maja Krstevska , Fabian Lebenglik , Doreet Levitte Harten , Zhao Li , Jill Lloyd , Maria Luz Cardenas , Alice Lyons , Koji Makise , Desiree Maretti , Leo Marino Morganti , Salwa Mikdadi , Arja Miller , Hiroshi Minamishima , Agnieszka Morawinska , Christian Mosar , Javiera Parada , Michael Peppiatt , Zoran Petrovski , Apinan Poshyananda , Valerio Pradal , Francesco Prosperetti , Biserka Rauter Plancic , Andras Renyi , Kathrin Rhomberg , Gregorio Rossi , Jacqueline Rousset , Laura Rutkute , Atsuko Sato , Carlotta Scarpa , Nicolaus Schafhausen , Christian Schoen , Marketta Seppälä , Alina Serban , Mahmood Shalooei , Marzia Spatafora , Olivija Stoilkova , Jovan Surbanoski , Olga Sviblova , Markus T. Andresson , Markus Thor Andresson , Paivi Tirkkonen , Alfredo Torres , Elena Veljanovska , Norbert Weber , Ilan Wizgan , Frosina Zafirovska , Tirdad Zolghadr
director
press release
International Pavilion "Making Worlds"
53rd International Art Exhibition
The 53rd International Art Exhibition, titled "Making Worlds", directed by Daniel Birnbaum, took place from June 7th to November 22nd 2009 in the Giardini (50,000 sq.m.) and the Arsenale (38,000 sq.m) exhibition venues, as well as in various other locations around the city.
The Director of the 53rd Exhibition, Daniel Birnbaum, has been Rector of the Staedelschule Frankfurt/Main and its Kunsthalle Portikus since 2001. Making Worlds, presented in the renewed Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini and in the Arsenale, was conceived as a single, large exhibition that articulated different themes woven into one whole. It was not divided into sections. Considering collectives, it comprised works by over 90 artists from all over the world and included many new works and on-site commissions in all disciplines.
“The title of the exhibition, Making Worlds – declared Director Daniel Birnbaum – expressed my wish to emphasize the process of creation. A work of art represents a vision of the world and if taken seriously it can be seen as a way of making a world. The strength of the vision is not dependent on the kind or complexity of the tools brought into play. Hence all forms of artistic expression were present: installation art, video and film, sculpture, performance, painting and drawing.”
Länder-Pavillons / country pavilions
Argentina
Red (Net) Luis Felipe Noé Commissioners: Sergio Baur, Eduardo Almirantearena. Curator: Fabián Lebenglik. Venue: Spazio Eventi Libreria Mondadori, San Marco 1345 www.universes-in-universe.org/eng/bien/venice_biennale/2009/tour/argentina
Armenia, Republic of
Gayané Khachaturian Commissioner/Curator: Edward Balassanian. Honorary Commissioner: Jean Boghossian. Venue: Palazzo Zenobio ex Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael, Dorsoduro 2596, Fondamenta del Soccorso www.accea.info
Australia
Commissioner: Doug Hall AM MADDESTMAXIMVS – Planet & Stars Sequence 2009 Shaun Gladwell Venue: Pavilion at Giardini Once Removed Vernon Ah Kee, Ken Yonetani, Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro Curator: Felicity Fenner. Venue: Ludoteca Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Castello 450 www.australiavenicebiennale.com.au
Austria
Elke Krystufek, Dorit Margreiter, Lois & Franziska Weinberger Commissioners/Curators: VALIE EXPORT, Silvia Eiblmayr. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Azerbaijan, Republic of
Cogito Ergo Sum Tair Salakhov, Naila Sultan, Tarlan Gorchu, Teymur Rustamov, Teymur Daimi, Niyaz Najafov, Farid Rasulov, Khatt Art Group Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Commissioner/Curator: Leyla Akhundzada. Venue: CZ95, Centro Civico Zitelle, Giudecca 95
Belgium
Jef Geys Commissioner: Flemish Ministry of Culture. Curator: Dirk Snauwaert. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.wiels.org/site2/page.php?node_id=101&
Brazil
Padiglione Brasile: Luiz Braga + Delson Uchôa Luiz Braga, Delson Uchoa Commissioner: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Curator: Ivo Mesquita. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.luizbraga.fot.br www.delsonuchoa.com www.bienalsaopaulo.org.br
Canada
Cold Morning Mark Lewis Commissioner: Barbara Fischer. Assistant Commissioner: Natalie de Vito. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.canadapavilionvenicebiennale.ca
Chile
Threshold Iván Navarro Commissioners: Javiera Parada, Claudia Barattini. Curators: Antonio Arevalo, Justo Pastor Mellado. Venue: Artiglierie, Arsenale
China, People’s Republic of China
What is to Come Fang Lijun, He Jinwei, He Sen, Liu Ding, Qiu Zhijie, Zeng Fanzhi, Zeng Hao Commissioner: China Arts & Entertainment Group. Curators: Lu Hao, Zhao Li. Venue: Arsenale
Comoros, Union of
Djahazi Paolo W. Tamburella Commissioner: Wahidat Hassani. Venue: water area in front of the Giardini entrance www.djahazi.net
Croatia
Elaborazione pittorica della sensibilità e della realtà Nikola Koydl, Zoltan Novak, Matko Vekic Commissioner/Curator: Biserka Rauter Plancic. Venue: Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Castello 5252
Cyprus, Republic of
Socratis Socratous / Rumours Socratis Socratous Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou. Curator: Sophie Duplaix. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079 www.cyprusinvenice.org www.socratissocratous.com
Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Loop Roman Ondák Commissioner: Katarína Bajcurová. Curator: Kathrin Rhomberg. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Denmark and Nordic Countries
The Collectors Thora Dolven Balke, Massimo Bartolini, Hernan Bas, Guillaume Bijl, Maurizio Cattelan, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Pepe Espaliu, Tom of Finland, Simon Fujiwara, Han & Him, Laura Horelli, Martin Jacobson, William E. Jones, Terence Koh, Jani Leinonen, Klara Liden, Jonathan Monk, Nico Muhly, Norway Says, Henrik Olesen, Nina Saunders, Vibeke Slyngstad, Elaine Sturtevant , Wolfgang Tillmans
Commissioners: Marta Kuzma, director of Office for Contemporary Art Norway, & The Danish Arts Council’s   Committee for International Visual Art.   
Curators: Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset.   
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.danish-nordic-pavilions.com
Egypt Leggermente monumentale Adel El Siwi, Ahmad Askalany Commissioner: Adel El Siwi. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Estonia After War Kristina Norman Commissioner: Johannes Saar. Curator: Marco Laimre. Assistant Commissioner: Elin Kard. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079 www.cca.ee
Finland (Pavilion Alvar Aalto)
Fire
Rescue Museum Jussi Kivi Commissioner: Berndt Arell. Curators: Marketta Seppälä, Arja Miller, Marita Muukkonen. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Macedonia
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia    Fifty or Fifty Goce Nanevski Commissioner: Maja Krstevska. Curators: Bojana Janeva, Ana Frangovska-Stojanovska. Vice-Commissioner: Olivija Stoilkova. Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, former Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael, Dorsoduro 2596, Fondamenta del Soccorso My Sunshine Nikola Uzunovski Commissioner: Frosina Zafirovska. Curators: Zoran Petrovski, Elena Veljanovska. Assistant Commissioner: Jovan Surbanoski. Venue: Riva di Ca' di Dio, Arsenale www.ngm.com.mk www.my-sunshine.eu
France
Le grand soir Claude Lévêque Commissioners: CULTURESFRANCE in association with Délégations aux Arts Plastiques (DAP) and Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP). Curator: Christian Bernard. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Gabon, Republic of
Go nogé mènè Owanto Commissioner: Desirée Maretti. Curator: Fernando Francés. Venue: Telecom Italia Future Centre, San Marco 4826, Campo San Salvador
Georgia
Change in Drawing Orchestra Koka (Akaki) Ramishvili Commissioner: Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili. Curator: Khatuna Khabuliani. Assistant Commissioners: Paolo de Grandis, Paivi Tirkkonen. Venue: Spiazzi, Castello 3865 www.georgianseason.ge www.mcs.gov.ge
Germany
Liam Gillick Commissioner: Federal Foreign Office, Germany. Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.deutscher-pavillon.com
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of
Collision Zone Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert Commissioner: Christian Mosar. Curator: Kevin Muhlen. Venue: Ca’ del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052 www.gast-bouschet.com
Great Britain
Steve McQueen Commissioner: Andrea Rose. Curator: Richard Riley. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.britishcouncil.org/venicebiennale
Greece
Paraxena Lucas Samaras Commissioner: Ministry of Culture, Greece. Curator: Mattew Higgs. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Hungary
Col Tempo – il progetto W. Péter Forgács Commissioner: Zsolt Petrányi. Curator: András Rényi. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Iceland
The End Ragnar Kjartansson Commissioner: Christian Schoen. Curators: Markús Thór Andrésson, Dorothée Kirch. Venue: Palazzo Michiel Dal Brusà (2nd floor), Cannaregio 4391/A (SS. Apostoli) http://cia.is/venice
Iran
Hope for the Future Iraj Eskandari, Sedaghat Jabbari, Hamid Reza Avishi Commissioner: Mahmood Shalooei. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079
Ireland Sarah Browne, Gareth Kennedy, Kennedy Browne Commissioner/Curator: Caoimhín Corrigan. Assistant Commissioner: Alice Lyons. Venue: Istituto Provinciale per l'Infanzia "Santa Maria della Pietà", Castello 3701 www.irelandvenice.ie
Israel
Raffi Lavie: In the Name of the Father Rafi Lavie Commissioners: Ilan Wizgan, Arad Turgeman. Curator: Doreet LeVitte Harten. Assistant Curator: Diana Dallal. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Italy
The Ministry for Cultural Affairs PARC - The General directorate for the quality and safeguarding of the landscape, contemporary architecture and art and Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia COLLAUDI. Omaggio a F. T. Marinetti Matteo Basilé, Manfredi Beninati, Valerio Berruti, Bertozzi&Casoni, Nicola Bolla, Sandro Chia, Marco Cingolani, Giacomo Costa, Aron Demetz, Roberto Floreani, Daniele Galliano, Marco Lodola, MASBEDO, Gian Marco Montesano, Davide Nido, Luca Pignatelli, Elisa Sighicelli, Sissi, Nicola Verlato, Silvio Wolf Commissioner: Francesco Prosperetti. Curators: Luca Beatrice, Beatrice Buscaroli. Venue: Padiglione Italia, Tese delle Vergini, Arsenale
Japan
Windswept Women: The Old Girls’ Troupe Miwa Yanagi Commissioner: Hiroshi Minamishima. Assistant Commissioners: Koji Makise, Atsuko Sato. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.jpf.go.jp/venezia-biennale/art/e/53/index.html
Korea, Republic of
Haegue Yang Commissioner: Eungie Joo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Latvia Fragile Nature Evelina Deicmane, Miks Mitrevics Commissioner/Curator: Liga Marcinkevica. Assistant Commissioner: Paivi Tirkkonen. Assistant Curator: Norbert Weber. Venue: Spazio Ferrari, Calle Castelli, Cannaregio 6096/A
Lithuania
Tube Žilvinas Kempinas Commissioner: Laura Rutkute. Curator: Laima Kreivyte. Venue: Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Cannaregio, 3599/A www.tubeinvenice.com
Mexico
What Else Could We Talk About? Teresa Margolles Commissioners: CONACULTA/INBA/SRE/UNAM/PAC. Curator: Cuauhtémoc Medina. Venue: Palazzo Rota-Ivancich, Castello 4421 www.mexicobienal.org
Montenegro
DADO (Miodrag Djuric) Commissioner: Michael Peppiatt. Assistant Commissioners: Yanitza Djuric, Jill Lloyd. Venue: UNESCO, Palazzo Zorzi, Castello 4930 www.dado.me
Morocco
Fathiya Tahiri, Mahi Binebine Commissioner: Mohiedine El Kadiri Boutchich. Commissioner/Curator: Paolo De Grandis. Assistant Commissioner: Carlotta Scarpa. Venue: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pietà - Castello 3701 (Riva degli Schiavoni)
The Netherlands
Disorient Fiona Tan Commissioner/Curator: Saskia Bos. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.fionatanvenice.nl
New Zealand
Commissioner: Jenny Harper. Assistant Commissioner: Heather Galbraith. Giraffe-Bottle-Gun Judy Millar Curator: Leonhard Emmerling. Venue: Chiesa della Maddalena, Campo della Maddalena, Cannaregio Save Yourself Francis Upritchard Curators: Heather Galbraith, Francesco Manacorda. Venue: Fondazione Claudio Buzziol, Palazzo Magilli-Valmarana, Cannaregio 4392 www.nzatvenice.com
Poland
Guests / Goscie Krzysztof Wodiczko Commissioner: Agnieszka Morawinska. Curator: Bozena Czubak. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Portugal
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air João Maria Gusmão + Pedro Paiva Commissioner: Direcção-Geral das Artes / Ministério da Cultura. Curator: Natxo Checa. Venue: Fondaco dell’Arte, San Marco 3415 (S. Angelo) www.dgartes.pt
Monaco, Principality of
Philippe Pastor. Le ciel regarde la terre Philippe Pastor Commissioner: Miria Vicini. Curator: Giacomo Zaza. Venue: Presidio Militare Caserma “Cornoldi”, Riva deglio Schiavoni, Castello 4140
Romania
The Seductiveness of the Interval Stefan Constantinescu, Andrea Faciu, Ciprian Muresan Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Curator: Alina Serban. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.seductiveness-of-interval.ro
Russia
Victory over the Future Pavel Pepperstein, Alexey Kallima, Andrei Molodkin, Gosha Ostretsov, Irina Korina, Sergei Shekhovtsov, Anatoly Shuravlev Commissioner: Vasili Tsereteli. Curator: Olga Sviblova. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
San Marino, Republic of
43°56’11,77” Nord Mondi da Fare Start 1 Leonardo Blanco, Marialuisa Tadei Start 2 Domenico Casadei, Alberto Chezzi, Dario Lazzari, Antonio Lengua, Nico Macina, Antonio Molinari, Elisa Monaldi, Omar Paolucci, Michela Pozzi, Thea Tini Start 3 Riccardo Furini, Nico(la) Ventura Commissioner: Leo Marino Morganti. Curator: Valerio Pradal. Venue: Isola di San Servolo, Palazzina no. 17
Serbia
Warmth Zoran Todorovic But if you take my voice, what will be left to me? Katarina Zdjelar Commissioner: Branislav Dimitrijevic. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Singapore
Ming Wong Commissioner: Lim Chwee Seng. Curator: Tang Fu Kuen. Venue: Palazzo Michiel Dal Brusà (1st floor), Cannaregio 4391/A (SS. Apostoli) www.nac.gov.sg
Slovenia, Republic of
x=0 / y=0 Interference in Process Miha Štrukelj Commissioner: Aleksander Bassin. Curators: Alenka Gregoric, Noel Kelly. Assistant Commissioner: Tevž Logar. Venue: Galleria A+A, San Marco 3073 (San Samuele) www.slovenianpavilion.com
Spain
Miquel Barcelo
Commissioner: Enrique Juncosa. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.venicebiennale-spain.es
Switzerland
Silvia Bächli Commissioner:Urs Staub. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini Fabrice Gygi Commissioner: Andreas Münch. Venue: Chiesa di San Stae
Syrian Arab Republic
Stanza d’artista Issam Darwich, Yasser Hammoud, Gastone Biggi, Salvatore Emblema, Sergio Lombardo, Hannu Palosuo, Franca Pisani, Concetto Pozzati, Turi Simeti Commissioner: Christian Maretti. Curators: Enzo Dall’Ara, Marzia Spatafora. Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, former Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael, Dorsoduro 2596, Fondamenta del Soccorso
Thailand
Gondola al Paradiso Co., Ltd. Michael Shaowanasai, Sakarin Krue-on, Sudsiri Pui-ock, Suporn Shoosongdej, Wantanee Siripattananuntakul Commissioner: Apinan Poshyananda. Curators: Thavorn Ko-udomvit, Amrit Chusuwan. Venue: Santa Croce 556 www.ocac.go.th
Turkey
Lapses Banu Cennetoglu e Ahmet Ögüt Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Curator: Basak Senova. Venue: Isolotto, Arsenale www.venicebiennial-turkey.org
Ukraine
Steppes of Dreamers Illya Chichkan, Mihara Yasuhiro Commissioner: Peter Doroshenko. Curator: Vladimir Klitschko. Venue: Palazzo Papadopoli, San Polo 1364 www.ukrainianpavilion2009.org
United Arab Emirates
It’s Not You It’s Me Lamya Gargash Commissioner: Lamees Hamdan. Curator: Tirdad Zolghadr. Venue: Artiglierie, Arsenale www.uaepavilion.org
United States of America
Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens Bruce Nauman Commissioners: Carlos Basualdo, Michael R. Taylor. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini (continues at IUAV, Tolentini and Università Ca’ Foscari)
Uruguay
Critical Landscapes Raquel Bessio, Juan Burgos, Pablo Uribe Commissioner: Patricia Bentancur. Curator: Alfredo Torres. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.uruguayenvenecia09.blogspot.com
Venezuela
Mundo en Proceso Colectivo Todos somos Creadores, Gabriela Croes, Magdalena Fernández, Daniel Medina, Antonio Pérez, Claudio Perna, Bernardita Rakos, Antonieta Sosa Commissioner: Jacqueline Rousset. Curator: Maria Luz Cárdenas. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Central Asia Pavilion
Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Commissioner/Curator: Beral Madra. Assistant Commissioner: Nazira Alymbaeva. Venue: Palazzo Molin - Fondamenta delle Zattere Kazakhstan Oksana Shatalova, Yelena Vorobyeva &Viktor Vorobyev Kyrgyzstan Ermek Jaenisch Tajikistan Djamshed Kholikov Uzbekistan Anzor Salidjanov www.centralasiaart.org www.nuovaicona.org
Istituto Italo-Latino Americano
Commissioner: Patricia Rivadeneira. Curator: Irma Arestizabal. Assistant Commissioner: Alessandra Bonanni. Venue: Artiglierie, Arsenale Bolivia Mariano Gastón Ugalde Colombia Alberto Baraya, Luis Roldán Cuba Carlos Garaicoa, Ramsés Larzábal Ecuador Fernando Falconi El Salvador Nils Nova Guatemala Darío Escobar Honduras Paul Ramírez Jonas Peru Sandra Gamarra Dominican Republic Raquel Paiewonsky Costa Rica Federico Herrero Natura e sogni (Venue: Università Ca’ Foscari, Facoltà di Economia, San Giobbe, Cannaregio) Francisco Córdoba, Giuseppe Carta, Raffaele De Rosa Curators: Francesco Elisei, Gregorio Rossi