The First Balkan Biennial

The State Museum of Contemporary Art in cooperation with the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki will be holding an exhibition titled “Cosmopolis 1 Microcosmos X Macrocosmos”. Ten countries of South-Eastern Europe (Greece, Albania, F.Y.R.O.M, Serbia-Montenegro, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia), with a total of 100 artists, will participate in the exhibition, which will be presented at Thessaloniki from December 17th 2004 until February 2005. The exhibition includes approximately 150 works of art, which cover all the spectrum of modern creativity (paintings, sculptures, engravings, photographs, installations, environments, video – art, performances, etc.).

General curator of the exhibition is Magda Carneci, professor of History of Art in the University of Paris and former member of the Board of Trustees of AICA, while the director of the S.M.C.A., professor of History of Art in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Miltiades Papanikolaou has the general coordination. Ten curators from the participating countries contributed also to the selection of works: Xanthipi Skarpia – Hoipel, Eleni Laperi - Koci, Ivana Udovicic, Maria Vassileva, Nada Beros, Suzanna Milevska, Ruxandra Balaci, Andjelkovic-Dimitrijevic Branislava, Zabel Igor and Genco Gulan.

This original large-scale exhibition of high international interest, in the form of a Biennale, will provide a regular arena for the presentation of contemporary art. Besides, this is the will of the organizing committee, which wants Cosmopolis to become a new European art institution.

The subtitle Microcosmos X Macrocosmos was suggested for “Cosmopolis 1”. The curators will attempt to explore the relationships between the regionalism and globalization, localism and cosmopolitanism, urban and rural landscape, through contemporary art. The exhibits will be presented in various locations in Stavroupoli, in the port of Thessaloniki (S.M.C.A museum), and the Macedonian Museum of Modern Art. A bilingual catalogue of 400 pages in Greek and in English will be published for the exhibition.

The exhibition “Cosmopolis 1” is held with the support of the Hellenic Culture Organization S.A.

ALBANIEN, Kurator: Eleni Laperi mit Najada Hamza, Flutura and Besnik Haxzillary, Merita Koci, Piro Koci, Gazmend Leka, Rudina Memaga, Suela Muca

BOSNIEN & HERZEGOVINA, Kurator: Jvana Jevdjevic-Udovici mit Danica Dakic, Sejla Kameric, Kurt & Plasto, Tvico Muhidin, Nebojsa Seric-Soba

BULGARIEN, Kurator: Maria Vassileva mit Luchezar Boyadjiev, Boriana Dragoeva, Alla Georgieva, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Boris Missirkov/ Georgi Bogdanov, Nedko Solakov

KROATIEN, Kurator: Nada Bero mit Dragica Antolovic, Aleksandar Battista Ilic/ Ivana Keser/ Tomislav Gotovac, Kristina Leko, Dalibor Martinis, Mladen Stilinovic, Ksenija Turcic, Slaven Toli

GRIECHENLAND, Kurator: Miltiades Papanikolaou mit Elli Chrysidou, Kostis Georgiou, Emilia Papaphilipou, Personal Cinema group, Yiorgos Lazongas, Evanthia Tsantila, Eleni Theophylaktou, Kostas Varotsos, Richard Whitlock, Dimitris Xonoglu, Christos Bouronikos, Yiorgos Tsakiris, Theodoulos

F.Y.R.O.M., Kurator: Suzana Milevska mit Hristina Ivanovska, Slavica Janeslieva, Alecsandar Stankovski, Dijana Tomic-Radevska, Igor Tosevski, Zaneta Vangeli

RUMÄNIEN, Kurator: Ruxandra Balaci, mit Irina Botea, Mircea Cantor, Ion Grigorescu, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Calin Man Marilena Preda-Sanc, SubREAL

SERBIEN - MONTENEGRO, Kurator: Branislava Andjelkovic & Branislav Dimitrijevic mit Milena Gordic, Zdravko Joksimovic, Goranka Matic, Darinka Pop Mitic, Rasa Todosijevic, Vuc Vidor

SLOVENIEN, Kurator: Igor Zabel mit Irwin , Ziga Kariz, Polonka Lovsin, Son:DA, Apolonja Sustersic, Grega Tao Sambolec

TÜRKEI, Kurator: Genco Gulan mit Ali Akay, Selda Asal, Nancy Atakan, Seyda Cesur, Memed Erdener, Gulsun Orhon

KünstlerInnen, die von der Generalkuratorin Magda Carneci eingeladen wurden: Kostas Tsoklis, Vlasta Delimar, Braco Dimitrijevic, Vadim Fishkin, Sanja Ivekovic, Wanda Mihuleac, Paul Neagu, Valentin Stefanoff, Nina Kovacheva, Milica Tomic

The First Balkan Biennial
Cosmopolis1 Microcosmos X Macrocosmos
Kooperation: Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki / Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Kordinatoren: M. Papanikolaou, X. Hoipel
Ort: Moni Lazariston - Warehouse B1, Port of Thessaloniki

Generalkuratorin: Magda Carneci
Kuratoren: Eleni Laperi, Jvana Jevdjevic-Udovici, Maria Vassileva, Nada Bero, Miltiades Papanikolaou, Suzana Milevska, Ruxandra Balaci, Branislava Andjelkovic & Branislav Dimitrijevic, Igor Zabel, Genco Gulan

Künstler: Ali Akay, Dragica Antolovic, Selda Asal, Nancy Atakan, Aleksandar Battista Ilic, Georgi Bogdanov, Irina Botea, Christos Bouronikos, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Mircea Cantor, Seyda Cesur, Elli Chryssidou, Danica Dakic, Vlasta Delimar, Braco Dimitrijevic, Boriana Dragoeva, Memed Erdener, Vadim Fishkin, Alla Georgieva, Kostis Georgiou, Milena Gordic, Tomislav Gotovac, Theodoulos Gregoriou, Ion Grigorescu, Najada Hamza, Flutura & Besnik Haxhillaris, Irwin , Pravdoliub Ivanov, Hristina Ivanovska, Sanja Ivekovic, Slavica Janeslieva, Zdravko Joksimovic, Sejla Kameric, Ziga Kariz, Ivana Keser, Merita Koci, Piro Koci, Nina Kovacheva, Kurt & Plasto, Yiorgos Lazongas, Gazmend Leka, Kristina Leko, Polonka Lovsin, Calin Man, Dalibor Martinis, Goranka Matic, Rudina Memaga, Wanda Mihuleac, Boris Missirkov, Suela Muca, Tvico Muhidin, Paul Neagu, Gulsun Orhon, Emilia Papaphilipou, Marilena Preda-Sanc, Nebojsa Seric-Soba, Nedko Solakov, son:DA, Alecsandar Stankovski, Valentin Stefanoff, Mladen Stilinovic, subREAL , Apolonija Sustersic, Eleni Theophylaktou, Slaven Toli, Milica Tomic, Dijana Tomic-Radevska, Igor Tosevski, Evanthia Tsantila, Yiorgos Tsakiris, Costas Tsoclis, Florin Tudor, Ksenija Turcic, Zaneta Vangeli, Kostas Varotsos, Mona Vatamanu, Vuc Vidor, Richard Whitlock, Dimitris Xonoglou ...