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Host Julia Draganovic of Palazzo delle Arte Napoli interviews Alban Hajdinaj, one of five artists represented in the Albanian Pavilion at the Palazzo Malipiero for the 2007 Venice Biennale. His video piece documents a non-scientist whose theories dispute the very geological history and makeup of the earth and uses this theory to predict earthquakes. The discussion quickly turns to functioning as an artist outside the world art centers. Plus a bonus poem... (23 minutes)
U.S. Editor for Flash Art (and one of P.S.1's new curatorial advisers for 2007) Andrea Bellini interviews Ida Gianelli, Director of the Rivoli Castle Contemporary Art Museum and curator of the exhibition in the New Italian Pavilion at the Arsenale for the 2007 Venice Biennale. (15.5 minutes, in Italian).
Art Radio hosts David Weinstein and Tony Guerrero in conversation with artist Paolo Canevari get insights into his 2007 Biennale work in the Arsenale (Bouncing Skull, the startling ideo will also be seen at P.S.1 October 2007-January 2008) and much more from this thoughtful man. (45 minutes)
P.S.1's Tony Guerrero and Marina Vergiani (of Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, one of P.S.1’s partners in Venice) host a discussion on the French Pavilion and French art with artist Daniel Buren, artist Sophie Calle, and Giuseppe Merlino (a writer with many publications on Buren) at the Art Radio interview table onboard our broadcast barge at the 2007 Venice Biennale. (55 minutes)
Host Julia Draganovic (of Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, one of P.S.1's partners in Venice 2007) discusses the Venice Conference on the common issues of all biennials with guests Hedwig Fijen, Director of Manifesta, and Marieke van Hal, Director of the First Athens Bienniale. Earlier in the the afternoon of this day directors of many Biennales gathered in Venice to discuss the future of the Biennale system and how they could collaborate as a unified system. (14 minutes)
P.S.1's David Weinstein with guests Sophia Tabatadze and Eteri Chkadua discuss the Georgian Pavilion and Georgian art in Venice onboard the radio boat during the 2007 Biennale. (15 minutes)
For Venice Biennale 2007, WPS1's own Lucy Simanjuntak created a compilation that features traditional and contemporary songs from the islands of Indonesia.
Playlist
01 Kecak Puspita Jaya - Kecak: Scene I (The Trap) (Excerpt). Bali.
02 Various Artists - Pembukaan Arja. Sunda.
03 Gesang - Bengawan Solo. Keroncong. Indonesia.
04 Amiruddin Datuk Kamuyang & Mariana - Muaro Labuah. West Sumatra.
05 New Jakarta Ensemble - Mantra Parompak (Excerpt). Indonesia.
06 Priangan Katresnan - Kastawa (Grand Pole in Puppet Stage) (Excerpt). Java.
07 Various Artists - Sorban Palid. Sunda.
08 Inul Daratista - Mat Sawer. Dangdut. Indonesia.
09 Kampung Gallu-Matolang - Tabung (Funeral Gongs) (Excerpt). Sumba.
10 Jamang Daeng Pasang - Kacaping: Tokko Deng Riak. South Sulawesi.
11 Varous Artists - Teke Song. Flores (Ngadha).
12 Various Artists - Gondang Sarune / Gondang Marundur-undur. North Sumatra (Batak, Toba).
13 Court Musicians of Dufa-Dufa - Cikamomo 1 (Kulintang). Maluku.
14 Dewa - Mukadimah / Roman Picisan. Indonesia.
Writer Karen Wright (Art in America) and veteran of some dozen Biennales and hundreds of other art fairs and spectacles, tackles the tough subjects with the guidance of WPS1's Jeannie Hopper.
P.S.1's David Weinstein welcomes Mario Rizzi (Italian artist, film for the Istanbul Biennale: Murat ve Ismail) and Huseyin Alptekin (artist from Istanbul/Istanbul Biennale) whose work Don't Complain (incidents in an imaginary Georgian restaurant) appears at the Turkish Pavilion. (30 minutes)
WPS1's Jeannie Hopper talks Italian dance music with musician Alberto Polo of the band La Familgia and Laura Barreca, junior curator at Palazzo delle Arti Napoli (PAN). (55 minutes)
Host Althea Viafora-Kress with guest Jocelyn Kress discuss the long relation between the Kress family, the arts, and Venice. Althea hosts a regular program on Art Radio WPS1, The Collectors' Forum.
P.S.1 Curatorial Assistant for Public Programs Sarah Scandiffio in a conversation with the principals of the International Foundation Manifesta: Viktor Misiano, curator of an edition; Hedwig Fijen, Director of the foundation; Andreas Hapkemeyer, co-organizor of Manifesta; and Fabio Cavallucci, director Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea in Trento. Discussion revolved around the 2008 Manifesta in the region of Trentino Alto Adige, as well as a spotlight of the entire organization, the curators, and sites chosen for the show. Recorded live onboard the WPS1 barge at the 2007 Venice Biennale. (25 minutes)
P.S.1's David Weinstein and Tony Guerrero sit down with lifelong Venetian and long-time P.S.1 friend and sometime trustee Gianni de Michelis, now a Member of the European Parliament. (30 minutes)
P.S.1's David Weinstein meets up with the co-curator Biljana Ciric and participating artists Josefina Pusch and Jin Shan to discuss Migration Addicts, a moveable site-specific exhibition and urban intervention project launched in Shanghai, exported to the Singapore Art Festival and here at the 2007 Venice Biennale. In pursuit of their goals the group ran afoul of the law in Venice and even suffered the malicious destruction of a publicly displayed sculpture. But they accomplished a very ambitious program nonetheless. (20 minutes)
Our special roving correspondent in Venice 2007 Zefrey Throwell with guest Maria Morgante who runs an artist salon in Venice called I mercoledi degli artisti. They meet every Wednesday (thus the name) and are open to all artists, both local and international. They spoke about the organization and what is in store for it. (20 minutes)
One Day We Will All Say The Same Thing is an examination of the future in words and sound, produced by Adina Popescu as part of her Moscow Saloon project, and features interviews with Russian authors, publishers, and scientists and sound works by Roth Stauffenberg, Wolfgang Staehle, Simon Goldin and Jakob Senneby, and Mircea Cantor. For more notes on the whole effort visit their blog. (90 minutes)
Host Laura Barreca, junior curator of Palazzo delle arti Napoli (PAN), in a discussion about the artistic situation in Sicily with Maria Rosa Sossai, video curator and critic and curator at MAN, Nuoro (Museo d'arte Provincia di Nuoro) and Marcello Faletra, philosopher from Alterazionivideo, a group of artists from Milano. (in Italian) (1 hour)
Marina Vergiani hosts a panel on The Future Memory of Art Archives with guests Anna Mecugni, Giorgio Busetto, Paolo Fabbri, Massimo Magrí, and Agostino De Rosa. Vergiani is Cultural Director of PAN and leads its Documentation Center, a study and production department designed to document contemporary art through archives, services, and tools for information and communication. (56 minutes)
P.S.1's David Weinstein in conversation with the founder, curator, and consultant of the Perna Foundation: Tonino Perna, Manuela Annibali, and Marc Mayer. This discussion took place at the 2007 Venice Biennale during which the Perna Foundation was the primary sponsor of P.S.1’s floating radio station and rendezvous center. (15 minutes)
Perna Foundation presents Il Mio Mediterraneo, My Mediterraneo, Pt. 1 (Cultural Transmigration Phenomenon in the Mediterranean Basin), the first part of a series of programs presented by curator Manuela Annibali and a team of consultants and producers gathered by the Perna Foundation, for our Art Radio Venice broadcasts in 2007. Perna Foundation was the principle sponsor of the project. Narration and interviews are in multiple languages but the musical illustrations are astounding and rare.
Perna Foundation presents Il Mio Mediterraneo, My Mediterraneo, Pt. 2 (Internationalism and Regionalism), the second segment in a series of programs presented by curator Manuela Annibali and a team of consultants and producers gathered by the Perna Foundation, for our Art Radio Venice broadcasts in 2007. Perna Foundation was the principle sponsor of the project. Narration and interviews are in multiple languages but the musical illustrations are astounding and rare. (90 minutes)
Perna Foundation presents Il Mio Mediterraneo, My Mediterraneo, Pt. 3 (Mare nostrum: central sea or peripheral sea?), the third in a series of programs presented by curator Manuela Annibali and a team of consultants and producers gathered by the Perna Foundation, for our Art Radio Venice broadcasts in 2007. Perna Foundation was the principle sponsor of the project. Narration and interviews are in multiple languages but the musical illustrations are astounding and rare. (90 minutes)
