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Dropstuff.nl has been invited to take part in the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia as collateral event. From June 2 -7, 2009, during the opening days of the biennale, Dropstuff.nl set up the gigantic 60 square meters LED screen on the pier between San Marco and Giardini (Riva Ca di Dio). Dropstuff s main focus in Venice was to show a new generation of artists and designers, who approach the audience in a direct manner. More info.

Rutger Wolfson, de directeur van het Internationale Filmfestival Rotterdam, vertelt over hoe het karakter van de stad van invloed is op het festival en hoe het festival probeert context te geven aan films. Bekijk meer video's en artikelen op www.idealize.nl

Dropstuff.nl is a platform for media art and e-culture that broadcasts artworks by professional artists and designers on a network of Dropstuff Hotspots in (Dutch) museums, libraries, railway stations, schools and art academies. Base camp is the glass house-pavilion , a mobile AV-studio space with a gigantic LED screen that travels round various cities. Dropstuff.nl has been invited to take part in the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia as collateral event. From June 2 -7, 2009, during the opening days of the biennale, Dropstuff.nl set up the gigantic 60 square meters LED screen on the pier between San Marco and Giardini (Riva Ca di Dio). Dropstuff s main focus in Venice was to show a new generation of artists and designers, who approach the audience in a direct manner. No white museum walls, but interactive art in public space. By using SMS, bluetooth, touch screen and sensors, the audience was participating in the art work. Birdsdays by Wayne Horse is not a cute Tamagotchi but an arrogant, ugly rooster which is giving orders to the audience. Leonard van Munster lets the audience do magic with words, which are generated by Google. David Kousemaker and Tim Olden of Blendid present a work which is controlled live from India, by an Indian employee who responds on people who pass by in Venice. Next to the ones mentioned, also works from Guido van der Werve and Klaas Kloosterboer are shown. Dropstuff is a concept and initiative of designer René van Engelenburg, developed in cooperation with Edwin Jacobs, director of the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. The project is realized by Pleinmuseum Foundation, Amsterdam. i.c.w. the following Dutch museums: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden, Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Museum De Paviljoens in Almere, Armando Museum and Kade in Amersfoort, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, SM’s in Den Bosch and Marres in Maastricht. See also: Pleinmuseum at the 52nd Venice Biennale 2007. Venice Biennale 2009. Venice, June 4, 2009. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window. Related Articles:Silvia Bächli / Swiss Pavilion / Venice Biennale 2009Roman Ondak: Loop / Czech and Slovak Pavilion / Venice Biennale 2009Elmgreen & Dragset: The Collectors at Venice Biennial 2009 / Interview with Ingar DragsetThe Collectors. Curated by Elmgreen & Dragset / Danish Pavilion / Venice Biennial 2009Mona Hatoum: Interior Landscape / Fondazione Querini Stampalia / Venice, ItalyTobias Rehberger: Was du liebst, bringt dich auch zum Weinen (Cafeteria) / Venice Biennale 2009Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens / US Pavilion / 53rd Venice Biennale 2009Claude Lévêque: Le Grand Soir / French Pavilion / 53rd Venice Biennale 2009La Biennale di Venezia 2009 / Fare Mondi (Making Worlds) - Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini

Silvia B chli from Basel and Fabrice Gygi from Geneva represent Switzerland at the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. In this video, we have a look at Silvia B chli s works in the Swiss Pavilion. B chli studied in Basel and Geneva. She is known for her drawings, which she has consistently developed over three decades. For the rooms in the Swiss Pavilion, she presents her work from 2008 - 2009 in the form of a spatial synopsis that offers a representative insight into her graphic oeuvre. More info.