Vernissage Videos

Selected Works from a Private Collection: Thomas Kinkade is an exhibition conceived by Raphael Gygax. The show at Freymond-Guth gallery in Zurich / Switzerland has a look at the commercial strategies in certain fields of contemporary art by analyzing the business of "Painter of Light", Thomas Kinkade. More info.

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.

Silvia Bächli from Basel and Fabrice Gygi from Geneva represent Switzerland at the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. Silvia Bächli shows drawings in the Swiss Pavilion in the Giardini, Fabrice Gygi presents an installation in the Church of San Stae. In this video, we have a look at Silvia Bächli s works in the Swiss Pavilion. Bächli 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. Silvia Bächli at the Swiss Pavilion, 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:Roman 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

Atelier van Lieshout's Mini Capsule Hotel at Design Miami Basel 2009. In a show curated by Natalie Kovacz for Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London. By the way: Brad Pitt bought the hotel for his and Angelina Jolie's kids. More info.

Felix und Christian erkl ren Euch, wo man in dieser Woche in Hamburg hingehen muss: KUNST 17.-26.4.09 Komm, wir gehen in den Wald @ Westwerk // 17.-26.4. Kiosk, Mon Amour @ Linda e.V. MUSIK 17.4.09 Karamel @ Nachtasyl // 16.4.-19.4. P!O!P! Weekender @ Prinzenbar

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe at the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao is a comprehensive retrospective of the work of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang. It's the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao's first solo show devoted to a Chinese-born artist. More info.