53rd Venice Biennale

53rd Venice Biennale

Internet Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

M/M (Paris) 2009
“Endless Serpentine:Links”
Display objects and poster for the Internet Pavilion
Courtesy M/M (Paris)

May 30, 2009

53rd Venice Biennale
03 June – 22 November 2009

Started by Miltos Manetas in 2009
Curator – Jan Aman
Producer – Art Production Fund
53rd International Art Exhibition -
La Biennale di Venezia
Collateral Events

Location: The Internet.

www.PadiglioneInternet.com

www.Biennale.net

General quarters: S.A.L.E, Magazzini del Sale.
Design and Propaganda – M/M (Paris)
Music – Mark Tranmer (GNAC), Howie B.
Architecture – Christian Wassmann
Film – Sonja Kroop
Web Design – Digital Club, London.

Opening on June 03, at 12 AM, at the physical outlet of the project, S.A.L.E Magazzini del Sale, Vaporetto Zattere.

An Internet Pavilion for the 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2009.

The largest pavilion ever!

At the 53rd Venice Biennial, a completely new pavilion will be presented – the Internet Pavilion. With the theme for this year’s biennial, “Making Worlds”, it is only logical that the Internet is represented, for the first time, by a pavilion of its own. The Internet is a new part of our world that has never been represented in Venice. It is a different territory from the existing pavilions. The Internet is not defined by physical or geographical borders, nationalities, or a specific language. The Net is still new and developed with such speed that its legislation, as well as its impact on our lives, is under constant redefinition. The Internet is transforming our lives and senses; it is transforming the way we behave, communicate, share information and develop ideas. As this is what we often say art does, it is of special interest to present the Internet Pavilion at the Venice Biennial.

The Pavilion is composed by two websites:

- PadiglioneInternet.com, hosts a collaboration by Miltos Manetas and Rafael Rozendaal. It will open on June 03 and similar to the physical buildings of the Biennial, it will close down in November.

- Biennale.net, holds the discussion and the history of the project and at the same time, it is the “entrance” for a number of collateral exhibitions and projects.

Among them:

- “New Wave”, an online show with a physical component featuring Petra Cortright (US), Martijn Hendriks (NE), Harm Van den Dorpel (HO), Sinem Erkas (UK), Elna Frederick (US), Parker Ito (US), Oliver Laric (AU), Guthrie Lonergan (US) and Pascual Sisto (ES/US).

- The WikepediaArt Embassy hosted by Scott Kildall(US) and Nathaniel Stern (US)

- The latest work by Aleksandra Domanovic (SE)

- An online show with Chinese Internet artists. (it will open later this Summer)

- The second updated edition of “Random Rules”: A Chanel of Artists’ selections from YouTube curated by Marina Fokidis (it will open later this fall)

- “PAGES” by Christian Wassmann. A piece of architecture that turns Internet into space and space into Internet. Mr. Wassmann will build “PAGES”- which he brought it with him in pieces from NY-at S.A.L.E on June 03
A video that explains Mr. Wassmann mental process can be found at padiglioneinternet.com/architecture

- “Network of Love”, a performance by AIDS-3D (US) on June 03 at 12 AM at S.A.L.E

-The “Book of Si” by Colin Payne and Miltos Manetas. A modern “Book of Sand” in the tradition of Borges where a webpage can be found only once and never again.

During the preparation of the Internet Pavilion a number of stakeholders from the various ranks of the Internet industry has been contacted, commercial as well as non-commercial. This is an investigation of the fact the digital territory is introduced at the Venice Biennial for the very first time.

These might operate independently, outside of the “official” terrain of the Venice Biennial and the Padiglione Internet, creating a contrast between cultural elite and the different creative powers of the Net. Between others we highlight here the presence of Tiscali which will offering free WiFi via the visitors of Biennale.net and the PirateBay.org and their project Embassy of Piracy, also hosted by S.A.L.E.S

The Internet Pavilion is a project initiated by the Greek born, London based artist Miltos Manetas, curated by Jan Aman and produced by Art Production Fund.

Press Events:
Venice, 3-4 June, To be announced via Biennale.net

For more information, please contact:
Pelle Strandberg at Strandberg & Haage
and Chloé Nelkin at Exposure, London
(info@theinternetpavilion.com)
and Chiara Lunardelli at Light-Box.it
(chiara.lunardelli@light-box.it)

Thanks to:
- Charles de Jonghe d’Ardoye/think.21 for producing the AIDS-3D performance.
- the Media Machine team for the Book of Ci:
Colin Payne – Creative Director
Luigi Tommaseo – Software Construction Paul Marsh and James McKeown – Physical Design
Pino – Hardware Deconstruction

Thanks to

Rob Auten, Giampaolo Abbondio, Riccardo Lisi, Filipa Ramos, Marco Baravalle and all our friends at S.A.L.E at Light-box.it and at TPB

Dedicated to

Dr. Leonard Kleinrock who started it all in 1969.

THE INTERNET PAVILION

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