The Venice Biennale 2009
Very often most art exhibitions are based on only one kind of art and offer you, for example, either paintings or contemporary works. Unfortunately we can barley enjoy a mix of different artistic styles. It seems to be that Venice, one of the most important romantic cities in Italy, keeps all your cultural and artistic preferences in mind and offers you one of the biggest and most extensive art festivals of the world: The Venice Biennale 2009.
This year will be the 53rd edition of the Biennale in Venice. It’s a prestigious international exhibition which attracts millions of visitors and artists from all over the world. This important cultural event takes place every two years in Venice and the art festival was founded by the Venetian town hall in the year of 1893. Two years later it was officially inaugurated. In spite of the interruptions due to the terrible World Wars, the festival has become one of the most important international art festivals in the world. This year’s edition has already begun, but don’t panic, you’ll have time until November to submerge into the world of creativity and art in Venice.
We aren’t talking about a normal exposition where you’re getting bored after having seen everything within two seconds. It’s quite the opposite: the festival offers you all that you can dream of, starting with visual arts and contemporary music, film projections and poetry to theatre, architecture and contemporary dance, etc. The programme list seems to be infinite and it provides special events for each taste and interest. As you can see, your expectations will be completely satisfied.
The theme of this edition is Making worlds, a spectacular art exposition in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Giardini and in Arsenale. The exposition stands out especially because of the participation of many countries which are represented by different pavilions. This year you will see a huge exhibition, condensed by the breath-taking works of over 90 creative artists from all parts of the world into an amazing exhibition. With this concept the festivals director Daniel Birnbaum aims to pay more attention to the process of creation. So, he has transformed the area in a unique exhibition centre for the artistic world.
The Biennale Cinema is also part of this spectacular festival full of emotion. This year the 66th edition of the International Venice Film Festival will be celebrated. Different awards will be given in various categories, like the Leone d´Oro for the best film, the Leone d´Argento for the best director or the Premio Marcello Mastroianni for the best young talent. The best actor and the best actress will be given the famous Copa Volpi. According to the FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) the International Venice Film Festival belongs to the category “A” and is hence comparable with the Film Festivals of Berlin, Cannes, San Sebastian or Karlovy Vary.
The Biennale Danza waits for you with the spectacular programme Degree Zero and the amazing international colloquium of contemporary dance, which unites the best and most famous dancers of the world, like Carolyn Carlson, Tero Saarinen, Chris Harina or Michael Clark.
Under the motto The body of the Biennale Musica will captivate you with 73 breath-taking composers in over 87 fantastic concerts. Biennale Teatro will enchant you as well with all the interesting actuations, performances and theatre workshops.
The Venice Biennale 2009 shows you a completely new world full of creativity, emotions and unknown feelings. Let yourself be guided by your instinct and rent comfortable apartments in Venice. Your holidays will be an unforgettable experience.
