8th Berlin Biennale
May 29 - August 3, 2014
The 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art will bring together a range of local and international artistic positions that explore the intersection between larger historical narratives and individuals’ lives.
Juan A. Gaitán, curator of the 8th Berlin Biennale, has invited Tarek Atoui, Natasha Ginwala, Catalina Lozano, Mariana Munguía, Olaf Nicolai, and Danh Vo to collaborate with him as core members and advisors in his artistic team.
‘The research for the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art is structured along three speculative approaches toward the city of Berlin: in narratives exposed through its built environment, in its relationship to the formation of citizenship and as figured against current forces of tourism, and finally in its relations between historical and contemporary configurations of labor. The upcoming edition will travel beyond Berlin-Mitte to areas that have become relatively “minor” within the divided as well as reunified realities of the city. Through this expanded cartography the Berlin Biennale will also engage with how the Berlin of the 18th and 19th centuries is contemplated within our current cultural landscape. The artistic team of the Berlin Biennale will be developing its research with a focus on historical forms of movement and fixity, as the two main categories of modern subjectivity. Over different exhibition venues, this Berlin Biennale will bring together a range of local and international artistic positions that explore the intersection between these larger historical narratives and individuals’ lives, counterpoising the empirical and the authoritative approaches to history and historical becoming.’
(From the statement of Juan A. Gaitán, Curator of the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art )
The 8th Berlin Biennale will take place from May 29 to August 3, 2014 and will open its doors to the public at all venues on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, from 7 to 10 pm.
VENUES, OPENING HOURS AND SUGGESTED ROUTE
1. → Haus am Waldsee
(Argentinische Allee 30, 14163 Berlin, Tue–Fri 10 am–6 pm, Sat–Sun 11 am–6 pm)
U3 to Krumme Lanke (direction Krumme Lanke), 1 minute walk.
Alternatively S1 to Mexikoplatz (direction Potsdam HBF), 8 minutes walk.
2. Haus am Waldsee → Museen Dahlem – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
(Lansstraße 8, 14195 Berlin, Tue–Fri 10 am–6 pm, Sat–Sun 11 am–6 pm)
U3 – Krumme Lanke (direction Nollendorfplatz) to Dahlem Dorf,
2 minutes walk.
3. Museen Dahlem → KW Institute for Contemporary Art + Crash Pad
(KW: Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin, Tue–Sun 12–10 pm
Crash Pad c/o KW: front house, 1st floor, from 26.1.–26.5.2014 Sat–Sun 2–6 pm,
from 29.5.–3.8.2014 Tue–Sun 12–10 pm)
U3 – Dahlem Dorf (direction Nollendorfplatz) to Wittenbergplatz.
U2 – Wittenbergplatz (direction Pankow) to Alexanderplatz.
S5/S7/S75 – Alexanderplatz (directions Spandau/Wannsee/Westkreuz)
to Hackescher Markt, 5 minutes walk.
All venues are closed on Mondays.
DriveNow
Use the offer from our car sharing partner DriveNow: Visitors of the 8th Berlin Biennale can travel easily and comfortably with BMW’s or MINI’s between all exhibition venues. DriveNow offers you more than 900 cars in Berlin for one-way trips without any stationary return locations. Save the registration fee of 29 Euros and use the voucher OSMBOJYCZR at: de.drive-now.com/art. Then pick up your DriveNow-ID anytime at one of the Sixt registration branches or from May 29 to June 1, 2014 at KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Don’t forget to bring your driver’s license, ID, and bank details or credit card.
ADMISSION
Tickets are avilable at all venues and online.They authorize for one single entry to each venue of the 8th Berlin Biennale and are valid troughout the whole duration of the exhibition.
16 €, reduced 10 €
Groups of 10 or more: 14 €, reduced 8 €
Special Offer Ticket + Guidebook: 25 €, reduced 20 €
Available at all venues.
GUIDEBOOK
The guidebook of the 8th Berlin Biennale with introductory texts and comments on the artistic works is available for 12 Euros at all venues and online.
GUIDED TOURS
Guided tours are organized by art:berlin. Public tours in German can be attended without advance reservation.
Guided tours for groups and school classes in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish are available upon request.
Information on guided tours can be found here.
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