The Biennial of the Americas starts today!
The 2010 Biennial of the Americas is an international event celebrating the culture, ideas and people of the Western Hemisphere, hosted by the City of Denver. Throughout the month of July, Denver will welcome national and international visitors for a cross-cultural experience bridging and unifying the artistic, intellectual and political progress of the hemisphere’s 35 nations.Through the comprehensive coordination of art exhibitions, cultural programming and conversational roundtables, the Biennial of the Americas will bring together established and emerging leaders in the the arts, culture, sciences, politics, economics and technology communities, facilitating the development of a unified vision for the future of the Western Hemisphere. During the 2010 Biennial of the Americas, ideas to encourage collaboration, artful thinking, and promote positive change will be launched from three distinct platforms.
Gabriel Dunne, and Tana Sprague (Lissom) will perform as part of the “THE NATURE OF THINGS” LIVE PERFORMANCE SERIES @ McNICHOLS.
This series is a program spotlighting forward thinking musicians and new media artists from across the Americas. Presenting over 30 artists within 11 showcases through out the month of July, the Live Performance Series spans a spectrum of ideas and genres within music, sound, and new media. Each showcase has a narrative of its own, with focused programming on week- end evenings. Intimate audiovisual experiences, playful and experimental folk shows, post- classical vanguards, and the hot and heavy dance floor of Latin America are a taste of what can be expected within this series at the McNichols building in Civic Center Park, as part of The Nature of Things exhibition.
“The Nature of Things” live performance series is curated by: Kate Lesta (Communikey), JT Root (Aeon Child) in collaboration with MUTEK Director Alain Mongeau.
Full live performance calendar
Full live performance program (pdf)
Other programs-
The Nature of Things Exhibition
Curated by: Paola Santoscoy
Curatorial Advisor: María del Carmen Carrión
The Nature of Things brings together the artworks and energies of twenty-four contemporary artists from North, South, and Central America. These artists and their works participate in exploring the four themes of the 2010 Biennial of the Americas: innovation, sustainability, community and the arts.
The current momentum behind these themes and the frequency in which they are addressed globally in different forums proves the need to expand the selection of artists in this exhibition beyond the sphere of visual arts and to include projects by artists, designers and architects. Through newly commissioned projects and a number of preexisting artworks, this exhibition is a convergence of cultural references, personal and political histories, and geographical contexts. This collection of artworks seeks to broaden the definition of innovation, sustainability, community and the arts and provide a space for interpretation and contemplation.
KidsPatch: Children’s Creativity Lab at the Biennial of the Americas
Curated by: Nana Radenkovic, Relja Bobic (RS) and Kate Lesta (USA), in collaboration with Pictoplasma (DE)
kidspatch@biennialoftheamericas.org
KidsPatch is an event series dedicated to new children’s creativity presented since 2008 at numerous events in Europe and the USA. Each program consists of a series of workshops for kids (ages 5-12), related to the fields of contemporary music, graphic art, performance and new media. It is a 100% participatory program that utilizes an intuitive, inventive and forward-thinking approach to children’s creative education within the context of arts and culture.
KidsPatch: Children’s Creativity Lab at the Biennial of the Americas, a specially commissioned program and the largest KidsPatch production so far, will involve a number of artists from both American continents into creative exchanges with the youngest population. Beside setting up a special kids zone within the McNichols Building which will be open daily, the focus of KidsPatch is on customized workshops running each weekend, to be rounded up by a final parade event on July 31st, taking the young participants and their creations outdoors, to the immediate surrounding of the main Biennial location, through a special performance.
For enrollment and complete program information:
KIDsPatch Calendar
KidsPatch Program & Application (pdf)
SPEAKER SERIES
“THE NATURE OF THINGS” @ MCNICHOLS
Curated by: Lauren Higgins
Led by an international group of established and emerging artists, leaders, innovators, and celebrated individuals, The Nature of Things – Speaker Series will explore the Western Hemisphere’s most pressing challenges and exciting innovations. Designed as an open platform for conversation and idea exchange, the series will provide a public forum for engaging with speakers, panels, and dialogue sessions, with topics ranging from ecology, art, technology and society, to culture, design, education and civic engagement. Please join us this July to lend your voice to a new era of ideas and possibilities for the future
of the Americas.
Featuring 60 speakers including Teddy Cruz, Michael Potts, Dr. Eugenio Netto, Nina Simons, Students of Escuela Tlatelolco, Marilyn Megenity, Clark Richert, and many more.
For complete program information:
Speaker Series Calendar
Speaker Series Program (pdf)
