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PERSONAL STRUCTURES Open Borders Palazzo Mora . Palazzo Bembo Giardini Marinaressa Colophon Contents © 2017 Texts by the authors © Unless otherwise mentioned, photos by the GAA Foundation Introduction 11 Irene Christensen 62 Jessica Fulford-Dobson 110 Reza Khatir 160 Paul Critchley 64 Andras Gal 112 Ellen Klijzing 162 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in Palazzo Mora 15 Anne Curry 66 Beatriz Gerenstein 114 Jeff Koons 166 a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, Marc Abele 16 Markus Daum 68 Valerie Ghoussaini 116 Joseph Kosuth 168 mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission of Marina Abramovic 18 Anja de Jong 70 Sarah Gold 118 Rostyslav Koterlin 172 the editor. Nobuyoshi Araki 20 herman de vries 72 Luis Gonzalez Palma 122 Renate Krammer 174 Graphic Design: Cren Design Sandra Baia 24 Giò di Busca 74 Julius Göthlin 124 Guillaume Krick 176 Josef Baier 26 Sophie Dickens 76 Torkil Gudnason 126 Jelena Kršić 178 Print: Grafica Veneta S.p.A., Italy Bruce Barber 28 John Doe 78 Laïna Hadengue 128 Gerard Kuijpers 180 Petra Barth 30 Silvia Dogliani 82 Tibor Hargitai 130 Peter Lajtai 182 Edited by: GAA Foundation i.c.w. European Cultural Centre mau harrison 132 www.gaafoundation.org Christine Bauer 32 Dolk,Thomas Pihl,Trine Lise Ivan Lardschneider 184 www.europeanculturalcentre.eu Heinz Baumann 34 Nedreaas 84 Per Hess 134 Philippe Leblanc 186 John J Bedoya 36 Nina Dotti 86 Bernhard Jordi 136 Valentina Loffredo 188 Published by: GAA Foundation HC BERG 38 Mark Dotzler 90 Ryohei Kamaga 138 Norma E. Lopez 190 Viel Bjerkeset Andersen 40 Mark Dziewulski 92 Caroline Kampfraath 140 Markus Lüpertz 192 ISBN: 978-90-826559-1-9 Annette Bonnier 42 Herbert Egger 94 Johannes Karman 142 Walter Markham 194 Carla A. Bordini Bellandi 44 Stefan Faas 96 Dirk Karsten 144 Marcello Martinez-Vega 196 Rodolphe Bouquillard 46 Wael Farran 98 Algis Kasparavičius 146 Kiran Master 200 Daniel Buren 50 Daniela Flörsheim 100 Jerzy ‘Jotka’ Kędziora 148 Philippe Mazaud 202 Burkut Kum 52 Lisa Folino 102 Simon Kennedy 150 Patricia McKenna 204 Eliezer John “EJ” Cabangon 54 Giacomo Fortunato 104 Anton Kerscher 152 Meadows 208 Cen Long 56 Anna Friemoth 106 Kiribati National Pavilion 154 Metaphora Personalem 210 Chu Chih-Kang 60 Ismael Frigerio 108 Helen Kirwan 158 Rita Minissi 212 Taisuke Mohri 214 Teo Chai Guan 298 Marieke Geerlings 352 Central America 384 Morten Lassen 470 Richard Humann 543 Anthony Moman 216 Angela Tiatia 300 Patricija Gilytė 353 Isabelle Belloi 388 Christy Lee Rogers 472 Beat Kuert 544 Francois Morellet 218 Miroslav Trubač 302 Joaquin Gómez 354 Heinrich Bobst 390 Jing Liang 476 Constantinos Sofikitis 545 Raffy Napay 220 Tsai Wei-Cheng 304 Lihuai He 355 Vita Buivid 392 Davor Ljubicic 480 Christiane Tureczek 546 Hermann Nitsch 224 Guy Van den Bulcke 306 Margit Hideg 356 Tatjana Busch 396 Andrea Matheisen 482 Reka Nyari 228 Mieke Van Grinsven 312 Qi Jiefei 357 Monika Casutt 400 Montserrat Mesalles 484 Giardini Marinaressa Yoko Ono 230 Kris Vervaeke 314 Ismet Jonuzi 358 Chen Ping 402 István Orosz 486 Carole A. Feuerman 550 Julian Opie 236 Lars Waldemar 316 Philipp Käppeli 359 Sarah Choo Jing 404 Harikleia Papapostolou 488 Paul Handley 556 Barbara Palomino 238 Beatrice Wanjiku 318 Anita Kontrec 360 Vietnam in Venice 406 Hongjung Park 490 Roland Höft 558 Se Yoon Park 240 Dörte Wehmeyer 320 Andrei Liankevich 361 Denis Defrancesco 410 Antoine Rose 492 Seychelles Pavilion 560 Daniel Pešta 242 Lawrence Weiner 322 Laura Makabresku 362 Christine Dixie 414 Peter J. Rosman 494 Chee Kiong Yeo 562 Francisca Prieto 246 Ariela Wertheimer 324 Denis Mikhaylov 363 Nina Dotti 418 Thomas Ruff 498 Ghassan Zard 564 Arnulf Rainer 248 Bernard Witsch 328 Marina Moreno 364 Hakan Esmer 422 Silvio Santini 500 Isabela Lleo Castells 566 Reko Rennie 254 Hans-Ruedi Wüthrich 330 Vicente Munoz 365 Johann Feilacher 424 Brigitte Jutta Schaider 502 Tobi Möhring 567 Rene Rietmeyer 258 Kim Yeongjea 332 Monika Nguyen 366 Juan Ford 426 Johannes Schramm 504 Harry Schaffer 568 Andreas Rimpel 262 Gayane Yerkanyan 334 Michael Pröpper 367 Jane Fulton Alt 430 Susan Seubert 506 Li-Jen Shih 569 Peter Riss 264 Yu Xuhong 336 Nicola Rae 368 Kimberley Gundle 432 Avner Sher 508 Andrew Rogers 266 Zhang Yanzi 338 Andreas Sagmeister 369 Anuar Haffendi 434 Li-Jen Shih 510 Curators 571 Carla Rump 270 Susanna Andreini 340 Aspa Savvidis 370 Xenia Hausner 436 Laura Shill & Joel Swanson 518 Max Scholz 272 Lluis Barba Cantos 341 Vitor Schietti 371 Sam Havadtoy 440 Jolanta Šmidtienė 522 Captions 577 Ulrich Schweiger 274 Francesca Beltran 342 Luke Schuetrumpf 372 Graham Hay 444 Brigitte Spiegeler 524 Jacqueline Seeber 276 Claudia Biehne 343 Eugen Schütz - KWAKU 373 Sibyl Heijnen 446 Suse Stoisser 526 Sponsors 585 Fiorenzo Senese 278 Antonio Bilotta 344 Robert Szittay 374 Camomile Hixon 448 Georgios Tzikas 528 Simhyang 282 Mauro Bonaventura 345 Joanna Vestey 375 Joeggu Hossmann 450 Günther Uecker 530 Laurel Smith 284 Riccardo Budini 346 Lydia Vitkovskaya 376 Jiang Heng 454 Tesfaye Urgessa 532 Vanessa Smith 286 Adriana Carambia 347 Paul Kelley 456 Apollonia Vanova 534 Paa Sohn 288 Jan Douma 348 Palazzo Bembo 379 Kim Wan 460 Cristian Voigt 536 samuel stubblefield 290 Lena Flodman 349 Masoud Akhavan 380 Frigyes Kőnig 464 Ty Waltinger 538 Kāryn Taylor 292 Anna Frants 350 Leonor Anthony 382 Olga Krokhicheva 466 Arthur Woods 540 Tbilisi State Academy of Arts 294 Jonas Gasiūnas 351 New voices from Latin and Hyun-Jin Kwak 468 Suly Bornstein-Wolff 542 Introduction Introduction At the start of this project in 2002, our goal was to establish an open aly, China, France, USA, Mexico and the Netherlands in our team that this platform for artists, architects, and creative people - individuals of all ages project was made possible. “Open Borders” is our statement of hope for a By the GAAF and ECC Team and nationalities as a way to investigate the most vital contemporary is- world where future generations have the chance to live their lives as free sues in our society in order to build a shared future. global citizens. Years have passed since the opening event of the European Cultural Centre and ever since then the world has witnessed an unprecedented number of people crossing borders - seeking better living conditions and in most cases «We, artists, creative entrepreneurs, researchers, philanthropists and even exhibitions and symposia worldwide and published books highlighting phil- escaping drastic poverty and war. Consequently, Europe and many countries a few bureaucrats, as a collective group, believe that there is a need for osophical themes in contemporary art and architecture. In particular the of the world have been facing deep social and cultural challenges. an emblematic space, giving existence to a centre dedicated to the culture Foundation has expanded the concepts of Time, Space, Existence, bringing of Europe. A space located in Venice, devoted to cultural exchanges, meet- artists and architects from various cultural backgrounds and of different Recognising this tendency of the world to divide rather than unite our ings, exhibitions, artistic projects, laboratory, with Europeans and others. ages together. As sincere as possible, the GAA Foundation presents in this awareness and experiences within and beyond this project have as a nat- It is our aim to cherish differences and strengthen our cultural commons» exhibition what can be seen as a modest cross section of European visual ural result the subtitle “open borders”. The drawing of borders is a psycho- art in dialogue with many non-European artists. logical and cultural phenomenon. For all of us it has a powerful symbolic The European Cultural Centre (ECC) is a place for reflection, interdiscipli- significance; Linking people’s identity, and their sense of belonging de- nary encounters and experimentation. Our aim is to go beyond our geo- “PERSONAL STRUCTURES: Open Borders” is an open forum for discussion pends on the drawing of imaginary borders. It is through culture that indi- graphical borders and stimulate international mobility through arts, cul- to take place on the different expressions of contemporary art that break viduals internalise the boundaries of what is acceptable, moral, common ture, science and research. The ECC reflects upon the dynamics of the away from any ideological, political and geographical barriers. or divergent. Although these distinctions can appear as arbitrary, we use European culture and how Europe is seen within and outside its borders. It them to give meaning and define our existence. Through these symbolic provides the conditions to invite artistic and creative practices in all fields - The exhibition showcases an extensive combination of established artists boundaries, people distinguish between the ‘self’ and the ‘other’ which visual art, architecture, performance, theatre, music, literature; presenting and artists whose work is less known. Their common ground is the artist’s expands to our sense of ‘us’ and ‘them’. projects that strongly interact with the city, participants and visitors from subjective, personal expression of his or her reflection on the concepts all over the world. Time, Space and Existence. The exhibition mainly presents recent artworks Today where words such as “culture” and “identity” play a vital role in by living artists especially made for this exhibition or coming directly out shaping our experience, the mission of the European Cultural Centre For hundreds of years, Venice has been a place for cultural exchange and of the collection of the artist. has become even more critical. By bringing together European cultures an important exporter of culture. Venice however was chosen as the seat and creating a dialogue with many other different cultures of the world, of the European Cultural Centre not only for its historical significance but In accordance with the objectives of the European Cultural Centre, this exhi- we hope to stimulate a more conscious thinking unto the wider public also for a number of specific features that make it an ideal venue for the bition features a broad variety of artistic media: paintings, sculptures, vide- about the fundamental concepts of Time, Space, Existence.