Y HELLENIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF CULTURE & SPORTS STATE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ORGANISATION – P RODUCTION Biennale Director STATE MUSEU M Syrago Tsiara OF CONTEMPORARY ART Head of Αdministrative Services - Project Management BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION Athina Ioannou President Curatorial Team Andreas Takis Yannis Bolis Vice President Angeliki Charistou Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock Domna Gounari Areti Leopoulou Secretary Giota Myrtsioti Thodoris Markoglou Eirini Papakonstantinou Members Evi Papavergou Alexandros Baltzis Katerina Paraskeva George Divaris Maria Tsantsanoglou Aliki Kostaki Syrago Tsiara Anastasios Nikakis Lois Papadopoulos Museographic Design George Tsakiris Anastasia Valavanidou Registrar - Artworks Conservator Director of SMCA Maria Tsantsanoglou Olga Fota Electrician - Lighting Supervisor Director of the Contemporary Art Kostas Kosmidis Center of Thessaloniki (CACT) Syrago Tsiara Public Relations - Communication Chrysa Zarkali Director of the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (ThMPh) Public Relations Support - Adaptation Hercules Papaioannou of Graphical Applications Cleo Gousiou Editions Kleoniki Christoforidou Educational Programs Evi Papavergou Katerina Paraskeva Secretary - Volunteering & Internship Program Christina Plevritou Accountants Department Dora Kaipi Areti Karavassili Maria Pournou SMCA Reception Georgia Lili State Museum of Contemporary Art CACT Reception 21 Kolokotroni St., Moni Lazariston Eleni Stergiou 564 30, Thessaloniki, Greece Cleaning T: (+30) 2310 589141 & 143 Thomay Katrana F: (+30) 2310 600123 Maria Vakou [email protected] Promotion Activities www.greekstatemuseum.com Butterfly Ltd Visual Communication Thomas Ginoudis www.thessalonikibiennale.gr facebook | instagram: Printing – Binding ThessalonikiBiennale Grafis Ltd #ImaginedHomes#Biennale6 #BiennaleSKG#SMCAThessaloniki #ThessalonikiBiennale © 2017 State Museum of Contemporary Art (SMCA) WITH THE COOPERATION, COLLABORATION & SUPPORT OF REGION OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA GREECE MUNICIPALITY OF THESSALONIKI EPHORATE OF ANTIQUITIES, MUNICIPALITY OF PAVLOS MELAS THESSALONIKI (MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORTS) CANAKKALE BIENNALE SERVICE OF MODERN MONUMENTS AND MOUNT ATHOS CENTER TECHNICAL WORKS OF CENTRAL MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF MACEDONIA (MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND CONTEMPORARY ART SPORTS) MUSEUM OF BYZANTINE CULTURE THESSALONIKI MUNICIPAL CENTER OF THESSALONIKI MUSEUM OF MUSIC AND DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGING AUTHORITY OF MONI TELOGLION FOUNDATION OF ART AUTh LAZARISTON GOETHE-INSTITUT THESSALONIKI THE ESTATE OF ANA MENDIETA IFA INSTITUT FÜR COLLECTION, LLC AUSLANDSBEZIEHUNGEN GALERIE LELONG & CO CONSULAT GENERAL DE FRANCE A THE ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTRE - THESSALONIQUE / INSTITUT FRANCAIS ATHENS DE THESSALONIQUE THESSALONIKI STATE SYMPHONY 52nd DIMITRIA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY OF STATE CONSERVATORY THESSALONIKI THESSALONIKI DEPARTMENT OF FILM STUDIES – FINE THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL ARTS SCHOOL AUTh THESSALONIKI CONCERT HALL THESSALONIKI HOTELS’ ASSOCIATION ORGANISATION THESSALONIKI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NATIONAL THEATRE OF NORTHERN AND INDUSTRY PARTNER WITH THE SUPPORT SUPPORTER OF THE ARTΙSTS’ RESIDENCY PROGRAM OFFICIAL AIR CARRIER SUPPORTER OF TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT MEDIA SPONSORS www.ert.gr ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ Imagined Homes The Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, first inaugurated in 2007, is organised by the Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art and has assumed the responsibility of bringing together Thes- saloniki's various artistic sectors while simultaneously providing a further international voice to Greece's artistic scene. Although tested by the current social conditions and the downsizing of available fi- nancial resources, the 6th Thessaloniki Biennale is to be executed using the Museum's own resources –its manpower and collaborative relationships– to take full advantage of the region's existing cultural capital, as well as the wealth of Thessaloniki’s architectural heritage. The core aspiration of the 6th Biennale is to cultivate a model of co-curation, to diffuse contemporary art throughout the city, and to utilise synergies in Greece and abroad. Home, as an imagined construct, constitutes the thematic core of the 6th Thessaloniki Biennale. The terms “hearth” (hestía) and “home”, here refer to notions not only of residence, but also of community and homeland, a place where one feels safe and ac- cepted, has one's roots, and develops the core of one's social and family relationships. Today, however, for much of the world the above notions are uncertain, with thousands of people obliged to leave their homelands for other, hopefully safer, places. These no- tions therefore exist only within the imaginary, as constructs, pro- jections and expectations. Taking today's increasing immigrant influx as its starting point, the 6th Thessaloniki Biennale focuses on the fluidity and continuous redefinition of the notion of “home”. The topics upon which the re- search and formation of the artistic, educational, and exhibition programs are based are therefore: the contemporary diaspora; iden- tities; the emerging feelings of familiarity; new practices of assim- ilation, acceptance, and co-existence that correspond to alternative understandings of gender, religion, family, and community in the widest sense possible. translation from Greek: Andrew Spyrou M A I N PROGRAM MAIN EXHIBITION 30.09.2017-14.01.2018 Mount Athos Center 109 Egnatias St. Mon & Wed 09:00-16:00, Tue-Thu-Fri 09:00-20:00 Sat 09:00-15:00 Sun closed Τ: (+30) 2310 263308, 2310 250648 Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki Warehouse Β1, Port of Thessaloniki Tue-Wed-Fri-Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00, Thu 10:00-22:00 Mon closed Τ: (+30) 2310 593270 State Museum of Contemporary Art 21 Kolokotroni St., Moni Lazariston Tue-Wed-Fri-Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00, Thu 10:00-22:00 Mon closed Τ: (+30) 2310 589141 & 143 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art 154 Egnatias St. (TIF-Helexpo) Thu 10:00-22:00, Fri 10:00-19:00, Sat 10:00-18:00 Sun 11:00-15:00, Mon-Tue-Wed closed T: (+30) 2310 240002 GENERAL ADMISSION SMCA: 3€ / CACT: 3€ / MMCA: 4€ / Mount Athos Center: free Admission free for certain groups with a valid ID, concessions and combined tickets. Information: www.thessalonikibiennale.gr MOUNT ATHOS CENTER Ascan Breuer 1 Natasa Biza Bo Choy Alessandra Eramo Chaja Hertog & Nir Nadler Peggy Kliafa Mikko Kuorinki Pavlos Nikolakopoulos Xenis Sachinis Deniz Sağdıç Ino Varvariti CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER OF THESSALONIKI 10 Halil Altindere Arushee Oreet Ashery Younes Baba-Ali Dora Belegrinou Natasa Biza Alkis Boutlis James Bridle Dionisis Christofilogiannis Kalle Hamm & Dzamil Kamanger Akis Karanos Mikko Kuorinki Andreas Lolis Oleg Mavrommati & Boryana Rossa Vladimir Miladinović Sherry Millner & Ernie Larsen Marina Naprushkina Kristian Nemeth Nefeli Papadimouli Kosmas Pavlidis Constantinos Taliotis The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland Giorgos Tserionis Stefanos Tsivopoulos Babis Venetopoulos The numbers next to the venues correspond to the map M A I N PROGRAM STATE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 11 Babis Alexiadis Oreet Ashery Sophie Dubosc Dimitris Fragakis Alicia Framis Gustav Klucis Panos Kompis Mikko Kuorinki El Lissitzky Kazimir Malevich Agnes Meyer-Brandis Eva Papamargariti Kostas Pappas Walter Solon Tatiana Stadnichenko Dimitris Tataris Andri Tsiouti, Michalis Charalambous, Giorgos Stylianou, Stefanos Papadas Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor Marian Wijnvoord Arseny Zhilyaev MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 12 Giorgos Alexandridis Einat Amir Eva Borner Myriam Chaieb Raffaella Crispino Ahmet Elhan Alexander Glandien Paolo Incarnato Reysi Kamhi Fotini Kariotaki Norayr Kasper Sharlene Khan Mikko Kuorinki Sotiris Lioukras Orly Maiberg Panos Mattheou Photini Papahatzi Martha Rosler Mark Salvatus Sermin Sherif Efi Spyrou Stefania Strouza Antigoni Tsagkaropoulou Loukas Venetoulias THESSALONIKI PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 13–21.10.2017 The Thessaloniki Performance Festival once again highlights the way in which we experience art through our own experience and in- teraction. The body in its purest, honest, selfless and extrovert way of expression explores territories where aesthetics and its varied manifestations, contemporary sociopolitical issues, human ethics, collective and personal conflicts, and the urgent need of artists for a direct and interventional dialogue find common terrain. Participating artists: Lanfranco Aceti, Maria Jose Arjona, Filippo Berta, Paraskevi Frasiola, Fuku Cosmonaut, Geopoetics group, E'himis Theou & Electra Angelopoulou, Julie Tolentino & Stosh Fila, VestAndPage Tribute: Ana Mendieta the full program on www.thessalonikibiennale.gr RESIDENCY P R O G R A M This is the first year that the Biennale launches an artists’ residency program. Eight artists chosen by the SMCA curators are being hosted in Thessaloniki with the support of collaborating institutions to produce works specifically to be included in the main exhibition of the 6th Thessaloniki Biennale. Participating artists: Oreet Ashery, Natasa Biza, Alessandra Eramo, Panos Mattheou, Marina Naprushkina, Dimitris Tataris, Marian Wijnvoord, Arseny Zhilyaev ÇANAKKALE BIENNALE The 6th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art collaborates with and hosts works of four artists from the Çanakkale Biennale. This is an artistic collaboration between the two neighboring Biennales that share common challenges along with contextual and conceptual parallels. M A I N PROGRAM EXHIBITIONS OF THE 5 MUSEUMS’ MOVEMENT IN THESSALONIKI 21.09–20.10.2017 LILA PAPOULA WALLS THAT WERE HIDING OUR FACES Teloglion Foundation of Art AUTh 159A Agiou Dimitriou St. Tue-Thu-Fri 10:00-14:00,