The 4th ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photographic Art, Berlin, 9 February - 16 March 2008.
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The 4th ARS BALTICA Triennial of Photographic Art Don’t Worry – Be Curious! can be seen in NGBK in Berlin from 9 February until 16 March 2008.
It presents photographs, videos and installations by 20 artists from the countries bordering the Baltic Sea, works that address the problems and fears resulting from upheavals in present-day society. Don’t Worry – Be Curious! comprises not only an exhibition, but also a conference; lectures accompanying the venues, and an artist-in-residence program for some of the artists who will develop new works in the participating countries.
Artists Petra Bauer (SE), Anna Baumgart (PL), Bodil Furu (NO), Olga Chernysheva (RU), Colonel and Khaled D. Ramadan (DK), Kaspars Goba (LV), Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen and Tellervo Kalleinen (FI), Kristina Inciuraite (LT), Sven Johne (DE), Talleiv Taro Manum (NO), Tanja Nellemann Poulsen (DK), Anu Pennanen (FI), J&K (DE/DK), Katrin Tees (EE), Alexander Vaindorf (SE), Arturas Valiauga (LT), Julita Wójcik (PL)
Curators Dorothee Bienert, Kati Kivinen, Enrico Lunghi
Venues: Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Oranienstr. 25, 10999 Berlin,
Projektraum 1 des Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin,
Opening hours: daily 12 - 6.30 p.m.
Finissage: Sunday, 16.03.2008 at NGBK
4 pm Guided tour with Dorothee Bienert (curator)
6 pm How Do You Say „Friendship“? Case Study of the Word’s Meaning – The Tallinn Project 2004-2007 Film screening and discussion with Anu Pennanen (artist)
The venue in Berlin is organized by the NGBK project group for traveling exhibitions (Stéphane Bauer, Farida Heuck, Katharina Hohmann, Katja Jedermann, Simon Marschke, Antje Weitzel), financed by the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin, the Danish Arts Council and the embassies of Latvia, Norway and Sweden.
An exhibition catalogue is available by Revolver Books.
Past venues:
Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland: 12.10.2007 - 20.01.2008
Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany: 31.03.-28.5.2007
KUMU – Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia: 10.08- 30.09.2007
Read more about the project here.