Biennial of young artists from Europe & Mediterranean :: 25 Oct - 4 Nov 2007, Alexandria, Egypt
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The 13th Edition of the Biennial of young artist from Europe and the Mediterranean will be held in Alexandria (Egypt). Entries are invited from artists in many arts disciplines from participating countries.
It will be organized by the Bjcem, the Governatorate of Alexandria, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Alex Med Research Center of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Atelier d'Alexandrie, under the patronage of the Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures.
This is the first time that this event will be held outside Europe, in the South of the Mediterranean: this is an important sign of real and concrete cooperation, where the intercultural dialogue is in the centre of everyone's commitment.
The theme for the XIII Edition of The Biennial 2007 is: "Our Creative Diversity: kairos " (Greek word pronounced keeros, meaning fit time, opportunity, a point in time where change is possible).
The Biennial arrives in Alexandria at its 13th edition, from 1985 on it passed from Barcelona (1985/1987), to Thessaloniki (1986), Bologna (1988), Marseille (1990), Valencia (1992), Lisbon (1994), Turin (1997), Rome (1999), Sarajevo (2001), Athens (2003), Naples (2005).
Artistic Fields:
* Opening up for Visual Arts
* Feeling (emotion and sympathy) for Applied Arts
* Confronting change for Cinema and video
* Seeing (awakening and awareness) for Shows
* Communication (reaching out) for Literature and Poetry
* Hearing (tuning in) for Music
* Tasting and smelling (experience) for Gastronomy
Artists may apply who are from:
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA, CYPRUS, CROATIA, EGYPT, FYROM, GREECE, ITALY, JORDAN, SAN MARINO, SLOVENIA, TURKEY, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, KOSOVO, MALTA, SERBIA, ISRAEL, PALESTINE, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, ESTONIA, GERMANY, HUNGARY, IRELAND, LITHUANIA, POLAND, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, TUNISIA, UNITED KINGDOM (only ENGLAND - East Midlands, BULGARIA, DENMARK, LATVIA, LEBANON, LIBYA, LUXEMBOURG, MOROCCO, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWEY, CZECH REPUBLIC, ROMANIA, SYRIA, SLOVAKIA, SWEDEN
In FINLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN and PORTUGAL the selection process is already made.
For more info see the website of BJCEM.
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