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1st Singapore Biennale
4 September - 12 November 2006

Singapore / 2006

Overview of dates and facts

Date:

4 September - 12 November 2006
Vernissage days: 1 - 3 September
>> see the program

 

Theme:

Belief
About the Biennale and the theme, see:
- Interview with Lee Suan Hiang, CEO National Arts Council, Chairman of the SB 2006 Steering Committee
- Interview with Low Kee Hong, general manager
- Interview with Fumio Nanjo, artistic director
- Introduction

 

Artistic Director:

Fumio Nanjo
Japan, Biography
>> Interview

 

Curatorial team:

Roger McDonald
Japan, Biography

Eugene Tan
Singapore, Biography

Sharmini Pereira
Sri Lanka/Great Britain, Biography

 

Participants:

95 artists and groups
List of participants, including direct access to the works

 

Venues:

16 exhibition venues
Museums, for art until now not used venues, religious sites, public space, etc.

The exhibition venues in the context of the city:
>> Singapore City Tour

 

Events:

>> see the program of events

Encounters
In preparation of the Biennale, series of meetings, events, press conferences and other gatherings of the Biennale team with art specialists, representants of the media, the interested public, etc.

The Biennale Complex
Symposium of organizers and curators of Biennials. Organized by: ifa (Germany), AICA Singapore, Universes in Universe, ICA Lasalle-SIA.

 

Organizer:

National Arts Council (NAC)

in partnership with
National Heritage Board (NHB)

 

Contact:

Low Kee Hong
General Manager, Singapore Biennale

Singapore Biennale Secretariat
The Adelphi
1 Coleman Street #05-06
Singapore 179803

Tel.: (+65) 6837 9270
Fax: (+65) 6837 3654

Email: info@singaporebiennale.org

 

Website:

www.singaporebiennale.org

 

Press releases:

Newsroom, website of the Biennale

 

Travel bookings:

Singapore Biennale 2006
and other Asian Biennales during this time.
>> Partner agency

 

 

Special exhibitions:

Telah Terbit (Out Now)
South East Asian Art Practices During the 1970s
Singapore Art Museum
Curator: Ahmad Mashadi

VivoCity
Public Art Project
Curator: Fumio Nanjo

 

 

Parallel exhibitions:

The Second Dance Song
New Contemporaries
Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts
Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Curator: June Yap

 

 

 

Note
This overview has been compiled from information that we received from the organizers. We do not assume responsibility regarding the correctness of this information. See the Disclaimer.
Gerhard Haupt and Pat Binder, Universes in Universe

 

Singapore / 2006