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XYZ: CURATE!

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XYZ: CURATE! | Organized by ΑΚΤΟ | Duration: 20 hours, Spring 2010 | Information & Registrations on the AKTO website

XYZ are repeating last year's successful series of seminars on curating, in AKTO college of art and design. The seminars cover a range of material on contemporary curating.

2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN | 15th June – 4th October 2009 | Palaio Faliro Beach, Athens | Curators: Dimitris Papaioannou & Zafos Xagoraris, Chus Martínez, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Nadja Argyropoulou, Christopher Marinos, Diana Baldon | Artistic directors: XYZ | Exhibition design: Andreas Angelidakis

The 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN is designed as a multi-faceted contemporary art event, comprising of several exhibitions, actions, music and theatre performances, film screenings, symposia, etc, with the participation of more than 100 international artists. The exhibitions and events of the biennale will unfold along the coastline of Palaio Faliro, at a short distance from the city centre, the public beach called “Eden”, in various buildings and public spaces.

Artistic directors XYZ, have invited an eclectic group of curators to contemplate the subject of Heaven.

XYZ at the 2nd Art Business Conference

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2nd Art Business Conference | Wednesday May 27th 2009 | King George Palace Hotel, Athens

XYZ will be making a presentation at the 2nd Art Business Conference. XYZ will focus on issues of fundraising and financing large scale contemporary art exhibitions, particularly in relation to private vs public funding, and the way contemporary art is perceived in the context of the art market.

Please find more info (in Greek) on the conference, as well as the detailed programme, at Athens Art Business Conferences.

The Age of Biennials

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Museum of Cycladic Art | The Age of Biennials | Six Lectures, April 28th - June 2nd 2009, every Tuesday 18:00-20:00 | More information & registrations on the Cycladic Museum Website

XYZ are giving a series of six lectures, at the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, on the "Biennial Phenomenon". Starting with their own experience as founders of the Athens Biennale, XYZ will explore the history of Biennales, issues of cultural politics and city development, while offering a backstage glance at the preparation of a biennale.

Goldfish Suddenly Dead

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GOLDFISH SUDDENLY DEAD | April 3rd – May 3rd 2009 | Opening April 2nd 2009 |Extra City Centre for Contemporary Art, Antwerp

XYZ present the group exhibition Goldfish Suddenly Dead, at Extra City Centre for Contemporary Art, Antwerp. The exhibition includes works by Dirk Braeckman, T.S. Eliot, Jan Fabre, Boris Groys, Vassilis Karouk, Mark Manders, Poka-Yio, Lucas Samaras, Gregor Schneider, Vello Vinn, and Eva Vretzaki.

XYZ: CURATE!

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XYZ: CURATE! | Organized by ΑΚΤΟ | Duration: 20 hours, February 26th - April 9th 2009 | Information & Registrations on the AKTO website

XYZ are giving a series of seminars on curating, in AKTO college of art and design. The seminars cover a range of material on contemporary curating, while also offering the opportunity to participants to consider the practical aspects of the profession, focusing on the preparations for the 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN.

JOHN BOCK | A Lecture & Film Retrospective

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JOHN BOCK | A Lecture & Film Retrospective | A Lecture on a city bus: 29.10.08, at 12.00, 13.30, 15.00, 16.30, Reservations: 210 52 32 222 & xyz(at)xyzprojects(dot)org | Film Retrospective: 30.10 – 05.11.08, MIKROKOSMOS cinema, Screenings daily at 21.00 & 23.00, except Monday 03.11 at 17.00 & 19.00 (For a detailed screenings program click here.)

XYZ are proud to present A Lecture by John Bock.

Destroy Athens

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1st Athens Biennale 2007 | DESTROY ATHENS | 10th September - 18th November | ”Technopolis” of the City of Athens

Destroy Athens tells a story. A story about ruptures and dead-ends, which emerges from a completely empirical observation: we, each one of us, the subject of every action and every conscience is built through the eyes of others. What is important is that it is not being constructed by others – it is all an internal affair: the subject builds its own self, but its building material is the perception of others. And this fact is the precondition of any recognition, collectivity, connection, participation, sense of community.