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Santorini Biennale of Arts 2012

Researcher and Professor of Cultural Economics and Cultural Diplomacy Kikos Papadopulos has great pleasure in announcing the inaugural Santorini Biennale of Arts, taking place between July 1 and September 30 2012.
The Santorini Biennale of Arts aims to support the exchange of arts and experiences, while pursuing both a regional and international programme of cultural collaboration. Determined by a fundamental need to cultivate a spirit of research, experimentation and excellence, the Biennale will act as a catalyst for cultural growth.
“Nostalgia today is a form of reflection on the present, a way of taking a position on it…it’s a nostalgia not only for the past that was but for the one that could have been – in other words, a nostalgia for the future.”  – Viktor Misiano.
The 2012 theme, ‘The Past: Memory and Nostalgia,” will examine intrinsic experiences and social relationships, inspired by how humanity accumulates a catalogue of our personal fabric and how these collected manifestations shape the patterns of our lives.
The mission of the Biennale is to promote both emerging and established artists through a wide variety of disciplines; from Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Collage and Comics, through Paper, Painting, Glass, Sculpture and Ceramics, to Photography, Short Film, Video Art, Installation and Industrial Design. This initiative supports an infrastructure for a mélange of the arts through a didactic and experimental series of exhibits.
By means of an advanced framework of outreach activity, the Biennale seeks to cultivate the emerging spirit of the island, inviting all participants into an open dialogue concerning new ideas for social change.
The Curatorial Team
Dimitra Bratika and Michalis Vlavianos (Photography), Sara Falanga (Glass Art and Graphic Art), iLya (Comics), Rajesh Punj (Sculpture and Installation), Alexa Kusber (Industrial Design), Tracey Holt Walkden (Ceramics), Tomas Poblete (Collage), Paola Gentili (Paper), Nicky Peacock (Illustration), Simon Tarrant (Painting), Anneca York (Drawing) and Holly Bynoe (Video Art and Short Film).
The open call for artists submissions began March 12 and will end May 19. So far,  artists from Norway, India, Spain, Japan, the Caribbeans, Argentina, Bolivia and United Kingdom have already submitted their applications, confirming how art, in its transversality, represents the fil rouge of all cultures.
Therefore, art traces the paths of investigation, knowledge, interpretation of the past, the preciousness of the memory. The hands, the eyes and the minds of the artists will offer different works, throughout the whole event, from July 1 to September 30, that will guide visitors inside the past with present and future tools, like free interpreters of the world’s transformations.
More information on the applications and how to participate can be found on the Biennale website at http://www.santorinibiennale.gr

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