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SPEECH MATTERS – The Danish Pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia

Osloo
A Public Place in Venice By FOS
Osloo is a floating pavilion comprising
a Bar, a Daily Event Programme and a Radio Station

31 May – 1 July 2011


Island of San Servolo, Venice, next to the vaperetto stop
Open Daily 2 pm – 10 pm

As a truly public space, Osloo is located outside the designated space of the Danish Pavilion in the Giar-
dini, and is instead located within the urban fabric of the city of Venice, docked at the island of San Servolo.
Osloo is an architectonic structure and a social space that comes to life through a range of events and audi-
ence encounters. The programme on Osloo aims to break traditional borders between disciplines and ex-
plores the possibility of exchanging information in a public space through an aesthetic framework.
International artists, musicians and poets will perform alongside researchers, politicians, art historians, and
other public figures in order to create a set of alternative social situations and exchanges. Osloo is a remak-
ing of the pavilion Oslo from 1999, which was the first work that put FOS’ artistic concept of 'Social Design'
into physical form. Osloo is closely aligned to the tradition of relational aesthetics, but takes its starting point
in the socio-political context of contemporary society.
On Osloo each night of events is programmed in relation to both the title of the evening and the overall
theme of Osloo, which is ‘Language’. Throughout its duration more events will be added to the programme
and every day Osloo provides the setting for improvised activities and informal social interaction. For four–
and–a–half weeks this regular programme of free public events will function as an accessible space for the citi-
zens of Venice and tourists as well as Biennale visitors. The bar Osloo is open every day from 2 pm to 10 pm.

Location of Osloo
Osloo, San Servolo, Venice, next to
the vaporetto stop San Marco
A
31 May – 1 July, 2011
San Zaccaria
Public Transport
Vaporetto
Vaporetto line 20 departs from
20
Riva degli Schiavoni, San Marco and
San Zaccaria stops. The boat ride takes
approximately 10 mins. Giardini
Danish
Pavilion

Osloo Event Programme


For a full programme of events see:
www.osloo.dk (updated daily) and
www.danish-pavilion.org
For a daily update on current events call
+39 3421291543

Osloo B
San Servolo

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SPEECH MATTERS – The Danish Pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia

Venice Biennale Opening Days Throughout June: 5 June – 1 July


31 May – 4 June 2011 Amongst others: Awesome Tapes from Africa
(USA) aka. Brian Shimkovitz, tape cassette DJ set
• 31 May: Kick–off (6-10pm) with sounds from Africa; Reading by Cia Rinne
Rastafari H.C. Andersen (speech) (Sweden, poet); Collecting identities: I stay there-
Concert by Hype Williams (Great Britain) fore I am by La Collezione di Carrozzeria Margot
DJ FOS (Italy, gallery and artist collective), mimesis of a
film production in 12 acts wherein the audience
• 1 June: One Language Traveler (6-10pm) is involved in various ways; reading by Etel Ad-
Lars Bang Larsen (Denmark, art critic) on Hélio nan (Lebanon/USA, visual artist and poet); Enrico
Oiticica (lecture) Malatesta (Italy, artist and musician) performance
M ichalis Pichler (Germany/Greece) sings Der on drums; Revolution of the Mind, discussion with
Einzige und sein Eigentum (performance); Fari Bradley (London-based broadcaster and multi-
Tuomas Toivonen (Finland) performs One disciplinary artist) and Georges Rabbath (Leba-
Language Traveler (music) non, curator); Gamers in Exile (Italy) progressive
electronica concert; Jooklo duo troglosound (Italy)
• 2 June: A Collection of Centers (11am-11pm) free jazz concert; Lucky Dragons (US, collaborative
11.00 am-1.00 pm (guest lecture): What are the music group) 12 hours video and sound perform-
components needed to create a good platform ance; The Danish experimental record company
for intercultural dialogue and art? A round table ESCHO invites Thulebasen (Denmark, avantgarde
discussion organized by Tijana Miškovi (Denmark/ band); Trentemøller (Denmark, electronica DJ)
Former Yugoslavia, art producer and curator), Tine moist electro of the first degree.
Bundgaard (Denmark, artistic director and curator For a full programme of events see: www.osloo.
SAIR), Michelle Eistrup (Denmark/Jamaica, visual dk (updated daily), and www.danish-pavilion.
artist and curator), Georges. H. Rabbath (Leba- org. For a daily update on current events call +39
non, curator) and Sithabile Mlotshwa (Zimbabwe/ 3421291543 .
Holland, Director of Thamgadi Foundation).
4pm-10 pm: Henrik Plenge Jacobsen (Denmark, Recurring events at Osloo
visual artist) performs Eierstock (performance) Translation: A Series of Double Translations :
From Processology to Neo-Relationalism - chaos Language is a system of references and each lan-
to consensus (panel debate on Neo-Relations) by guage has its own. A number of subjects and their
Gallery D.O.R: Kristian Øverland Dahl, Steinar Haga translations through different languages will be
Kristensen and Sverre Gullesen (Belgium/Norway) presented and discussed.
(performance) Mix Tape: 30 different musicians and art-
DJ Fari Bradley (London-based Lebanese DJ, ists are invited to make a mix tape: Mix Tape will
broadcaster and multi-disciplinary artist) represent and express music as a unifying force:
we unify Italia through the radio Grotta Nuova at
• Friday 3 June: A Financial Erotic Act (7-10 pm) Osloo.
The sex life of snails by David Salomon (Den- One Language Traveler: For One Language
mark/France, visual artist) (lecture) Traveler different musicians have been asked to
Father Murphy (Italy) (concert) make ‘music for the now’ on Osloo – and more spe-
Dorit Chrysler (Austria) performs The Theremin cifically to create a “film score” around the ‘now’.
(concert)
Jesper Just (Denmark, visual artist) performs A
Financial Erotic Act (performance)

• Saturday 4 June: Frontière et le Territoire (3-10 pm)


Rio Bravo (Denmark) has put together the pro-
gramme for the day. They have invited:
Model court (Great Britain, artist group) (perform-
ance)
A police band from Venice (Italy) (concert)
DJ STRA (Italy) Fusion Arabic (DJ set)
POF! Champagne (Italy), Fundance electronic
concert (concert)

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2 E: stroem@kunst.dk
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