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RADIO // Venice Biennale
Venice 2011: Antonia Carver, Art Dubai
Hosted by Victoria Brooks
Originally aired 6/7/11

Victoria Brooks sits down with the director of Art Dubai Antonia Carver at Venice Biennale to talk about this year's United Arab Emirates Pavilion. Exhibiting Reem Al Ghaith, Lateefa bint Maktoum, Abdullah Al Saadi - three Emiratie artists from different generations and different aesthetic schools - Curator Vasif Kortun worked with the Istanbul architectural firm Superpool to create a unique pavilion space that allows the work to both interact and at the same time stand apart from one another through the pavilion's unique island design mimicking the Emirates themselves.

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Venice 2011: Anne Szefer Karlsen, Hordaland Art Centre
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Venice 2011: Music from the Secret Courtyard
Hosted by David Weinstein
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During the opening week of the 2011 Venice Biennale, Massimo Simonini (prepared theremin), Roberto Paci Dalo' (clarinets and processing), and David Weinstein (on laptop) performed a concert near San Marco at a reception sponsored by ARTonAIR.org.

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Originally aired 6/27/11
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Venice 2011: Jovana Skokic and Milica Zec, Montenegran Pavilion
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Curator Jovana Skokic and prominent filmmaker Milica Zec sit down with curator and ARTonAIR.org radio host Julia Draganovic to discuss Zec's newest short film, an ten-minute piece about Marina Abramovic's new art center in Montenegro.

Curator Jovana Skokic and prominent filmmaker Milica Zec (representing Montenegro) sit down with curator and ARTonAIR.org radio host Julia Draganovic to discuss Zec's newest short film, an ten-minute piece about Marina Abramovic's new art center in...

Originally aired 6/20/11
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Venice 2011: Alexandre Arrechea, Cuban Pavilion
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Cuban artist Alexandre Arrechea was invited to the 2011 Biennale to exhibit his work, The City That Stopped Dancing, an architecturally inspired piece featuring skyscrapers built on spinning tops. He speaks with Julia Draganovic at the pavilion.

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Originally aired 6/20/11
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Venice 2011: Mike Stubbs, FACT
Hosted by Julia Draganovic
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Curator and host Julia Draganovic meets with Mike Stubbs, director of the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, during the 2011 Secret Courtyard radio project in Venice. Stubbs offers his curatorial perspective on the Biennale and beyond.

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Originally aired 6/20/11
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Venice 2011: Santa Nastro, Art Tribune
Hosted by Zefrey Throwell
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Santa Nastro, an Italian art critic working at the 2011 Venice Bienalle for both the Art Tribune and the Festival of Contemporary Art, speaks with artist and Zefrey Throwell about the role of the Biennale in Venice and her favorite pavillions.

Santa Nastro, an Italian art critic working at the 2011 Venice Bienalle for both the Art Tribune and the Festival of Contemporary Art, speaks with artist and ARTonAIR.org roving correspondent Zefrey Throwell about the role of the Biennale in Venice...

Originally aired 6/20/11
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Venice 2011: Niklas Goldbach & Victor Norman, The Berliner View
Hosted by Zefrey Throwell
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Artist and correspondent Zefrey Throwell sits down with two leading figures in Berlin's art world, video artist Niklas Goldbach and curator Victor Norman to discuss which works at this year's Biennale were the strongest and which weren't even close.

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Originally aired 6/20/11
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Venice 2011: Lev Evzovitch and Evgeny Svyatsky, AES+F
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Artist Zefrey Throwell speaks with two artists from the Russian group AES+F, Lev Evzovitch and Evgeny Svyatsky, who are enjoying their third Biennale in Venice and have a video collaboration with Garage Projects called Commercial Break.

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Originally aired 6/20/11
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Venice 2011: Sally Tallant and Tamsin Dillon, The Londoner View
Hosted by Victoria Brooks
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Sally Tallant, the head of programs for the Serpentine Gallery, and Tamsin Dillon, head of London's Art on the Underground, sit down with curator and correspondent Victoria Brooks in Venice to discuss the "Best of" the 2011 Biennale.

Sally Tallant, the head of programs for the Serpentine Gallery, and Tamsin Dillon, head of London's Art on the Underground sit down with independent curator (theislandarts.org) and correspondent Victoria Brooks in Venice to discuss the "Best of" the...

Originally aired 6/20/11
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