tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100475.post112768408109253680..comments2023-08-29T14:49:22.468+02:00Comments on SPEECH: Biennale de LyonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100475.post-1133245618851990562005-11-29T07:26:00.000+01:002005-11-29T07:26:00.000+01:00well said JB...well said JB...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14100475.post-1129671079427135152005-10-18T23:31:00.000+02:002005-10-18T23:31:00.000+02:00To respond to Charlotte: I'm not sure if Biennales...To respond to Charlotte: I'm not sure if Biennales are primarily supposed to offer novelty, but I agree that seeing the same folks over and over and over and over can wear a little thin. I wonder if these decisions are made because the curators are afraid to take risks and therefore defer to the authority of the curatorial decisions that have come before them; because they have some inside track on what is really current and relevant that I don't have and indeed it really is still, always, "Carsten Höller and Pierre Huyghe" etc., as you write (don't get me wrong -- I like Pierre Huyghe's work!); or if it boils down to something largely pragmatic, like shipping costs -- some artists and some media are cheaper than others! Or some combination of all this.<BR/>I remember years ago when the curators for Manifesta 2 came through Italy on a trip for several days to see what was happening -- to visit with curators and artists and gallerists. And after all their work, and all the presentations they saw, they selected one Italian... Maurizio Cattelan. Who they could have selected without getting out of bed, back in Luxembourg. (Again, don't get me wrong, etc.!).<BR/>Personally, I go to Biennales (when I go to Biennales, which is not often) mostly for the parties, where more interesting stuff can get done and get said (particularly get said) than in the shows. Perhaps the real fun stuff happens later, back at home, (and hooked up with some folks we met at parties) where we are not trying make such big, big statements. I mean, I don't know if I could ever make a pronouncement on what is "the experience of art." <BR/>- Jen BudneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com