The Minister of Culture Mr. GEORGE A. VOULGARAKIS, the president mr. GEORGE V. TSARAS the Board of Trustees and the Director of the State Museum of Contemporary Art mrs. MARIA TSANTSANOGLOU cordially invite you to the opening of the 1ST THESSALONIKI BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART on Monday MAY 21ST AT 20:00 in Warehouse C, Thessaloniki Port Area.

A RECEPTION AND A CONCERT BY THE “CLADESTINOS” GROUP WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE OPENING

PROGRAMME OF OPENINGS

MONDAY MAY 21

PORT, WAREHOUSE B1 & WAREHOUSE C 20:00
EXHIBITION “HETEROTOPIAS: DI/VISIONS: HERE AND ELSEWHERE” CURATED BY CATHERINE DAVID

PORT, WAREHOUSE C 20:00
EXHIBITION “HETEROTOPIAS: BEHOLDERS OF OTHER PLACES” CURATED BY MARIA TSANTSANOGLOU

PORT, CONTAINER: “FARKADONA PROJECT” 20:00

OPEN AIR CONCERT: “CLADESTINOS” GROUP 21:00

TUERSDAY MAY 22

TELOGLIO FOUNDATION OF ARTS 19:00
EXHIBITION “HETEROTOPIAS: THE SOCIETY MUST BE DEFENDED” CURATED BY JAN-ERIK LUNDSTRÖM
PERFORMANCE BY BARTHÉLÉMY TOGUO, “BITTER DESTINY”

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF THESSALONIKI 20:30
EXHIBITION “INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF YOUNG ARTISTS” CURATED BY SYRAGO TSIARA AND ARETI LEOPOULOU

MUSEUM OF BYZANTINE CULTURE 21:30
EXHIBITION “HETEROTOPIAS: MEETING POINT”
CURATED BY CATHERINE DAVID, JAN-ERIK LUNDSTRÖM, MARIA TSANTSANOGLOU

THE EXHIBITIONS WILL BE INAUGURATED BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE mr. CHRISTOS ZACHOPOULOS

WEDNESDAY MAY 23

PORT, WAREHOUSE C-SEMINAR ROOM 11:00 – 15:00
ROUND TABLE-MEETING “CONTEMPORARY ART BIENNALE: DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL”
COORDINATOR: KATERINA MAVROMICHALI

BAZAAR HAMAM 19:00
INSTALLATION BY RICHARD WHITLOCK IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXHIBITION “BEHOLDERS OF OTHER PLACES”

PRINTMAKING CENTRE “HELIOS”, MUNICIPALITY OF NEAPOLI 20:30
EXHIBITION “HETEROTYPIAS-HETEROTYPIES”
CURATED BY XENIS SACHINIS

THURSDAY MAY 24

YENI TZAMI 19:30
EXHIBITION “HETEROTOPIAS: DI/VISIONS: HERE AND ELSEWHERE” CURATED BY CATHERINE DAVID

S.M.C.A., MONI LAZARISTON 21:00
EXHIBITION “HETEROTOPIAS: DI/VISIONS: HERE AND ELSEWHERE” CURATED BY CATHERINE DAVID
EXHIBITION “HETEROTOPIAS: BEHOLDERS OF OTHER PLACES” CURATED BY MARIA TSANTSANOGLOU

THE EXHIBITIONS WILL BE INAUGURATED BY THE MINISTER OF MACEDONIA AND THRACE Mr. GEORGE KALANTZIS

FRIDAY MAY 25

PORT, WAREHOUSE C
OPEN AIR INSTALLATION OF THE WORK “SAW” BY ANDREI FILIPPOV

ALATZA IMARET, EXHIBITION “RECREATION-‘MAID’ IN GREECE” 20:00
CURATED BY THALEA STEFANIDOU

MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 21:00
EXHIBITION “WHO IS THERE?”
CURATED BY DENIS ZACHAROPOULOS

THE EXHIBITIONS WILL BE INAUGURATED BY THE MAYOR OF THESSALONIKI Mr. VASSILIOS PAPAGEORGOPOULOS