The jam-packed schedule for October kicks off with Creative Day at the Lounging Space (1 October), where creative agents in the areas of architecture, sound design, light design, advertising, music, film and multimedia will present, perform, show-off.
EXD Creative Days will happen every Thursday thereafter (with the last one on 5 November 09)
The film series commences this week at Cinemateca (complete schedule available on the Cinemateca website)
2 OCTOBER - 21:30
Casting a Glance, James Benning, 2007, 80mins
Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson, 1970, 32mins
Brittanica, John Latham, 1971, 6mins
Images: EVOLUTION PRODUCTIONS_JOSÉ DANTAS
Open Talks Day 1 with Filipe Homem Fonseca, Talk Host, Nuno Artur Silva and Pedro Gadanho
Lisbon Conference Venue - Teatro Camoes
Lisbon Conferences 1: Alejandro Aravena
Lisbon Conferences with Julien de Smedt
Launch of the Jardim de Santos Special Project
Lounging Space Opening Party
Lounging Space party
Ikea Exhibition in the Lounging Space: Challenging Elitist Design - 6 collections through time 1995-2009
Yummy treats at the Ikea Exhibition Opening at the Lounging Space
Cultura Intensiva Parallel Event - top Floor of Lounging Space
Day 2 of Open Talks at Mercado Santa Clara with Nathan Reddy, Nkhensani Nkosi, Ravi Naidoo and Gaby de Abreu
Lisbon Conference - Emily King and Emily Campbell interview Peter Saville
Capacity audience at Day 2 of Lisbon Conference
Opening of Quick Quick Slow exhibition at the Museu Colecçao Berardo on 10 September
Quick Quick Slow exhibition curated by Emily King
EXD'09 Party hosted by the famous Lisbon nightclub LUX
LUX Party - Dirty Sound System and Pilooski played until the wee hours of Friday morning
Open Talks 3 with Host Paola Antonelli and guests Kevin Slavin, Oron Catts and Neri Oxman
Open Talks 3 Agent Provocateurs Luca Ballarini and Robert Stadler seated with EXD Director Guta Moura Guedes
Ideo boffs, Dario Buzzini and Leif Huff presenting at the Lisbon Conference Day 3
Michael Young regaling audiences at Lisbon Conference Day 3
EXD Director, Guta Moura Guedes with guests Stefano Casciani and Maria Cristina Didero
Timeless Exhibition opening at the Museu do Oriente
Open Talks venue, Mercado Santa Clara on Saturday - the day of Feira de Ladra
Alice Rawsthorn Open Talk with guests Joseph Grima, Ben Fry and Lindy Roy
Lisbon Conference - the final day saw Konstantin Grcic presenting about time and design production
Action for Age conference with Guta Moura Guedes (EXD), Emily Campbell (RSA) and Isabel Mota (Fundaçao Calouse Gulbenkian)
Action for Age Conference
Participants of the Special Project - Efeito D at the opening on Saturday, 12 September
Efeito D - Portuguese and International work on display at Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian
Dinner at Convent do Carmo
Special dinner hosted by the Mayor of Lisbon especially for EXD'09 guests
Opening of Lapse in Time Exhibition at Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes
JU87-G STUKA by Katharina Wahl and KANTIG by Katrin Sonnleitner, at the Lapse in Time exhibition
THE FLOATING LIGHT PROJECT by Eric Klarenbeek in collaboration with Escola Superior de Danca (Lapse in Time)
Exhibition visitors engaged with the OPEN SOURCE AMATEUR DIAGRAM by Jerszy Seymour at the Lapse in Time exhibition opening
Opening of Pace of Design Exhibition at Antigo Picadeiro do Colegio dos Nobres - Museus da Politecnica
EXD'09 Opening Week Party
EXD'09 Team
EXD’09 presents Time Sequences -
18 & 19, 25 & 27 September at Museu Electricidade at 22:00
Idea and Text by Nuno Artur Silva
with Images and real-time drawing by Antonio Jorge Gonçalves
Music and Soundtrack - Armando Teixeira
Performances by Marco de Almeida, Sandra Celas and Rui Morrison
Visitors to EXD’09 are free to lounge at Palacio Braancamp, Patio do Tijolo, 25 for the duration of the Biennale.
Get information, tour the city on a Galp Energia bicycle, peruse the Parallel Events, buy a book, eat, drink and be merry!
See the Lounging Space programme for further information.
Images courtesy of Zahira Asmal.
Opening Week has just concluded… visitors and veterans bore tired faces but were full of smiles and creative energy. It isn’t all over yet. Exhibitions and Parallel Events are still on until November. Visit the EXD’09 website for the full Biennale programme.
Images courtesy of Zahira Asmal.
Liliana Albertazzi from Intramuros with Day 1 Conference speaker Alejandro Aravena at Palacio da Mitra
First day of the Lisbon Conferences at Teatro Camoes
Alejandro Aravena presenting at the Lisbon Conference
Paola Antonelli interviewed by TV3 Catalunya
Tour of the Portuguese Pavilion organised by Ordem dos Arquitectos
Ikea Exhibition at the Lounging Space - Challenging elitest design: 6 Collections through time 1995 - 2009
World 2.0 Open Talk with the South African contingent - Ravi Naidoo, Nathan Reddy, Gaby de Abreu and Nkhensani Nkosi
Press Chat with Peter Saville at the Lounging Space
Curator, Emily King at the Press Preview of Quick Quick Slow at the CCB
A very well attended Press Preview of Quick Quick Slow. Obrigada CCB
Nathan Reddy and Aditya Dev Sood at the Lux Party
World 2.0 partying at Lux on Thursday night
EXD'09 guests navigating through the Biennale
Lux Party
Timeless India at the exhibition Opening
Timeless South Africa - Spaza chair
Timeless India
Timeless India
Euronews filming Susana Soares at the Press Preview of the Lapse in Time exhibition
Susana Soares preparing her project "Am I attractive?" for the Lapse in Time exhibition
Bellissimo's experimental Parallel Event - Cromotime
Bellissimo's Luca Ballarini with Lisbon Conference speaker Michael Horsham of Tomato at Cromotime
Cromotime
Pace of Design exhibition participants Haldane Martin (left) and Aditya Dev Sood at lunch at Palacio da Mitra
Open Talk host, Alice Rawsthorn interviewed by Euronews
Konstantin Grcic presenting at Lisbon Conference Day 4
Opening of Special Project Efeito D
Designer products at Efeito D at the Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian
Convento do Carmo - the spectacular venue for the EXD'09 dinner with the Mayor of Lisbon
Guests from India and Australia at the EXD'09 dinner
Open Talk 5 with Delfim Sardo, Max Bruinsma (Items), Anniina Koivu (Abitare) and Walter Bettens (Damn Magazine)
Ed Annink with Hans Maier-Aichen at the last Open Talk at Mercado Santa Clara
Luanda: Anatomy of Speed debate with Guta Moura Guedes, Fernando Alvim and Jose Octavio Serra van Dunem at the Lounging Space
Super Pecha Kucha at Museu Electricidade
Maxim Velcovsky at Pecha Kucha on Sunday night
Lisbon Conferences sold out for Opening Week.
Saturday - the last day of the conference features Konstantin Grcic and Giulio Cappellini
Starting at 3pm at Teatro Camoes.
A biennial’s theme tends to be sufficiently vague to accommodate some latitude of interpretation. It’s not supposed to be taken too seriously, just an opening line to move the conversation along. This year’s theme – “It’s About Time” – puts forward time as a subject, meaning perhaps the relationship between design and time-based media, or maybe suggesting a reflection about history. However, the expression also suggests an undertone of impatience, of haste, of an achievement that has come too late.
EXD’09 BIENNALE starts today with an Opening Week schedule to exhaust endurance runners… be a part of the talks, presentations, debates, films, interviews, projections, exhibitions, openings, launches and many many parties.
These fun creative sessions will close the Opening Week at 7:30pm. SUPER PECHA KUCHA NIGHT LISBON features a stalwart cast of rock star designers so join the EXD’09 team at Museu da Electricidade on Sunday.
LINE-UP:
- Aditya Dev Sood
- Clemens Weisshaar
- Nacho Carbonell
- Eric Klarenbeek
- Studio Glithero
- Susana Soares
- David Reinfurt
BREAK
- James Auger & Jimmy Loizeau
- Eva Engelbert
- Maxim Velcovsky
- Jerszy Seymour
- Jason Miller
- Jurgen Bey
- Ian Anderson
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Lisbon Conference sales have reached the half way mark. Be quick and book your seat to see ALEJANDRO, JULIEN, PETER, MICHAEL HORSHAM, MICHAEL YOUNG, DARIO, LEIF, KONSTANTIN AND GIULIO.
€7 each day or €20 for a 4-day pass.
Lisbon’s super club - LUX Fragil is the venue for the EXD’09 Party on Thursday night - 1o September. The line up is sure to get your booty on the dance floor.
LINE UP
Pilooski
For the 5th edition there will be 60 Parallel Events - over the Biennale programme. Taking place all over Lisbon, creative projects are taking over the city. Everyone’s joined in - from well established designers to up and coming first timers.
While the team is busy installing the Quick Quick Slow exhibition - we thought an introduction to the exhibition venue may be of interest to EXD’09 visitors - especially those from out of town.
One of the most highly regarded private contemporary art collections in Europe today, the Berardo Collection Museum is named after its founder, Portuguese businessman Joe Berardo. The Museum opened in 2006 and displays selections of its 862 works of art, in a rotation between the several themes that compose the collection. It occupies the exhibition centre of Centro Cultural de Belém.
Located in a symbolic area of the city, Centro Cultural de Belém was designed by the Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti in collaboration with the Portuguese architect Manuel Salgado and was built to house the Portuguese presidency of the European Union in 1992. Open to the public since 1993, the CCB is now a vast cultural centre with a seasonal programme of performing arts’ shows, lectures and educational activities. It features several facilities and is located in an architecture compound doted with gardens, lakes and immense public areas.
Simultaneous translations of the Conferences and Open Talks are available for all the PT locals.
Visitors to the Lounging Space in Palacio Braankamp will find their favourite magazines available on sale at the A+A Livraria Bookstore. Oh - the Editors will be there too - find them at the bar enjoying a drink on the terrace overlooking lovely Lisboa.
d(x)i is for FREE
designboom publications - seoul design essence, crystal vision, premio vico magistretti, a door to paradise
EXD has arranged to have trained tour guides available to visitors to all the Biennale exhibitions.
Here’s whats on offer -
• Visits and hands-on activities for youngsters
• Creative workshops on weekends for families
• Workshops and special tours for high school and university students
• Themed group discussions
• Bespoke itineraries and guided tours of the exhibitions by experts for adult audiences
Reservations
T. +351 915 080 587
E. edu@experimentadesign.pt
Guided tours and play-visits: 2€ p/person, all age groups
Creative workshops: 3€ to 10€ p/person
Maki and Kajsa from Åbäke working at the Museum Oriente for the UK participation of the Timeless exhibition. Photographs courtesy of Production Manager, Pedro Sadio.
VENUE info:
Under the judicial protection of Fundação Oriente, the Museu do Oriente opened to the public in 2008, their mission being to bear witness to the Portuguese presence in Asia during five centuries, as well as other Asian cultures. The museum features two permanent exhibitions and several temporary exhibitions, performing arts’ shows, workshops, conferences and guided tours. The Museum is located in the Pedro Álvares Cabral building, a port construction from the beginning of the 40’s, used for the storage of salted cod fish. The rehabilitation project was undertaken by the architects João Luís Carrilho da Graça and Rui Francisco, which tried to cross the architectonical identity of the building and its new use. The museological project was designed by Carrilho da Graça and Nuno Gusmão (P-06 atelier). The building has a main body and two lower wings. The construction stands out due to the almost lack of windows owed to its initial function as a warehouse for perishable goods. The North façade, enriched with bas-relief executed by the sculptor Barata Feyo, contributes to make the Museu do Oriente one of the most representative buildings in Alcantara.
With only a week to go.. things are hotting up here at the EXD HQ as well as the venues of all EXD Exhibitions. In the Build Up Series - you will see the progression of each Exhibition. Here is Lapse in Time. Photographs courtesy of Production Manager - Celia Costa.
VENUE info:
The Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes (SNBA) was founded in 1901 with the goal of promoting the development of the arts and of national artists. Designed from scratch for the SNBA, the centenary headquarters’ building is a privileged space for artistic venues, one of the main guidelines of the SNBA’s mission. In 1965 the SNBA established the first Design course in Portugal. At the headquarters, alongside the teaching of artistic subjects, the Sociedade has also held several activities: exhibitions, lectures, conferences and the educational encouragement through art. It integrates a specialised library for researchers and students, which comprises a catalogue archive dated from the end of the 19th century and includes editions of the SNBA. These cover varied genres such as watercolor, photography (the first exhibitions in Portugal were organised by SNBA), as well as caricature and humoristic drawing.
