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Roma Pavilion closes, over 20,000 visitors
Paradise Lost, the First Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art was closed on November 16. More
Roma Pavilion International Award for Young Curators and Art Critics goes to…
Tijana Stepanovic, Hungary for her essay entitled Fat Barbie, Tattoo and Rules of Spelling. The submitted applications were reviewed by an international jury of five made up of Barnabas Bencsik, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Annie Fletcher, Marina Grzinic and Beral Madra. More
Roma Pavilion presented in London
Time of the Gypsies? was an evening of art, debate and music in London’s ‘Frontline Club’, marking Paradise Lost - The First Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. More
… and in Rome
Over 200 students and professors packed the amphitheater at the Department of Art of the University Sapienza in Rome on November 26 to see presentations of the Virtual Biennale by ArteFacta and the First Roma Pavilion. More
Travelers exhibition opens in Galerie Steinle in Munich
Three artists presented in Paradise Lost-The First Roma Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art are featured in an exhibition which will be open in Munich until the end of January. More
Virtual Roma Pavilion available online
Those who could not travel to Venice this summer can still visit the Biennale online, thanks to the ArteFacta project. One of the exhibitions featured in this free-of-charge multimedia tour on the Internet is Paradise Lost. Ten out of more then 360 short movies featured on this website are about the First Roma Pavilion. More
Who visited the Roma Pavilion?
With over 20,000 guests, Paradise Lost was one of the most visited exhibits at the 52nd Biennale. Among the visitors were numerous museum curators, gallerists, collectors, art lovers, representatives of media, civil society, academia, educational institutions and government. More
From the Book of Visitors: L’arte Rom: una gradita sorpresa
Hundreds of guests signed the Book of Visitors. Besides expressing their gratitude and congratulations to the artists, pavilion curators and managers, they often confessed that the Pavilion “opened their eyes” and helped them to discover a world that they knew nothing about before. More
Events in and around the Pavilion
A number of connecting events were organized at and around the exhibition Paradise Lost. They included literary readings, debates about Roma identity and art, concerts of Gypsy music and presentations of the Pavilion in London and Rome. These events, as much as the exhibition, brought Roma art and Roma people closer to the visitors of the Biennale, one of the most prestigious cultural events in the world, and to the art lovers in Rome and London who could not visit Venice this summer. The full list of event is available here.
Damian Draghici: Love us as you love our music and art
Nebojsa Radic talks to the Romanian panflute virtuoso
Venice-Bucharest, November 2007 -- “We are you, and you are us - we are the same. We can be hurt the same, we cry the same. We are just called Roma. Love us as you love our music and art. Just look inside your heart before you make a judgment and statement: remember that one God made us all.” This is the message Damian Draghici, the great Romanian prodigy sends to the world a few days after his performance in Venice. More
Serbian Rock‘n‘Roma in Venice
Venice, November 2007 -- Cultural Cont@mination 2007- Si Rom Festival, a co-production by The First Roma Pavilion and the Cultural Councilor of the City of Venice, will close with a concert of the Serbian Gypsy band Kal on November 15. More
Roma-Kunst exhibition in Munich
Munich, November 2007 -- Three of the artists presented in Paradise Lost-The First Roma Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art will be featured in an exhibition in Munich later this month. More
Roma Pavilion to be presented in London
London-Venice, November 10, 2007 – Time of the Gypsies? will be an evening of art, debate and music, to mark Paradise Lost - The First Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. More
Travellers Welcome? Gypsies Welcome?
Re-thinking media images of the Roma, Europe’s largest minority
London, November 10, 2007 -- A panel on portrayal of Roma in the media will be held in the Frontline Club in London on November 16. More
Roma Pavilion Award for Young Critics
In October this year the Roma Pavilion announced the Award for Young Curators and Art Critics. Applications received by November 30 will be reviewed by Barnabas Bencsik, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Annie Fletcher, Beral Madra and Marina Grzinic. More
Romanian Roma tunes rock Venice
Venice, October 20, 2007 -- Over 250 guests in a packed Teatro del Parco, a theater/concert hall popular among the residents of Venice-Mestre, enjoyed the music of the Romanian Gypsy band Damian and Brothers on October 19. More
Network of Roma university centers established
Venice-Budapest, October 17, 2007 -- Over 40 representatives of academia, civil society and government took part in the seminar Embracing the future: Identity, culture and artistic expression in education of Roma children organized by the Roma Education Fund and The First Roma Pavilion.
The seminar focused on the ways that culture and artistic expression can be used in the education of Roma children as to build a positive cultural identity. A European network of Roma university centers was established at the meeting.
Event-announcing press release
Seminar report
Paradise: Lost or Under Construction?
Venice,
October 2007 -- Watch video footage and read interventions delivered on September 17 at the round table Paradise: Lost or Under Construction? at the Roma Pavilion. Katia Anguelova, Daniel Baker, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Annie Fletcher, Timea Junghaus, Guido Tintori and Gottfried Wagner discussed trans-nationalism in society and art, and art’s response to mixed belonging, temporary rootedness and cultural diversity. More
Chachipe photography contest announces winners
Budapest, October 1, 2007 -- International Jury announced the winners of Chachipe, the Roma Decade Photography Contest. The four winners will visit The First Roma Pavilion in Venice in November this year. More
Announcement: Roma Pavilion Award for Young Critics
Roma Pavilion announces the Award for Young Curators and Art Critics. Applications received by November 30 will be reviewed by Barnabas Bencsik, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Annie Fletcher, Beral Madra and Marina Grzinic. More
Queen of Gypsy Music performs in Venice
Venice,
September 16, 2007 -- After performing on September 15 in Venice, Esma Redzepova, “The Queen of Gipsy Music”, talks to the Roma Pavilion News: “Roma are peace-loving people. They have never been in war, and have never occupied anyone. Roma are cosmopolitan nation.” More
Si Rom festival opens in Venice
Venice-Budapest, September 2007 -- The First Roma Pavilion and the Cultural Councilor of the City of Venice partnered to organize a festival of Roma Culture in Venice this autumn. The festival Cultural Cont@mination 2007 will feature concerts, fashion shows, literary events and discussions. More
Roma Pavilion Artist in Residence Program
Kiba Lumberg, Daniel Baker and Andras Kallai will reside in October in an apartment adjacent to The First Roma Pavilion, and meet the Pavilion visitors, artists, curators and citizens of Venice. More
Kiba Lumberg in Venice
Venice, October 2007 -- Kiba Lumberg started the Artist in Residence project with a film and literary event in Venice. More
Roma fashion show
Venice, September 2007 -- The First Roma collection prêt-a-porter, autumn-winter 2007 presented in Venice-Mestre on September 16. More
The Roma Pavilion International Award for Young Curators and Art Critics
Budapest, September 24, 2007 -- The Roma Pavilion announces International Award for Young Curators and Art Critics. Theme: Paradise Lost - The First Roma Pavilion. More
Festival of Gypsy Culture in Venice
Venice-Budapest, September 2007 -- City of Venice partners with the Roma Pavilion to organize a number of concerts, literary events and a fashion show in Venice this autumn. More
Paradise: Lost or Under Construction?
Venice-Brussels, September 2007 -- Roundtable discussion on transnationalism in society and art will be held on September 17 in Paradise Lost-The First Roma Pavilion. Among the participants of this event co-organized by the European Cultural Foundation and the Roma Pavilion will be Katia Anguelova, Daniel Baker, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Annie Fletcher, Timea Junghaus, Guido Tintori and Angela Serino (moderator). More
No Roma!
Venice-Budapest, August 2007 -- An installation with racist anti-Roma films is placed in the Roma Pavilion during the 64th International Venice Film Festival, between August 29 and September 8. The work of OSA Archivum shows disgraceful and inhuman uses of film in promoting hatred and discrimination, and presents the context in which the art exhibited in Paradise Lost is created. More
The First Roma Pavilion Opens at Venice Biennale: a Return of the Paradise Lost
Venice, June 2007 -- The First Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale opened on June 7, 2007 with the premiere of the exhibition Paradise Lost. More
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