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Welcome to the third issue of the newsletter of Paradise Lost-The First Roma Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale.
Published monthly, this newsletter covers the exhibition Paradise Lost, as well as the connecting events related to the Roma Pavilion.
The newsletter is distributed via email - please see the instructions for subscribing/unsubscribing at the bottom of this page.
IN FOCUS
Paradise: Lost or Under Construction?
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
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
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
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
Kiba Lumberg started the Artist in Residence project with a film and literary event in Venice. More
Roma fashion show
The First Roma collection prêt-a-porter, autumn-winter 2007 presented in Venice-Mestre on September 16. More
VIDEO
Round table Paradise-Lost or under Construction?
PHOTOGRAPHY
Chachipe contest
Esma Redzepova in Venice, September 15, 2007
WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT THE ROMA PAVILION
The visitors, art critics, media continue to praise The First Roma Pavilion: while for many, Roma art is ”una gradita sorpresa”, others reflect on the importance of the Roma Pavilion for challenging the Venice Biennale’s concept of national pavilions, or on the importance of building bridges among the nations in a new Europe. More
MEDIA ABOUT THE FIRST ROMA PAVILION
Leading international media about the Pavilion – read and listen to the media coverage, published or broadcasted since the opening of the Pavilion. More
ESSAY
Second Site
By Thomas Acton, Professor of Romani Studies in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Greenwich, UK. More
THE PAVILION DIARY
Who visited the Pavilion during the last month? Numbers, names, and testimonies from the Book of Visitors. More
QUOTES OF THE MONTH
“Roma are peace-loving people. They have never been in war and have never occupied anyone. Roma are cosmopolitan nation.”
-- Esma Redzepova, musician from Macedonia,
in an interview to the Roma Pavilion News
“I think that better understanding of Roma culture in the present has the same importance as the understanding of Central and East European peoples’ cultures had at the beginning of the XX century.”
-- Tünde Erika Pálosi, one of the Chachipe contest winners,
in an interview to the Roma Pavilion News.
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