Event: 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia Project: „I miss my enemies.“ Date: 4th June – 27th November 2011

The Palaces of the Russian Museum’s Restoration Fund Curatorial Agency

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The Palaces of the Russian Museum‘s Restoration Fund

The Palaces of the Russian Museum’s Restoration Fund represents artists from St Petersburg (Russia), a city which is famous all over the world for its cultural heritage, as well as for its exclusive innovative and progressive projects in the field of modern art: Ha-Shult’s War and Peace project on Palace Square, Brian Ino’s project – the Marble Palace of the Russian Museum, Without the Wall project (Eastern Europe after the fall of Berlin Wall - photos and video art) and many others.

The Foundation, which was established in 1991, is a charity organization, one of the major tasks of which is to develop and popularize modern art. During its activities since 1990, the Foundation contributed to carrying out of about 60 exhibitions of modern art, some of which were international ones. One of the projects, Self-identification was presented in Germany, Norway, Denmark, Poland, and of course Russia.

Famous Russian artists such as Sergey Bugaev (Africa), Georgy Guryanov were the participants of our art projects, as well as some other Russian artists. Besides, the Foundation acquainted the inhabitants of St Petersburg with the masterpieces of American, German, Italian and other artists.

Together with Victoria - the art of being contemporary (former Victoria Art Foundation), we have presented the exhibition „The Storm and the Harbour“ at the Venice Art Biennal of 2007 with a outstanding success in terms of public and press appeal.

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ART APART

The Art Apart Curatorial Agency invents, creates and organizes contemporary art events and exhibitions on an international scale for a number of foundations, banks and other structures connected to the world of contemporary art. We also conduct research for private clients to enhance their collections of contemporary art.

The Partners we seek are interested in increasing their popularity and prestige through promotion in and of the world of art, generating a higher level of image, to leave a lasting impression of the brand on a specific, elite audience.

Oxana Maleeva

has worked as a curator on an international scale for ten years. Besides other projects, she curated „The storm and the harbour“ at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and has already participated twice at the Moscow Biennale, in 2005, with „Beyond the ego“, and in 2007 with „1:1“. Her more recent project, developed together with Art Apart, has been the project „Club21. Remaking the Scene.“ during the London Frieze Art Fair 2010 in Partnership with Mudam Luxembourg and Victoria – the art of being contemporary Foundation.

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Concept

„I MISS MY ENEMIES“

(and maybe they miss me) Wikileaks, with its more than 1.2 million documents, is shaking the whole world, releasing confidential and secret information about the relationships between nations, banks, politicians, the hidden side effects of ongoing wars. This may be the beginning of a new era of change. Relations among countries will not be the same for a long time.

Every nation is frightened by these disclosures, and surely this will provoke some amount of damage in diplomatic relations. “I miss my enemies” approaches a very timely subject: the problematic relationships among nations, their individual foreign policies and the contrasts among different, perhaps incompatible cultural heritages.

What remains, today, of what we thought were obsolete ideological conflicts? Have things really changed?

What is happening now? What do we think of Russia, or China? And what are they thinking, regarding the USA, or Iran? The exhibition captures images from an international relationship that contain and convey what was, what is and what, perhaps, will be.

Instead of pointing fingers of blame, the exhibition wants to show, through the eyes of international contemporary artists, how enmity can switch to friendship and back. Phrases like “the people you love to hate” point to our fascination with the adversary, the mystique of the propagandized enemy. The show documents how expressions, feelings and emotions are in a state of constant change and development. Openly declaring a state of enmity can be the first step toward mutual understanding. In the ongoing historical relationship between art and worldly power, tensions and contrasts have often led to strikingly effective results.

The exhibition will also include moments of true verbal debate between adversaries on different sides of cultural barricades. The artists will be asked to concentrate on the imaginary enemy figures of their childhood, or to make works on real, purported or imagined enemies of the present.

Curated by Oxana Maleeva

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Participating artists:

   Jota Castro Evgeniy Yufit Roberto Cuoghi     Marc Vincent Kalinka Babi Badalov Bert Theis Adrian Paci

Cast in progress

Sound advisor, composer Steve Piccolo 5

JOTA CASTRO

6 KARIGMA, 2010 – Installation made by solar panels

EVGENIY YUFIT

7 LONG LIVER, 1997 – Photograph

ROBERTO CUOGHI

8 PAPYRUSSY, 2010 – Sound installation

MARC VINCENT KALINKA

9 CONSEQUENCES, 2010 – Print on a 25m long roll

BABI BADALOV

10 SCHIZOPOETRY, 2007, mixed media RUN FROM BOREDOM – mixed media

STEVE PICCOLO

11 REHEARSAL – Sound installation

BERT THEIS

12 SOME HYPOTHESES (Isolartcenters)" , 2010 – Photo series

ADRIAN PACI

13 NOBODY IS ROMANTIC ANYMORE, 2010 – Video

Declare your enemies & make art happen

 www.imissmyenemies.com

is a virtual collateral-art-project  It will be an open platform where users can see the progress of „I miss my enemies. “ (creation, planning, setting, VIP-opening, etc.)  Users can upload texts, images and videos concerning the topic „enemies“ (--> declare your enemies) and also post ideas and proposals for overcoming conflicts  Through this contribution, the users supply an artist (chosen by the curator Oxana Maleeva) with artistic „raw material“, which he will process into a piece of art, which will be exposed at the „mother“. (--> make art happen) 14

Target group

Socio-demographic characteristics

 People between 20 – 70 years of age  High buying power

Psychologic characteristic

 Educated and sophisticated  Career-oriented and ambitious  Cosmopolitan, open-minded and unconventional

Consumer characteristics

 Regular use of the Internet for information and shopping  High levels of frequent consumption, service-oriented  Not bargain hunters, but people in search of special things

Behavioral characteristics

 Extroverted, sociable  Accustomed to luxury, Lifestyle-oriented  Receptive to status and prestige

Summary

 People interested in art, with high income, important international art collectors, opinion leaders from the worlds of business, culture and media. 15

Partnership Packages

Multi-Partner-Package

Participate at a series of exclusive, international and very important art events in the world. Your company will be present in several countries - through a perfectly customized package - and take a stand in the world of culture, politics and economy.

Main Partner

Play a leading role in the promotion and support of an outstanding art event. Introduce your company at this important art event and take advantage of the exclusive conditions offered for a main Partner.

Partner

A customized package to present your company in the most favorable way during an unforgettable, world-renowned art event with an important history in the world of culture and the art economy.

Supplier

Be a part of this experience, supplying the exhibition with your equipment, services and know-how. 16

Main Partner: Benefits

 A representative of the partner can make a short speech during the VIP-Opening, describing the importance of the company and its efforts to support the world of art.

 Name and logo of partner in the exhibition catalogue „I miss my enemies. And maybe they miss me“.

 Name of partner on all electronic or print publications, street and facade banners, internal banners, colophon and other settings.  Detailed description of partner on the event homepage (with link to partner‘s page) www.imissmyenemies.com

 Possibility of distribution of exclusive complimentary items.

 Ideal possibility of Networking and active client acquisition.

 Positioning on the international market.

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Partner: Benefits

 Name and logo of partner in the exhibition catalogue „I miss my enemies. And maybe they miss me.

 Name of partner on all electronic or print publications, street and facade banners, inner banners, colophon and other locations.  Detailed description of partner on the event homepage (with link to partner‘s page) www.imissmyenemies.com

 Possibility of distribution of exclusive complimentary items during the VIP opening.

 Ideal possibility of Networking and active client acquisition.  Positioning on the international market.

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Supplier: Benefits

 Name and Logo in the exhibition-catalogue „I miss my enemies. And maybe they miss me.

 Nomination of the partner in all publications (print/online), facades and banners.

 Listing of the Partner on the Eventhomepage: www.imissmyenemies.com

 Possibility of sampling and giveaways during the VIP-Opening  Ideal possibility of Networking und active client-aquisation  Positioning on the international market 19

Estimated production budget

The estimated total cost of the project is € 200.000 and is divided into various categories:

Last project: „Club21 – remaking the scene“, during London Frieze Art Fair 2010.

In partnership with Victoria – the art of being contemporary Foundation and Mudam Luxembourg

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Contact

ART APART

Curatorial Agency

Oxana Maleeva Tel. +39 3395791720 / +41 76 320 16 09 [email protected]

www.artapart.org

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