TINA B. 2010 – Contemporary Art Festival

TINA B. 2010 – Contemporary Art Festival

7–24 October 2010 Prague

Main Festival Programme

7–9 October 2010

Press release

(issued 13 September 2010)

Mysterious TINA B., the festival’s charming patroness and lover of contemporary art, will be appearing in Prague in October for the fifth year in a row to introduce almost a hundred artists from around the world.

Let yourself be dazzled by her charisma and enticed into viewing the hottest works of art today...

From October 7 to 24 Prague will host the fifth annual TINA B. Contemporary Art Festival, which showcases works from the field of new media, light art, video art, performance, and other areas. This year again TINA B. will take visitors to various venues to view her exhibitions – to the cellar gallery in Nostic Palace, the Czech Centre Prague, the Jerusalem Synagogue, Vernon Projekt, the new Jób Gallery in Žižkov, and other venues. Alongside the exhibitions that can be viewed over the course of three weeks, an accompanying programme has also been prepared, full of discussions, events in the public space, and social evenings, running from 7 to 9 October. The exact programme is attached below.

There will be no shortage of interesting people at the festival. The exhibitions and curatorial projects have been prepared by selected curators from abroad: Blanca de la Torre /ESP/, Daniele Capra /IT/, Ola Grzonkowska /PL/, Anna Monichi /IT/, Serena Baccaglini /IT/, Lalin Akalan /TU/, Nina Colosi /IT/ and TINA B. herself.

The guiding theme of last year’s exhibitions was NEW ERA. The new era in contemporary art was described and charted, and now we are looking into the future. What kind of role does the contemporary artist play today? Could the artist be instrumental in shedding new light on the problems of the society in the 21st century or even provide some solutions to them?

TINA B. 2010 is adopting an active stance towards art with this year’s theme: SOLUTIONS AND EVOLUTION.

After the Prague shows TINA B. is heading to Venice, where from 5 to 21 November 2010 she will be exhibiting art as part of the Architecture Biennale at Fondazione Buziol on Canal Grande and at the Church of St Leonardo.

The mysterious patroness of the festival, TINA B., will again show you that contemporary art is something worthwhile. You can already get involved in the festival activities and follow TINA B. on Facebook.

OPEN: 7 October – 24 October. Tues, wed, fri – sun 12 – 18, thurs 14 – 20

note: Nostic Palace is open only until 18.00!

TINA B. Festival venues:

Nostic Palace – Maltézské náměstí, Prague 1

Czech Centre Prague – Rytířská 31, Prague 1

Jerusalem Synagogue – Jeruzalémská 7, Prague 1

Vernon Projekt – Heřmanova 12, Prague 7

Jób Gallery – Milíčova 8, Prague 3, Žižkov

M.odla - Antonínská 6, Prague 7 / Michal Pallas - Michalská 27, Prague 1 / Vernon Gallery – Janovského 23, Prague 7 / The New Stage of the National Theatre – Národní 4, Prague 1 / Academy of Fine Arts – U akademie 4, Prague 7

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

5.10. (Tuesday)

18:30 - Voices of the World - Marco di Piazza (IT) – Mahlerovy sady, next to the Žižkov tower, Exhibition pre-opening

6. 10. (Wednesday)

18:00 – Social and Political Structure of Fantasy - Daniel González (Argentina) - Vernon Projekt - Exhibition pre-opening

7. 10. (Thursday)

11:00 – Press conference – Czech Centre Prague

13:00 - 14:00 - Pinkameleon - Franco Huller - Ovocný Trh - perfomance

14:30 Orit Ishay & Katharina Lackner - Jerusalem synagogue, Pre - opening

18:00 – Twins - Daniela Deutelbaum - m.odla - Exhibition pre-opening

19:00 – Solutions & Evolution  - Nostic Palace - Main pre-opening event

PERFORMANCES:

‘The Nature of a Red Dot’ – Dovrat Meron, ‘Journal-De-Boörd’ by Vic Kirilove, A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE at Hotel Mandarin – SUITEnovus by VestAndPage

MUSIC:

MUSICA MECHANICA – Pavel Havrda, BOOT_audiovisual by Daniel Hanzlík and Pavel Mrkus

22:00 - Fatty Lumpkin (CZ/CAN/UK) + special guest, klub Bunkr, Parukářka, www.parukarka.eu, concert

8. 10. (Friday)

11:00 – 13:00 – A meeting with the artists and curators of the TINA B. Festival – Academy of Fine Arts

13:30– ‘SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL’ - Vernon Gallery – exhibition + coffee break

18:00 – TINA B. ON THE ROAD, Czech Centre Prague, Pre-opening,

Live music: Alasdair Bouch + performace: Trio Space Dogs

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19:00 – 22:00 MOBINALE – parking, Special project, More info: www.tina-b.eu

9. 10. (Saturday)

15:00 – Spectator is a worker - JÓB Gallery - A TOUR of Jób Gallery in Žižkov with the Italian curators – Daniele Capra, Serena Baccaglini, Anna Monichi and Monika Burian

16:00 – 20:00 MOBINALE – parking, Special project, More info: www.tina-b.eu

20:00 – 22:00 – VIP TINA B. PARTY, party for invited – Michal Pallas

LIVE MUSIC: IBY and Chipsy Empire

PERFORMANCE

‘Push Me’ by Barbara Rosenthal, ‘Journal-De-Boörd’ by Vic Kirilove, Speak That I Can See You – VestAndPage

22:00 – ??? TINA B. DANCES (big party for all artlovers) – Michal Pallas

MUSIC: Fatty Lumpkin (CZ/CAN/UK), DJ Mexim, performances: Only for this day, Puškin/Talacko & MatyᚠChochola, Push Me - Barbara Rosenthal, Journal-De-Boörd - Vic Kirilove + installation: Lucifer - Valderon (TomᚠVavříček, Pavel Čejka) - Admission Free

Meeting point of TINA B. Festival: Hard Rock Cafe Prague

Malé náměstí 3, The Old Town, Prague 1, www.hardrock.com/prague

- with the ticket from the TINA B. festival - one complimentary drink for free and other special offers

For more informations contact:

Markéta Faustová/PR

+420 773 915 501, marketafaustova@seznam.cz