"Dialogs of manifestos" begin

The educational program of the Biennale of Modern Art “Manifesto 10” will open “Dialogues of Manifesto”. They will be held at different sites of St. Petersburg from November 2013 to June 2014.

The program will be attended by curators, critics, theorists of contemporary art, artists - participants in Biennale, as well as a team of the international Manifesta Foundation.

The first dialogue will take place on Friday, November 15 . Director of the Manifesta International Fund Hedwig Feyen and an independent curator, producer, member of the Manifesta International Manifesta board, Paul Domel will conduct an open discussion about why the Manifesto came to Petersburg, how she would work with the city and Hermitage, and what she expects from the anniversary issue.
Moderator: Elena Kolovskaya, director of the Arte Foundation, Director of the North-Western Branch of the State Center for Contemporary Art
Venue: Foundation "About Arte", Peter and Paul Fortress
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On November 28 , a lecture of the curator, editor -in -chief of the Art Journal, founder and first editor -in -chief of the international publication on the theory and practice of the curator of Manifesta Journal , the chairman of the Manifesta International Manifesta Foundation Viktor Misiano “8 arguments in favor of Biennale and 8 1/2 against” was appointed.
Venue: Smolny Faculty of Free Arts and Sciences
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On December 3, the Commissioner “Manifesto 10”, head of the modern art sector of the State Hermitage Dmitry Ozerkov will ask the curator “Manifesto 10” Cashper Koeniga questions about the exhibition strategy of the Biennale, which he is preparing for the Hermitage.
Venue: lecturer of the main headquarters of the Hermitage
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On December 4, the director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky will present. "Project of the Year of Culture: Biennale" Manifesto 10 "."
Participants: Vasily Pankratov (head of the Petersburg Culture Committee), Hedwig Feyen and Dmitry Ozerkov.
Venue: lecturer of the main headquarters of the Hermitage
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