The Fear Society – Pabellón De La Urgencia

A PROJECT BY
THE REGION OF MURCIA
Collateral event of the
53rd International Art Exhibition –
La Biennale di Venezia
4 June – 4 October 2009

Curated by Jota Castro

Artists invited: Tania Bruguera, Fernando Bryce, Jota Castro, Martin Dammann, Regina José Galindo, Rainer Ganahl, goldiechiari, Hans Haacke, Alfredo Jaar, Jesus Martinez Oliva, Jesus Segura, Ann-Sofi Sidén

Regina José Galindo
Confesión
2007
performance, Caja Blanca, Palma de Mallorca
Photo: Julian Stallabrass
Courtesy prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan/Lucca
Press preview and opening
THURSDAY 4 JUNE, 2009 AT 4 PM
Arsenale Novissimo, Tese di San Cristoforo, Tesa 92, Venice

Exhibition
4 JUNE – 4 OCTOBER 2009
Opening hours:
from 4 to 7 June, open 10 am to 8 pm
from 8 June to 4 October, open from 10 am to 6 pm
Closed on Tuesdays

TANIA BRUGUERA PRESENTS AUTOSABOTAGE 5 JUNE – 15PM

Murcia Cultural of the Autonomous Community of Murcia Region, presents, with the occasion of the 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, an international group show of artists who work or have worked on the theme of fear.

The world has changed in the last six months. Many of our convictions have collapsed, and we get hit by a new reality everyday. One thing can be sure: our society is governed by fear. Fear is an emotional response to threats and danger. The capacity to fear is part of human nature but the experience of fear is affected by historical and cultural influences.

What do people fear most? Change, the other, financial chaos, spiders, death, terrorist attacks, unemployment, being a failure, immigration, being alone, the future…

The fundamental idea of this project is to show an art that could mirror the frightening times we are living in.

The Fear Society – Pabellón de la Urgencia is a project by the Region of Murcia, venue of the 8th edition of Manifesta – European Contemporary Art Biennial, scheduled for fall 2010.

Catalogue and Newspaper will be published, edited by Mousse

Arsenale Novissimo,
Tese di San Cristoforo,
Tesa 92, Venice
http://www.thefearsociety.eu