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Catalunya – Bienal de Venecia y 2

Magazine

30 April 2010

Catalunya – Bienal de Venecia y 2

Tan acostumbrados estamos a que muchas iniciativas no tengan continuidad (de manera destacada la célebre Trienal de Barcelona de una única infame edición) que habrá que felicitarse por que el Institut Ramon Llull ya se haya puesto manos a la obra de cara a la segunda edición del Pabellón Catalán en la Bienal de Venecia. Lo que vendría a hablar de la fortaleza de la institución y la creencia en sus programas, sobre todo después de la metedura de pata inicial de Carod Rovira que fácilmente podía haber arruinado todo el proceso. El caso es que esta semana han empezado el proceso con una primera reunión del jurado, renovado y ahora compuesto por: Vicent Todolí, Bartomeu Marí, Laurence Rassel, Joan Fontcuberta, Cristina Ros y Bestué-Vives. En un comunicado de prensa el IRL explica que “aquesta primera reunió ha tingut per objecte analitzar el marc conceptual del projecte i el contingut de les bases de la convocatòria”. No estaría mal tampoco que se reflexionase, a la vista de la propuesta de la edición anterior y su posterior desarrollo, sobre si es necesario un marco conceptual, sobre la idoneidad del espacio escogido y sobre el tipo de exposición que se quiere, por ejemplo, si el pabellón es el primer punto de una exposición itinerante.

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