artists & participants
curators
pavilions
ALBANIA Geopathies artists: Anila Rubiku, Orion Shima, Gentian Shkurti, Eltjon Valle, Driant Zeneli commissioner: Parid Tefereci curator: Riccardo Caldura
ANDORRA Més enllà de la visió / Beyond vision artists: Helena Guardia Ribo, Francisco Sanchez Sanchez commissioner: Pedro de Sancristoval y Murua curators: Paolo de Grandis, Josep M. Ubach Bernada
ARGENTINA Ahora estaré con mi hijo artist: Adrian Villar Rojas commissioners: Magdalena Faillace curator: Rodrigo Alonso
ARMENIA Manuals: Subjects of New Universality artists: Mher Azatyan, Grigor Khachatryan, Astghik Melkonyan commissioner: Viktor Mnatsakanyan. curators: Ruben Arevshatyan, Vardan Azatyan, Nazareth Karoyan.
AUSTRALIA The Golden Thread artist: Hany Armanious commissioner: Doug Hall curator: Anne Ellegood
AUSTRIA Markus Schinwald artist: Markus Schinwald curator: Eva Schlegel
AZERBAIJAN Relational, of Baku artists: Mikayil Abdurahmanov, Zeigam Azizov, Khanlar Gasimov, Altai Sadighzadeh, Aidan Salakhova, Aga Ousseinov commissioner/curator: Chingiz Farzaliyev curator: Beral Madra
BANGLADESH, People’s Republic of Parables artists: Tayeba Begum Lipi, Promotesh Das Pulak, Imran Hossain Piplu, Kabir Ahmed Masum Chisty, Mahbubur Rahman commissioners: Tayeba Begum Lipi, Fiona Biggiero curators: Mary Angela Schroth, Paolo W. Tamburella
BELARUS, Republic of Kodex artists: Yury Alisevich, Artur Klinau, Kanstantsin Kastsiuchenka, Viktar Piatrou, Dzianis Skvartsou commissioner: Natalia Sharangovich curator: Mikhail Barazna
BELGIUM Feuilleton artist: Angel Vergara commissioner / curator: Luc Tuymans
BRAZIL Artur Barrio: Registros + (Ex) Tensões y Pontos artist: Artur Barrio commissioner: Heitor Martins curators: Moacir dos Anjos, Agnaldo Farias
BULGARIA Bond of Generation artists: Greddy Assa, Pavel Koichev, Houben Tcherkelov commissioner/curator: Georges Luks
CANADA Steven Shearer : Exhume to Consume artist: Steven Shearer curator: Josee Drouin-Brisebois
CENTRAL ASIA (KYRGYZSTAN / KAZAKHSTAN / TAJIKISTAN / UZBEKISTAN) Lingua Franca artists: Natalia Andrianova, Said Atabekov, Artyom Ernst, Galim Madanov & Zauresh Terekbay, Erbossyn Meldibekov, Alexander Nikolaev, Marat Raiymkulov, Aleksey Rumyantsev & Alla Rumyantseva, Adis Seitaliev curators: Boris Chukhovich, Georgy Mamedov, Oksana Shatalova commisioners: Asel Akmatova, Andris Brinkmanis
CHILE Gran Sur artist: Fernando Prats commissioner: Antonio Arevalo curator: Fernando Castro Florez
CHINA Pervasion artists: Yuan Gong, Pan Gongkai, Liang Yuanwei, Yang Maoyuan, Cai Zhisong commissioner: Zhang Yu, Yan Dong China Arts & Entertainment Group curator: Peng Feng
CONGO, Democratic Republic of L’Art et la Femme dans le nouveau Congo artists: Barly Baruti, Ange Bofenda, Huguette Diwampovesa, Dieudonné Kumindike, Ilanga Moli, Fifi Panzu commissioner: Rocky Makota Kayimbi
COSTA RICA Stupore artists: Luis Chacon, Francisco Cordoba, Silvia Fossati / Raffaella Rosa Lorenzo, Gianfranco Meggiato, Gavin Rain, Jaime David Tischler, Patrizio Travagli, Horst Uhlemann, Alec von Bargen, Luca Zampetti commissioner/curator: Francesco Elisei curators: Luca Carniato, Dino Leoni
CROATIA One Needs to Live Self-Confidently... Watching artists: Antonio G. Lauer aka Tomislav Gotovac & BADco commissioners/curators: What, How And for Whom / WHW
CUBA Cuba mon amour artists: Alexandre Arrechea, Alessandro Busci, Yoan Capote, Felipe Cardena, Duvier Del Dago, Giorgio Ortona, Alessandro Papetti, Eduardo Ponjuan, Desiderio commissioner: Miria Vicini curators: Duccio Trombadori, Jorge Fernandez
CYPRUS Temporal Taxonomy artists: Marianna Christofides, Elizabeth Hoak-Doering commissioner: Louli Michaelidou curator: Yiannis Toumazis
CZECH and SLOVAK REPUBLIC The Sleeping City Dominik Lang commissioners: Petr Hnizdo, Vera Krejcova curator: Yvonna Ferencova
DENMARK SPEECH MATTERS 18 artists: Agency , Ayreen Anastas & Rene Gabri, Robert Crumb, Stelios Faitakis, FOS , Sharon Hayes, Han Hoogerbrugge, Mikhail Karikis, Thomas Kilpper, Runo Lagomarsino, Tala Madani, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Taryn Simon, Jan Svankmajer, Johannes af Tavsheden, Tilman Wendland, Zhang Dali commissioners: Christine Buhl Andersen, Eva Koch, Mikael Andersen, Jakob Jakobsen, Gitte Orskou, Rune Gade, Jesper Elg, Mads Gamdrup, Lise Harlev, Anna Krogh curator: Katerina Gregos
EGYPT 30 Days of Running in the Space artist: Ahmed Basiony curators: Aida Eltorie, Shady El Noshokaty
ESTONIA A Woman Takes Little Space artist: Liina Siib commissioner: Johannes Saar
FINLAND And all structures are unstable 2011 artist: Vesa-Pekka Rannikko commissioner/curator: Laura Köönikkä
FRANCE artist: Christian Boltanski curator: Jean-Hubert Martin
GEORGIA Any-Medium-Whatever artist: Tamara Kvesitadze curator: Henk Slager commissioner: Paivi Tirkkonen
GERMANY Christoph Schlingensief artist: Christoph Schlingensief curator: Susanne Gaensheimer
GREECE Diohandi artist: Diohandi curator: Maria Marangou
HAITI Death and Fertility artists: Jean Herard Celeur, Andre Eugene, Claude Saintilus commissioner/curator: Daniele Geminiani curator: Leah Gordon
HAITI Kingdom of This World artists: Sergine Andre, Elodie Barthelemy, Mario Benjamin, Maksaens Denis, Edouard Duval-Carrie, Franketienne , Guyodo , Sebastien Jean, Killy , Tessa Mars, Pascale Monnin, Paskö , Barbara Prezeau, Roberto Stephenson, Herve Telemaque curator: Giscard Bouchotte
HONG KONG artist: Kwok Mang-ho (a.k.a. Frog King) curators: Benny Chia, Tsang Tak-ping, Wong Shun-kit
HUNGARY Crash - Passive Interview artist: Hajnal Németh curator: Miklós Peternák commissioner: Gábor Gulyás
ICELAND Under Deconstruction artists: Libia Castro, Olafur Olafsson commissioner: Dorothée Kirch curator: Ellen Blumenstein
INDIA Everyone Agrees: It’s About to Explode artists: Zarina Hashmi, Gigi Scaria, Praneet Soi, The Desire Machine Collective (Sonal Jain, Mriganka Madhukaillya) commissioner: Ranjit Hoskote
IRAN artists: Morteza Darehbaghi, Mohammad Mehdi Ghanbeigy, Monir Ghanbeigy, Mohsen Rastani commissioner: Mahmood Shalooei
IRAQ Wounded Water artists: Ali Assaf, Azad Nanakeli, Walid Siti, Adel Abidin, Ahmed Alsoudani, Halim Al Karim commissioners: Ali Assaf, Vittorio Urbani curator: Mary Angela Schroth
IRELAND Corban Walker artist: Corban Walker curator: Eamonn Maxwell commissioner: Emily-Jane Kirwan
ISLAND artists: Libia Castro & Olafur Olafsson curator: Ellen Blumenstein commissioner: Dorothée Kirch
ISRAEL One man's floor is another man's feelings artist: Sigalit Landau commissioners: Michael Gov, Arad Turgeman curators: Jean de Loisy, Ilan Wizgan
ITALY Padiglione Italia: Lo Stato dell’Arte nel 150° dell’Unità d’Italia curator: Vittorio Sgarbi
KOREA, Republic of The Love is gone but the Scar will heal artist: Lee Yongbaek commissioner: Yun Chea Gab
JAPAN TABAIMO: teleco-soup artist: Tabaimo commissioner: Yuka Uematsu
LATIN AMERICA IILA - ISTITUTO ITALO-LATINO AMERICANO Between forever and never commissioner: Patricia Rivadeneira curators: Alfons Hug, Paz Guevara, Patricia Rivadeneira artists: Argentina: Leticia El Halli Obeid Bolivia:Narda Alvarado Brazil: Neville D´Almeida Chile: Sebastian Preece Colombia: Juan Fernando Herran Costa Rica: Sila Chanto Cuba: Reynier Leyva Novo Dominican Republic: David Perez Karmadavis Ecuador: Maria Rosa Jijon El Salvador: Walterio Iraheta Guatemala: Regina Jose Galindo Honduras: Adan Vallecillo Mexico: Julieta Aranda Nicaragua: Rolando Castellon Panama: Humberto Velez Paraguay: Claudia Casarino Peru: Fernando Gutierrez Uruguay: Martin Sastre Venezuela: Alexander Apostol in addition: Alberto Maria De Agostini, Gianfranco Foschino, Christine de la Garenne, Olaf Holzapfel, Björn Melhus
LATVIA Artificial Peace (Contemporary Landscape) artist: Kristaps Gelzis curator: Daiga Rudzate
LITHUANIA Behind the White Curtain artist: Darius Miksys commissioner: Daiga Rudzate curator: Astrida Rogule
LUXEMBOURG Le Cercle Fermé artists: Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil commissioner: René Kockelkorn curators: Kevin Muhlen, Jo Kox
MACEDONIA ZERO: The Trailer Files artists: Art Collective Zero (Aleksander Stankoski, Igor Toshevski, Bedi Ibahim, Zlatko Trajkovski, Sinisha Cvetkovski, Mishko Desovski, Perica Georgiev, Gorancho Gjorgjievski) commissioner: Maja Krstevska curator: Gorancho Gjorgjievski & Leap ?arko Ba?eski artist: Zarko Baseski curator: Emil Aleksiev commissioner: Toni Catleski
MEXICO Red Square Impossible Pink artists: Melanie Smith, Rafael Ortega curator: José Luis Barrios
MOLDOVA The world around me artist: Valeria Duca commissioner: Darii Denis & Cognition artist: Nicoleta Stati commissioner: Darii Denis & Transnistria artists: Art Group Moe (Aliona Kononova, Igor Avramenko, Mark Verlan) commissioner: Darii Denis curator: Oxana Maleeva
MONTENEGRO The Fridge Factory and Clear Waters artist: Marina Abramovic: MACCO Cetinje - Marina Abramovic Community Center Obod Cetinje, Ilija Soskic, Natalija Vujosevic commissioners-curators: Svetlana Racanovic, Petar Cukovic
NETHERLANDS artists: Herman Verkerk, Paul Kuipers, Yannis Kyriakides, Maureen Mooren, Joke Robaard, Johannes Schwartz, Sanneke van Hassel, Barbara Visser commissioner: Mondriaan Foundation curator: Guus Beumer
NEW ZEALAND On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer artist: Michael Parekowhai curator: Jenny Harper
NORWAY "Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS" teaching programme by Bjarne Melgaard & students curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Peter Osborne & "The State of Things" lectures organisator: Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) lecturers: Franco Berardi, Leo Bersani, Judith Butler, T.J. Clark, Jan Egeland, Fawaz Gerges, Jacques Ranciere, Saskia Sassen, Vandana Shiva, Eyal Weizman curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Peter Osborne
POLAND … and Europe will be stunned artist: Yael Bartana commissioner: Hanna Wroblewska curators: Sebastian Cichocki, Galit Eilat
PORTUGAL Scenario artist: Francisco Tropa curator: Sergio Mah
ROMANIA Performing History artists: Ion Grigorescu, Anetta Mona Chisa, Lucia Tkacova commissioner: Monica Morariu curators: Ami Barak, Maria Rus Bojan & Romanian Cultural Resolution-documentary artists: Adrian Bojenoiu, Alexandru Niculescu commissioner: Monica Morariu
RUSSIA Empty Zones artists: Andrei Monastyrsky & Collective Actions (Nikita Alexeev, Elena Elagina, Georgy Kizevalter, Igor Makarevich, Andrei Monastyrski, Nikolai Panitkov, Sergei Romashko, Sabine Hänsgen) commissioner: Stella Kesaeva curator: Boris Groys
SAN MARINO Luce In-azione artists: Dorothee Albrecht, Marco Bravura, Cristian Ceccaroni, Daniela Comani, Ottavio Fabbri, Verdiano Manzi, Patrizia Merendi, Omar Paolucci, Cristina Rotondaro, Lars Teichmann, Thea Tini, Daniela Tonelli, Paola Turroni commissioner: Leo Marino Morganti. curator: Valerio Pradal
SAUDI ARABIA The Black Arch artists: Shadia Alem and Raja Alem commissioner: Abdulaziz Alsebail curators: Mona Khazindar, Robin Start
SERBIA Light and Darkness of the Symbols artist: Dragoljub Rasa Todosijevic commissioner: Zivko Grozdanic curator: Sanja Kojic Mladenov
SINGAPORE The Cloud of Unknowing artist: Ho Tzu Nyen curator: June Yap
SLOVENIA Heaters for Hot Feelings artist: Mirko Bratusa curator: Nadja Zgonik
SOUTH AFRICA Desire: Ideal Narratives in Contemporary South African Art artists; Siemon Allen, Lyndi Sales, Mary Sibande commissioner: Lethole Mokoena curator: Thembinkosi Goniwe
SPAIN The Inadequate artist: Dora Garcia curator: Katya Garcia-Anton
SWEDEN Nordic Pavilion Borderless Bastards (multi-culti abc) artists: Fia Backström & Windows, Trees and Inbetween artist: Andreas Eriksson commissioner: Ann-Sofi Noring curator: Magnus af Petersens
SWITZERLAND Crystal of Resistance artists: Thomas Hirschhorn commissioner: Urs Staub & Chewing the Scenery artists: Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Maria Iorio/Raphael Cuomo, Uriel Orlow, Eran Schaerf, Tim Zulauf / KMUProduktionen and others commissioner: Andreas Münch curator: Andrea Thal
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Evoluzione artists: Talal al Abballa, Sabhan Adam, Bernard Aubertin, Nemat Badawi, Beppe Bonetti, Ivan Lardschneider, Renato Mambor, Piero Mottola, Salvo Pastorello, Nizar Sabour, Rima Salamoun, Pg-Slis commissioner: Christian Maretti curators: Fabio Anselmi, Sandro Orlandi
TAIWAN artists: Hong-Kai Wang, Yu-Hsien Su curator: Amy Cheng
THAILAND Paradiso di Navin artist: Navin Rawanchaikul commissioner: Prisna Pongtadsirikul curators: Pandit Chanrochanakit, Steven Pettifor
TURKEY Plan B artist: Ayse Erkmen curator: Fulya Erdemci
UKRAINE Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance artist: Oksana Mas curators: Achille Bonito Oliva, Oleksiy Rogotchenko commissioner: Viktor Sydorenko
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Second Time Around artists: Reem Al Ghaith, Abdullah Al Saadi, Lateefa Bint Maktoum curators: Vasif Kortun commissioner: Lamees Hamdan
UNITED KINGDOM Mike Nelson artist: Mike Nelson commissioner: Andrea Rose curator: Richard Riley
USA Gloria artist: Allora & Calzadilla commissioner: Lisa D. Freiman
URUGUAY un lugar común / a common ground artists: Alejandro Cesarco, Magela Ferrero commissioner: Silvia Listur curator: Clio E. Bugel
VENEZUELA Spaces artists: Francisco Bassim, Clemencia Labin, Yoshi commissioner: Javier Cerisola curator: Luis Hurtado
ZIMBABWE Seeing ourselves: questioning our geographical landscape and the space we occupy from yesterday, today and tomorrow artists: Berry Bickle, Calvin Dondo, Tapfuma Gutsa, Misheck Masamvu commissioner: Doreen Sibanda curator: Raphael Chikukwa