la Biennale di Venezia 3rd International Kids` Carnival/ Favole e

la Biennale di Venezia
3rd International Kids’ Carnival/
Favole e Pensieri / Tales and Thoughts
Venice – Giardini della Biennale, 11 > 21 February 2012
Every day 10:00 a.m. > 6:00 p.m. – Entrance and activities free of charge
Venice, 3 February 2012 - La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta announces the 3rd
International Kids’ Carnival, Tales and Thoughts, to be held Saturday 11 through Tuesday 21
February 2012 in Venice at the Giardini (Central Pavilion) with entrance and activities free of
charge.
Participants in the Kids’ Carnival of the Biennale di Venezia include:
Educational Team of the Biennale di Venezia
Arsenale della Danza of the Biennale di Venezia
“Playground Bollywood!” Indian dance workshops and performances conceived by the
Director of the Dance Biennale Ismael Ivo, with the 25 young dancers from the Arsenale
della Danza
The “Magnificent 7” Countries
Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Romania, the United States in the Central Pavilion,
Belgium and Netherlands in their own open Pavilions
The “Magnificent 10” High Schools
10 Arts and Humanities-oriented high schools with 200 volunteer students who will
experiment their ideas in workshops and performances: the Liceo Artistico “Michelangelo
Guggenheim” in Venice-Mestre, the Liceo Artistico Statale in Venice, the Istituto
d’Istruzione Superiore “Lino Zanussi”in Pordenone, the Liceo Classico “Leopardi
Majorana” in Pordenone, the LICOS Liceo Classico Obiettivo Spettacolo in Pavia, the Liceo
Artistico “Nervi – Severini” in Ravenna, the Liceo Artistico Dosso Dossi in Ferrara, the
Liceo Artistico “Alpinolo Magnini” in Deruta (Perugia), the Istituto Statale d’Arte
“Vincenzo Ragusa e Otama Kiyohara” in Palermo, the "Branko Radičević" High School in
Stara Pazova, Belgrade.
The Conservatorio “Benedetto Marcello” in Venice
“Hurray for Music!”: workshop with interactive musical encounters created by the
teachers and students
UNICEF Italia
“Hurray for Children!”: the UNICEF talks about children’s rights, an ongoing workshop
with games and activities.
Every day (10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) the Kids’ Carnival will feature:
Workshops for schools (reservation required) organized by the Biennale’s Educational
Team
Ateliers for families organized by the Biennale’s Educational Team
Workshops by Australia, Germany, United States, Great Britain, Romania, Conservatorio
“Benedetto Marcello” of Venice and UNICEF (Central Pavilion), Belgium and
Netherlands (their own Pavilions in the Giardini)
Creative initiatives for everyone
Performances of Dance and Music
Heated venues
Library space of the Biennale – ASAC, Bookshop and Cafeteria open
Nursery
Happy Hour
Vaporetto shuttle to the Biennale Carnival free for Schools (reservation required from the
Stazione FS (railway station) and/or the Tronchetto); for the Public, from the Stazione FS
(railway station) to the Giardini della Biennale, at 10.00 AM and 2:00 PM and from the
Giardini della Biennale to the Stazione FS (railway station) at 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Saturday 18 February the venues will stay open through 8:00 p.m.
“Playground Bollywood!”
Saturday 11 and Saturday 18 February great entertainment with the Biennale’s Arsenale della
Danza which will present “Goes Bollywood!”, an Indian dance workshop with 25 young dancers
coordinated by the Director of the Dance Biennale Ismael Ivo.
Inauguration with a spaghetti lunch!
Saturday 11 February at the Giardini, the International Kids’ Carnival opens to the public (at
10:00 a.m.), with the Inauguration Ceremony (at 11:30 AM), followed by a spaghetti for everyone
(at 1:00 p.m.)!
108 schools for a total of 4.500 kids have already confirmed their participation in the activities of
the Biennale’s International Kids’ Carnival.
The “Magnificent 7” Countries participating in the Kids’ Carnival will present:
Australia: “WARM – collaborative fashion design workshop”
A team of designers from Queensland, Australia, will help young people experiment with
fashion and clothing design. The joys of re-proposing and “up-cycling” will be explored. Used
fashion items will be transformed into something new, fun and personal. Participants will use
recycled garments to make colourful objects they can take home, learning how clothing can
inspire creativity!
Initiative organized by The Collective Stitchery, with the support of Arts Queensland and
the Australia Council for the Arts.
Central Pavilion from 11 to 15 February
Great Britain: “Storytelling”
Family workshop (for parents and children). A workshop to show parents how to help their
children learn a foreign language through storytelling. Workshop conducted by an English
native-language teacher assisted by a member of the Biennale di Venezia staff.
Initiative made possible by the support of the British Council Italia.
Central Pavilion 11 and 12 February.
Germany: “The Tales of the Brothers Grimm – Mask and Costume workshop”
The enchanting fairytales of the Brothers Grimm have fascinated children and adults alike for
two hundred years! This year we will be celebrating their anniversary with a “fairytale”
contribution by Germany to the Kids’ Carnival in Venice. The German pavilion will open the
doors for children to the world of “fairies, witches and fairytale characters”! They will be able
to unleash their imagination and create Carnival masks and costumes, with instructions from
two film set designers from Munich.
The German contribution is a project by the Embassy of Germany in Rome and the German
Centre for Venetian Studies, with the support of the Goethe Institut.
Central Pavilion from 12 to 14 February.
Romania: “Beasts and Superbeasts”
Beasts and Superbeasts is an exhibition created by a group of artists known as the “Soap Art
Kollectiv” (Raluca Arnăutu & Suzana Dan); a collection of familiar or imaginary stuffed
animals inspired by modern fairytales conceived by the artists themselves. A series of
workshops, “Animal Stories!”, will centre on learning about these large animals from
Romania.
The exhibition and workshops are organized by the Romanian Institute of Culture and
Humanistic Research in Venice, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in
Bucarest, and in collaboration with the Anaid Art Gallery, Global Mindscape and with
Australians Studying Abroad (Melbourne).
Central Pavilion every day.
United States of America: “ElettrizzARTE!”
A fleeting thought, a sudden intuition, a brilliant idea and a light bulb turns on in our head!
The workshop presented by the United States of America will lead the participants in the
discovery of contemporary artists who use neon lights, LEDs, lasers, optical fibres and xenon
projections in their experimentation. During this activity children will become familiar with
light and lighting devices, discovering their characteristics and their artistic and creative
potential.
The programme by the United States of America was made possible by the Peggy
Guggenheim Collection.
Central Pavilion 11, 12, 18, 19,21 February.
Netherlands: “Dancing in Rietveld’s Pavilion!”
Tweetakt, the international theatre and art festival for children and young people in the
Netherlands, presents three interactive projects. You can create your own show in ‘Partitura’,
mix your own music sample in ‘Do it yourself DJ’ and make your own animated flipbook with
the ‘Filmmachine’.
The programme at the Dutch Pavilion has been made possible by the contribution of the
Embassy of the Netherlands in Italy, the City of Utrecht, the Province of Utrecht, the Treaty
of Utrecht Foundation, and in collaboration with the Rietveldpaviljoen Foundation.
Netherlands pavilion every day
Belgium: ABC “Toy-Workshop”
ART BASICS for CHILDREN has selected several different ideas from the ABC House’s
“Creative Resource Library” in Brussels to make toys with everyday and recycled materials.
This collection of ideas is not just an alternative to contemporary consumer culture, it also
constitutes an important creative process in and of itself; the pleasure of experimenting
together at school, during your free time and at home around the kitchen table.
An initiative organized by ABC – ART BASICS for CHILDREN, a non-profit organization
based in Brussels which operates in the field of arts and education to create stimulating
environments and projects that encourage children and adults of all ages to experiment
with their imagination and explore their creative potential.
Belgium Pavilion every day
We would also like to thank Vela SpA, a division of the Gruppo Actv.
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