The Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (Italian: Biennale di
Venezia) is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes
places once every two years (in odd years) in Venice, Italy. It
is a showcase of new work encompassing the
ultra-now of international artistic production.
The 52nd Venice Biennale
will take place from June 10 to November 21, 2007. (Closed
on Mondays.)
The exhibition is held in the Castello
district of Venice and juried by an international committee. It
was founded in 1895 as the International Exhibition of Art of
the City of Venice to promote "the most noble activities of
the modern spirit without distinction of country." The first
Biennale, which achieved worldwide prestige, included artists
from 16 nations; the committee included
Edward Burne-Jones,
Gustav Moreau,
and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. After World War II it became the
leading showplace for the international avant-garde.
The
Ecstatic Art & Theater Project is proud to
sponsor the contemporary artist
Adi Da Samraj
at the 2007 Biennale.
We are pleased to offer an audio
interview with a remarkable young man,Stanley Hastings,
who facilitates the fabrication of the monumental art of Adi Da Samraj.
More
Information about The 2007 Biennale
| “You’re given a map and a
program and you just go for it, racing around the
city’s cobblestones. It’s a wonderful experience.
Venice is the apex of the art world and the biennale
is a fantastic opportunity to view art
and mingle with the most important art audience in
the world.”
-
Rachael Rakena, New Zealand
artist |
Can
Art Change Consciousness?
The noble purpose of Art is to uplift the
consciousness of both its creator and its viewer. Art has the
power to nurture the heart, inspire the soul, and awaken the
dormant higher capacities, which propel the evolution of
humanity. Art has the power to bring hope and vision to the
world.
Through Art we can see deep truths that are
otherwise invisible. The inner realms of the human psyche and
the inner kingdoms of the Soul are brought forth. In great works
of art we feel the deepest yearnings of our Heart and glimpse
the shimmering revelations of our Spirit. What is unseen is
revealed. What is essential is made clear.
Art is a language beyond words, rich in
resonance and meaning. Art translates inner feeling. Art can
amplify, refine or transmute the raw energies of emotion. Every
work of art carries a vibration that affects our consciousness,
even though we may not be aware of it's effect at the time.
Much of the
art of the 20th century has become a reflection of our
alienation and material decadence, revealing the pervasive
ugliness, despair, anger and loss of meaning, but offering no
way out. It is time for all artists to claim the far more
difficult and heroic task of finding the light and showing the
way. In ancient times the artists served as visionaries for the entire community; they created the sacred
spaces of inspiration and revelation. It is time to rediscover
this act of community and nourish its evolution.
Visionary
artists intuitively apprehend coming
changes in the collective unconsciousness.
- Carl Gustav Jung
(1875-1961)
