VENICE BIENNALE PROGRAMME

28 Big Bang artists presented films, installations, performances, poetry, and talks over 28 days at the Venice Biennale 2019, many of them world premieres.

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Wednesday 8th May - Life

Dark Water, Burning World by Issam Kourbaj with poetry by Ruth Padel

10am-6pm: Strike film installation live performance

12:30pm: Ruth Padel, poetry reading

3:30pm Ruth Padel, poetry reading



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Thursday 9th May - Sex

Corpus: In Posse by Charlotte Jarvis

2pm-3pm: Presentation + Q&A

3pm-5pm: Workshop


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Friday 10th May - Water

Life of Water by Flora Gathorne Hardy and Miche Fabre Lewin

1pm-8pm: A one-day performative installation, in collaboration with farmers, glass-makers, chefs, activist-researchers, and winemakers, we offer a taste of the artisan through water, salt and soil.

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Saturday 11th May - Egg

Universal Egg by Sarah Lucas and Julian Simmons

10am-6pm: Two screen video work


Sunday 12th May - Technology

Le Chant du Rossignol 2010 by Matthew Darbyshire

10am-6pm: Two screen video work



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Monday 13th May - Love

Ménage a Trois by Andrei Costache

10am-6pm: Inflated sculptures installation

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Tuesday 14th May - Dark Matter

Films by Jeremy Kidd, Judy Goldhill and Steven Fogel, Ruth Philo and Stuart Bowditch, Felicity Faulkner.

Wednesday 15th May - Dreaming

Dream by the Book by Sharon Kivland

10am-4pm: Single screen video work and installation

Saddleback Sublime - Ruby City by Jeremy Kidd

4pm-6pm: One Screen Video Work



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Thursday 16th May - Moments

Moments - screening of all ALIVE in the UNIVERSE one-minute films

Click here for more information

10am-6pm: One-minute films

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Friday 17th May - Word

A day of poetry and films

10am-2:30pm: Nigel Hall RA Here and Now, ALIVE in the UNIVERSE Haiku film

3pm-4pm: Caroline Gay Way Dancing Light

4pm-6pm: Nigel Hall RA Here and Now, ALIVE in the UNIVERSE Haiku film

Saturday 18th May - Time

10am-11am: Andrew Hewish Omphalos (Two screen video work)

3pm-4pm: Symposium on Time: Caroline Wiseman and Prof. David Berman

4pm-6pm: Andrew Hewish, Omphalos (Two Screen Video Work)

Click here to see the film ‘Time’, ft. Caroline Wiseman and Prof. Berman

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Sunday 19th May - Dark / Light

Dark/Light, The Venetian Mirror, by Bill Jackson

10am-6pm: Two screen video work

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Monday 20th May - Procreation

Adam and Eve by Lol Sargent

10am-6pm: Two screen video work

Click here to watch Adam and Eve.



Photo Credit: Eileen Haring Woods

Photo Credit: Eileen Haring Woods

Tuesday 21st May - Omni

Forever Always Somewhere by Abigail Lane

10am-6pm: Two screen video work




Photo credit: Tony Millings

Photo credit: Tony Millings

Wednesday 22nd May - Breathe

Breath Control: At the Point of Perforation, Installation by Caroline Wright

10am-6pm: Two screen video work and performance

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Thursday 23rd May - Inside / Outside

Red + Amber Blue - Green by Kate Bright

10am-6pm: Single screen video work



Friday 24th May - War / Peace

War Requiem by Maggi Hambling

10am-11am: Single screen work

4pm-5pm: Single screen work


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Friday 24th May - War / Peace

Faces of Conflict by Adam Riches

11am-4pm: Two screen video work

5pm-6pm: Two screen video work

Saturday 25th May - Suffering / Happiness

A Day in the Life of a City by Kate Davis and David Moore

10am-6pm: Sculptural Installation



Photo Credit: Eileen Haring Wood

Photo Credit: Eileen Haring Wood

Sunday 26th May - Imagine

Imagine by Lynn Dennison

10am-6pm: Two screen video work



Photo Credit: Eileen Haring Woods

Photo Credit: Eileen Haring Woods

Monday 27th May - Energy

Not Always so by Regine Bartsch

10am-6pm: Single screen video work and performance

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Tuesday 28th May - Self / Other

I Look to You, by Eileen Haring Woods

12pm-6pm: Two Screen video work

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Wednesday 29th May - Consciousness

Calling old Masters by Ermias Kifleyesus

10am-6pm: Single screen video work







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Thursday 30th May - Toil

Hymn to the Shroud of Toil by Susan Brinkhurst

10am-6pm: Two screen video work and performance

Photo Credit: Eileen Ha

Photo Credit: Eileen Haring Woods

Friday 31st May - Hope

In Hope by Clare Burnett

10am-6pm: Sculpture installation and two screen video work



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Saturday 1st June - Loss

Loss by Jane Watt

10am-6pm: Two screen video work



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Sunday 2nd June - Psyche

II Giardino Grottesco by Shaun Caton

10am-6pm: Installation and performance

Monday 3rd June - Journey

Game Over by David Baldry

10am-6pm: Two screen video work




Happy Ending Happy Ever After

Happy Ending Happy Ever After

Tuesday 4th June - Big Bang

Big Bang - mmmmm collective

10am-1pm: Happy Ending Happy Ever After by Sophie Molins

1pm: The Humming Loom of time (single screen video work)

2:15pm: The Weight of Things (single screen video work)

3pm: Thoughts as Orbits (live performance)

4:30pm-6pm: Alive in Venice by Eileen Haring Woods