Melbourne International Biennial 1999 "Signs of Life" 14 May - 27 June 1999
The Melbourne International Biennial was a cultural initiative of the City of Melbourne in partnership with Arts Victoria, Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne.
Curator: Juliana Engberg / Organisation: Bala Starr
Artists:
& the "Collaborating Countries Projects" included works in National Pavilions by the following artists:
Austrian Pavilion: Anne Schneider, Elke Krystufek, Franz West (curator: Andraes Reiter Raabe)
Belgian Pavilion: Dirk Braeckman, Jan Van Imschoot, Sven 't Jolle (curator: Jan Hoet)
Canadian Pavilion: Geoffrey Farmer, Myfanwy Macleod, Ron Terada, (curator: Kitty Scott)
Chinese Pavilion: Wang Jianwei, Li Yongbin (curator: Huang Du)
Danish Pavilion: Henriette Heise, Jakob Jakobsen (curator: Dorthe Abildgaard & Marianne Krogh Jensen)
French Pavilion: Valérie Jouve (co-ordinator: by Jean-Pierre Dumont)
Italian Pavilion: Paola di Bello, Mauricio Lupini, Roberto Marossi, Marcello Maloberti, Gabriele di Matteo, Alessandra Spranzi, Bert Theis, Enzo Umbaca (curators: Jen Budney & Roberto Pinto)
Japanese Pavilion: Leiko Ikemura (curator: Itaru Hirano)
Norwegian Pavilion: Knut Åsdam, UKS (curators: Bo Krister Wallström & Jørn Mortensen)
Philippine Pavilion: Gerardo Tan (curator: Professor Patrick Flores)
Swiss Pavilion: Sidney Stucki (curator: Pierre-André Lienhard)
"..., I believe the Melbourne International Biennial - Signs of Life - exhibits a very human set of projects, as should be the case as we leave the twentieth century and begin to engage with the next millennial frontier." Juliana Engberg
