* BIENNALE PROGRAM: Biennale Preview on 29 30 31 May, 2013

MALDIVES PAVILION PRESS RELEASE

MALDIVES PAVILION CATALOGUE

MALDIVES PAVILION . June 1st - Nov 24th, 2013
curated by CPS – Chamber of Public Secrets
[Alfredo Cramerotti, Aida Eltorie, Khaled Ramadan]
Gervasuti Foundation . via Garibaldi, Fondamenta Sant'Ana, Castello 995 Venezia
Hours 11 am - 7 pm. Closed on Mondays

Commissioner

Mr. Ahmed Adeeb, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture,
Republic of Maldives

Curators

CPS – Chamber of Public Secrets
(Alfredo Cramerotti, Aida Eltorie, Khaled Ramadan)

Contact: chamberarchive@gmail.com

Deputy curators

Maren Richter
Camilla Boemio

Assistant curators

Michelangelo Corsaro
Elena Gilbert
Stine Hoxbroe
Galia Kirilova
Dorian Batycka
Hanna Husberg
Laura McLean
Kalliopi Tsipni-Kolaza
Dana Kopel

With the support of

The Danish Arts Council
The Samawi Collection
The School of Art and The College of Fine Arts at University of Arizona
The Allam Foundation
Pro Helvetia
bm:ukk - Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture
Kultur Steiermark-Department Culture, Europe, Foreign Relations

Advisors

Mr. Henry Meyric Hughes, Hon. President AICA, General Coordinator of Council of Europe Exhibitions, UK.
Ms. Hedwig Fijen, Director Manifesta Foundation, Netherland.

Thanks to

Yasmine Allam
Omar Dona
Contemporary Practices Art Journal
Mohamed Rasheed
Michael Fadel
The Maldives National University
Dhivehi Language Academy
Yasmine Allam
Omar Dona
Contemporary Practices Art Journal
Olympus Cinema, Male
Imad Agency Photo Archive
The Maldives National Museum

Exhibitors

Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky
Thierry Geoffrey aka Colonel
Gregory Niemeyer
Stefano Cagol
Hanna Husberg, Laura McLean & Kalliopi Tsipni-Kolaza
Khaled Ramadan
Moomin Fouad
Mohamed Ali
Sama Alshaibi
Patrizio Travagli
Achilleas Kentonis & Maria Papacaharalambous
Wooloo
Khaled Hafez
Ursula Biemann
Heidrun Holzfeind & Christoph Draeger
Klaus Schafler

Chamber of Public Secrets

Chamber of Public Secrets (CPS) is a production collective of critical art and culture: an informative, non-profit, independent contributor to the global art scene.
The collective works as a network of artists, curators and thinkers who have been collaborating since 2004 in the organization, production and circulation of exhibitions, video and film festivals, art events, experimental TV and radio programs, political fictions and documentaries. CPS members also set up debate forums and talks and publish books and articles on issues like migration, mobility, representation, colonialism, gender and difference to help debate the role of art, its responsibility and its relation to society.

CPS co-curated the Biennale Manifesta 8 in Spain 2010-11,
curated events and cooperated with at institutions like Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Modern Art, China, and UCCA Beijing; Danish Film Institute; Nikolaj, Copenhagen Art Center; Museum for Contemporary Art, Denmark; and the Nordic House Reykjavík, Iceland; Cinema Paris; KIASMA Museum in Helsinki, Queens Museum, NY; Hamburg Film Festival; Docu-days Beirut; Video Brazil; Der Kunstwerk in Berlin; Né a Beyrouth Lebanese film festival; Sidney Film Festival; Milano Film Festival and San Francisco Arab Film Festival.

CPS members are part of globally recognized art associations, among others The Art Consultancy Unit (ACU), the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT), and the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).