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Conclusion of the European Radar project: 30 artists from six European cities meet again in the sixteenth-century cloisters of the Telecom Italia Future Centre, after a year spent working together on the possibility of integrating different cultures in the cities of Europe.

In the same busy week during which the Venice Architecture Biennale opens and the Film Festival ends, a contemporary art happening lasting two nights at the Telecom Italia Future Centre will mark the end of the European Radar Project.

Radar began in March 2003 and ended in July 2004, and during this period 30 artists from six European countries lived and worked together: it became a human lab of young artists from Athens, Krakow, Weimar, Lewisham, Plovdiv and Venice.

The artists spent several months living in each of these cities, organizing exhibitions and events that involved the local population, students and tourists in the process of creating and using works of art. They also took part in the 2003 edition of the Venice Art Biennale and other important artistic events in the various cities involved.

The event taking place on the 8th and 9th of September has been organized in collaboration with Telecom Italia Future Centre, and brings together in Venice the different results of this experience from the cities involved in the project: videos and photos, music and performances, festive and convivial moments involving both the artists and the visitors of the event, and an international meeting on the sharing of the artistic process as a means to improve the quality of life in the cities.

08.09.2004
6 pm: Radar Meeting - exchange of visual artwork from six European cities
7 pm: Radar Spritz Buffet and drinks
8 pm - 12 pm: Radar Infopoint Artwork, videos, photos, performances, music, deejays from Athens, Krakow, Lewisham, Plovdiv, Venice, Weimar Free Admittance

09.09.2004
8 pm: Radar Dinner (with invitation only)

Radar Meeting 08.09.2004 at 6 pm Telecom Italia Future Centre
Radar - exchange of visual artwork from six European cities
In the presence of all the artists and the representatives of the European institutional partners of the project, the curator of the Venice phase which was also part of the 2003 edition of the Art Biennale - Angela Vettese, the managers of Telecom Italia Future Centre and Insula, the curators and organizers of artistic institutions, galleries and associations in Venice.

In collaboration with: Telecom Italia Future Centre, Venice; Insula Spa, Venice; Provincia di Venezia, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice