Utopia Station is a project opening at the Venice Biennale, curated by Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. In Venice, there's a space, a Station, designed by Tiravanija and Liam Gillick, which will host a series of programs, performances, whatever, around the insistent reimagining of Utopia. Some friends, Michael & Ingar (aka Elmgreen & Dragset) emailed a heads up for their ongoing performance (today until the 15th), and it seems AgnËs Varda will be stationed at the "entrance of her cabane ý patates (potato shack)" as well, so take your screenplay with you.
The curators also commissioned 160 artists, filmmakers, and brainy types to design posters, which will apparently be popping up beyond Venice as well. Varda's poster has her heart-shaped patates refusČes from The Gleaners; Olafur Eliasson and psych prof Israel Rosenfield's poster [above] ties in nicely to yesterday's Bloghdad.com post. [and even though E&D emailed me, and even though I recently spent a day locked in a room with all three curators, I found Utopia at GreenCine Daily.]
