'This biennial will be an opportunity to check on the efficiency of the work of art today, in the light of a more global project: that of our own temporality, of our behaviour with regard to the present, the instant, the moment; to duration, acceleration and the end.
Because “Experiencing Duration” embraces real time and simultaneity, I wanted the Lyon Biennial to reach out to other cities in >Europe and garner feedback: from PAC (Milan), Portikus (Frankfurt), Tramway (Glasgow), Migros (Zurich) and the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), arts centres which mainly show work by France-based artists...
Addressing time was a way for us to draw up an inventory of the 1990’s, when art began to function as a sort of editing bay on which artists could reconstruct everyday reality.
They have tweaked the tempo at which forms change – pausing, looping, delaying, synchronising, slowing down and speeding up. For the artists of the 90’s, time is more a building material than a mere medium, and controlling the duration and the time protocols of exhibition has, like the controlling of space, become a major aesthetic issue.
This biennial seeks to reaffirm that a work of art is first and foremost an event before being a monument or a simple testimony; and that aesthetics are also a matter of energy…'
Thierry Raspail, Artistic Director
The venues
- Sucrière (i.e. the sugar warehouse) - Port Rambaud, quai Rambaud – 69002 Lyon
- Lyon Contemporary Art Museum - Cité internationale – 81 quai Charles de Gaulle – 69006 Lyon
- Villeurbanne Institute of Contemporary Art - 11 rue du Dr Dolard – 69100 Villeurbanne
- The Rectangle - Place Bellecour – 69002 Lyon
- The Fort Saint Jean - 21 montée de la Butte – 69001 Lyon
European Venues Network…
5 art centres linked in real time with the Biennial :
- Glasgow (Tramway)
- Frankfurt (Portikus)
- Milan (PAC) - Zurich (Migros)
- Paris (Palais de Tokyo)
Linked to the Biennial / Résonance
From 12 september to 31 December 2005
58 venues in Greater Lyon and the Rhone-Alpes region and 70 events.
'In staging Résonance, the Biennial wishes to instil fresh impetus in the visual creative scene and to help broaden the creative practices and the publics that build and support it'. Thierry Raspail, Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial, Artistic Director
L’Art sur la Place 2005 (6th edition)
30 September, 1-2 October 2005
30 artists, 300 participants, several thousands visitors and 8 buses in the centre of Lyon, on Rue de la République.
Useful information
Dates: 14 September to 31 December 2005 (closed 25 December)
Preview: 12 and 13 September 2005
Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday, 12 am to 7 pm
Closed Monday
Late opening on Fridays, 12am to 10pm (except the Fort Saint Jean venue)
Prices
- € 2 – 10: Tickets give once-only access to each of the 5 exhibition venues, valid throughout the event. - Permanent pass: €17. Unlimited access to all five venues, valid throughout the event.
- Duo pass: €25. Unlimited access for 2 people to all five venues, valid throughout the event.
- Entry + tour with commentary: €5-12 per person. Gives access to a tour with commentary and once-only, unguided access to all five venues, valid throughout the event.
River shuttles
Boat shuttles will connect La Sucrière, le Rectangle, the Museum of Contemporary Art.
The service will provide a very pleasant ride on the water and let you travel a different way to the exhibition venues.
The shuttles are free of charge.
Only on Saturdays and Sundays, 1pm to 7 pm.
Information Tel. 33(0)4 72 07 41 45
