Sunday 2 January 2011

newsfromlabiennale201101

Barbara Visser (The Netherlands, 1966) is representing The Netherlands at the 54 La Biennale di Venezia, in 2011
Detail Placebook Panorama © 2010, Barbara Visser
In 2020 the Dutch government strives to attain a position among the top five knowledge economies in the world. The creative industry is one of the five key elements described in this ambition. 
The transition to a knowledge economy requires not only excellent research and education, but also specific spatial conditions, to enable and support new connections between different professional fields [...]

Many of Visser’s works call into question not only the roots ... of authority and authenticity, but also the willingness of an audience to believe what it’s seeing [...]

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