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The Venice Biennale is an
interdisciplinary Cultural Society concerned with visual arts,
architecture, dance, music, theatre and cinema.
The Biennale organises
exhibitions (the International Art Exhibition, the
International Architecture Exhibition, and the Mostra Internazionale
d'Arte Cinematografica, i.e. the Venice Film Festival) and live
performances of Dance, Music and Theatre.
In 2002 the Biennale renewed
its Board, presided over by Franco Bernabč and
composed of Paolo Costa (Vice-President), Amerigo Restucci, Valerio
Riva and Gaetano Salvemini.
Since the 1998 reform, the
Biennale has aimed to re-launch itself not merely as a large
exhibition centre, but also as a workshop for artistic education and
production.
In recent years, important
results have been achieved in all sectors of the organisation, both
in its organisational restructuring and in the restoration and
regeneration of historic and prestigious spaces in Venice for
artistic and performance use.
New exhibition spaces (9,000
sqm.) have been created at the Arsenale (Artiglierie,
Gaggiandre, Tese), alongside those at the Corderie and at the
Giardini di Castello, thus creating an exceptional
multi-form space (15,000 sqm.) for the Intl. Art Exhibition and the
Intl. Architecture Exhibition. Following the inauguration of the
Teatro Verde on the island of San Giorgio (1,300
open-air seats) in 1999, the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale
(330 seats) and the Teatro alle Tese (500 seats)
opened in 2000: the latter is a vast place and is ideal for putting
on events and performances.
For the Film Festival on the
Venice Lido, alongside the historical Palazzo del
Cinema, the Sala Perla (580 seats) was restructured and enlarged in
1999, the PalaBNL seating was increased to 1,700, and the spaces
reserved for journalists and professionals from the film world at
the Casino were increased in 2000 and 2001.
A permanent activity Sector,
the Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC)
documents all of the Biennale's work, as well as the arts in the
20th century. A special project has been recently implemented for
the digital re-cataloguing of the material to make it universally
accessible.
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