3rd Quadrilateral Biennale Media Art: Angles and Intersections :: until January 13, 2010 :: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Dolac 1/II, Rijeka, Croatia.

ARTISTS: Croatia: Helena Bulaja, Vlatko Čerić, Dalibor Martinis, Ivan Marušić Klif ::
Italy: Elastic Group of Artists Research, Lorenzo Pizzanelli, Carlo Zanni, Eva & Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.org :: Hungary: Marton Andras Juhasz, Adam Somlai Fischer, Janos Sugar, Julia Vecsei :: Slovenia: Uršula Berlot, Marko Košnik, Luiza Margan & Miha Presker, son:DA.

For the third time the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art presents one of the most important regional art events — the Quadrilateral Biennale. Its history began in 2005 with a cultural exchange between four neighbouring countries, the members of the Quadrilateral initiative — Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Italy, with an emphasis on presenting contemporary art practice, its recent developments, exciting statements, new forms, and media. Unlike its thematic predecessors, Relativism (2005) and Culture Hero (2007), this year’s Quadrilateral Biennale is for the first time concerned with new media art — the art that uses digital technologies, which have deeply affected contemporary society, as its medium. The Quadrilateral Biennale will examine different angles and intersections emerging from new media in their relation to the specific political, economic, and cultural context of the participating countries.

The curatorial team — Christiane Paul (USA/GER), Nina Czegledy (HU), Peter Toma, Dobrila (SL), Darko Fritz (HR), and Elena Giulia Rossi (IT) will present 16 works of media and digital art, one of the most innovative fields of art in its aesthetic and technological constellations. On display in the MMSU and at several other Rijeka venues, the exhibition will be integrated into the urban space of Rijeka, which, during the time of the Biennale, will turn the city into the regional centre of new media art.

Artistic Director of the Biennial: Christiane Paul (USA/GER)
Program manager: Ksenija Orelj, MMSU