Opening of Fort Biennale 01

In the first edition of the Fort Biennale, the works of 35 artists investigate the various dimensions of language within the politics of identity and the body, between digital, human, interspecies and non-linguistic. Its title In the Body of Language describes both the conceptual and sensorial environment that is explored and concurrently, our state of being – in that it is impossible to separate the mental from the physical. By permitting the expression of the communicable part of our experience and understanding of the world, language is a means of participation – one with revolutionary potential. It builds worlds within and around us; it both connects and divides. As such, it is alive, in constant flux, and reflective of the political and social upheavals of our time.

6 p.m.
Scamige Buben (Trap, Dialect Rap)
Concert

7 p.m.
Philipp Achammer Provincial councillor for Museums
Emanuel Valentin Director of Franzensfeste Fortress
Welcome speech

Ulrike Buck & Margareth Kaserer Curators
Introduction

9 p.m.
Hannes Hoelzl
Sound performance

Altınstark, Özlem Altın, Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard & Zayne Armstrong, Gianfranco Baruchello, Alighiero Boetti, melanie bonajo, Alexandra Cardenas, Max Castlunger, Carlfriedrich Claus, Roberta Dapunt, Tracey Emin, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sylvie Fleury, Julia Frank, Chiara Fumai, Siggi Hofer, Hannes Hoelzl, Roni Horn, Brigitte Kowanz, Sophia Mairer, Beatrice Marchi, Nadja Verena Marcin, Maurizio Nannucci, Bruce Nauman, Masatoshi Noguchi, Sunny Pfalzer, Caroline Profanter, Egon Rusina, Toni Schmale, Berty Skuber, Lawrence Weiner, Karin Welponer, Jörg Zemmler

Curated by Ulrike Buck and Margareth Kaserer

Photos: Marta Tonelli