Pinkhouse at the 51st
Venice Biennial
This year the multidisciplinary art project "Pink House" which focuses on analysing and evaluating various aspects of equality in the context of European western and eastern relations, will be presented as a collateral event of the 51st International Venice Biennale. "Pink House" is an art project by the Latvian artists Aigars Bikše and Kristaps Gulbis, and the Center for Art Management and Information. See our programme.

Background (pdf)

Activities
Pink House activities in accordance with the project's concept:

• a socio-political seminar – in co-operation with "Transparency International Latvia – Delna";
• research on the situation in the society after the enlargement
  of the EU;
 
• a cycle of panel discussions – ensuring an opportunity for various social groups, youth non-governmental organisations and European university students to express their ideas, defend their points of view, make presentations and provoke discussion;
• a mud fight tournament – between men and women, encouraging discussion on the possibility of equality in the broadest of contexts. The tournament will take place in a specially equipped 3-meter-large arena. The battles will be projected on a screen with the help of lighting and audio equipment, thus creating an impressive show.

A tent community will be set up around the "Pink House" for the project's supporters, volunteers, and the participants of the discussions, seminars and mud fights, thus creating a socially active atmosphere at the site of the project.

Generation Europe download

Generation Europe is an international programme and network established by the Centre for Art Management and Information in Riga Latvia in collaboration with international partners. The primary aim of Genration Europe is the creation of experimental projects that would seek innovative solutions for breaking down elitism in artistic and cultural space through openness and accessibility, the involvement of passive segments of society in cultural processes and the integration of Europe’s cultures.

Pinkhouse is a part of Generation Europe that has received financial support from the EU programme "Preparatory Actions for Co-operation on Cultural Matters." The project will take place from 2005 to 2006 in nine European countries.