25 Apr 2016

new talents - biennale cologne +++ open call id.new talents

This year, new talents – biennale cologne celebrates its fifth birthday. Young graduates from the fields of art, film, composition, choreography and design are celebrating with us: for them, the biennale offers an ideal and already established platform of public representation. Every two years, over 50 artists from the region as well as national and international guests are presented within a festival of two weeks.

From underground car park to roof terrace: new talents presents young arts professionals in unusual exhibition-locations like shops, underground car parks, bars, churches, gardens or even offices, and also established cultural institutions in the Cologne city centre. With exhibitions, screenings, performances and talks, new talents offers a vibrant experimental ground to the artists and creatives, which becomes an interface between art and public.

From May 21 to June 5, new talents invites to a visit of the arts parcour. Works in indoor areas can be visited according to the opening hours. Large-scale works can be seen at a house front on Alter Griechenmarkt (Julia Gruner) or an archway between Sankt Peter and St. Cäcilien (Roman Kochanski).

Sunday, May 22 begins with a premiere of the ten composition commissions issued by new talents at the KOLUMBA Kunstmuseum and at Kunst-Station Sankt Peter (performing ensembles: MAM.Manufaktur für aktuelle Musik and hand werk – ensemble für neue Musik, presentation: Manos Tsangaris).

On May 25 and 27, the dance parcours leads visitors on a urban expedition between Brüsseler Platz and the banks of the Rhine, while on the final festival weekend about ten short and feature films are presented in a film parcours in the public space.

The fifth edition is especially characterized by international exchange. In cooperation with the 6th Marrakech Biennale and Havana, five guests from Morocco and Cuba and two artists of new talents - biennale cologne are invited to participate in an exchange program in Marrakech and Cologne as well as the exhibition program of the biennials. This exchange will continue in 2017 in Havana. In addition, the works of two graduates of the China Academy of Art will be shown in Cologne.

On May 24, Amine Kabbaj (Marrakech Biennale), Jorge Fernández (Havana Biennale & National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana) and Jochen Heufelder (new talents – biennale cologne) as well as international experts and artists will talk about the topic of 'career entry opportunities for young artists in international comparison' in three discussion panels.

For more information about artists, new talents, press material, schedules and locations please have a look at www.newtalents-cologne.de.

LAST FEW DAYS TO APPLY - TAKE PART IN ID.NEW TALENTS 2016

Institutions like museums, collections, foundations or art spaces showing young artists works or early works of today well-established artists locally on May 21, 2016 can participate. The participation is free of charge and the application is open until April 30, 2016. For more information about id.new talents please have a look at www.id-newtalents.com

id.new talents is an initiative of new talents – biennale cologne.

Main sponsors:
DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH + Kulturamt der Stadt Köln + Kunststiftung NRW + Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst + Sal. Oppenheim + NRW.Bank + Sparkasse Köln Bonn Zweckertrag