The first International Bat-Yam Landscape Urbanism biennale is opening in Israel, on April 13, 2008.
The biennale will showcase spaces designed by both local and international artists and architects, and is curated by Tamar Darel-Fossfeld, Preseident of the Israeli Association of Landscape Artists, and by Sigal BarNir and Yael Moria-Klain, who participated in the 2007 Venice Biennale.
The biennale wishes to present the residents of Israel with new and innovative models of urban spaces, and to invoke international open discourse about the guidelines for optimal use of public city-space, so as to improve the quality of urban life.
During the holiday of Passover, the city will open its gates and host Israelis and guests from abroad alike, in a broad artistic frame that includes the outdoor biennale "rooms" and a variety of cultural events – street performances, music, dance, theatre, cinema, children's activities, ecology and recycling workshops and round-table discussions.
The theme of the first Bat-Yam biennale is HOSTING. Upon opening on April 13, 2008, the exhibition will provide new uses for the city's open areas, transforming them into hosting spaces. In the course of the biennale, dozens of public spaces throughout Bat-Yam will be redesigned; playgrounds, squares, yards and streets.
Artists, architects and landscape architects, both local and international, were invited to plan and design these spaces. They have designed their installations as an expansion of private space, turning them into outdoor rooms. Their planning is founded in principles of ecology as well as urban planning, mixing the natural with the synthetic and utilizing indigenous vegetation and recycled materials.
The heart of this urban action is the communication and cooperation between local communities, local residents' organizations, house committees and social activities centers, architecture and design schools, green organizations, architects, artists - all working together with the municipality. The various projects wish to encourage initiatives of joint urban actions, to challenge the limits of the municipal system, and to enable the planners and designers to instigate new urban situations, based on environmental principles of sustainability.
Among the projects selected for construction within the framework of the biennale:
The work of internationally renowned architects such as Chris Reed, landscape architect from Boston, who designed "Rooms for civic improvisation" constructed of sand dunes on the Bat-Yam beach.
A project of neighborhood hothouses, watered by "grey" waters, to grow fresh produce for residents' use, planned by Zvi and Kerem Halbrecht.
An urban wild site that will be constructed especially for the biennale in the heart of a residential area, an innovative project to preserve nature in urban environments and provide a place for study, touring, watching and enjoying nature in the city - a prime example for combining urban ecology in the public, open, urban spaces.
Another project, Green Island, is a challenging "green campaign" that aims to promote a cultural investigation into contemporary urban landscapes, providing a form of dialogue between the city and the citizens.
Others who will take part in the biennale: Tula Amir and Nicky Davidov, the Bat-Yam scouts, "Block" magazine, Uri Padan and Gilaad Ronnen, Shelly Federman, Mona architecture, Yael Gilad and Galit Shiff, Derman-Verbakel and many others (a complete list of participants is attached).
The Curators are:
Sigal BarNir, lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art &Design, Jerusalem, who researches the culture of architecture and landscape.
Tamar Darel-Fossfeld, President of the Israel Association of Landscape Architects and a senior landscape architect.
Yael Moria Klain, professor of Landscape Architecture at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, and an active landscape architect.
Shlomi Lachiani, Mayor of Bat-Yam and initiator of the biennale, welcomes local residents and guests, alike:
The majority of the population of Israel lives in cities. For our future and the future of our children, it is our duty to design the urban environment in a way that will enable us a good quality of life while preserving the environment.
This Passover I invite the population of Israel to be our guests, enjoy a unique cultural event and partake in this public debate of the highest importance for protecting our environment.
Landscape Urbanism
The first International Bat-Yam Landscape Urbanism biennale is opening in Israel, on April 13, 2008.
The biennale will showcase spaces designed by both local and international artists and architects, and is curated by Tamar Darel-Fossfeld, Preseident of the Israeli Association of Landscape Artists, and by Sigal BarNir and Yael Moria-Klain, who participated in the 2007 Venice Biennale.
The biennale wishes to present the residents of Israel with new and innovative models of urban spaces, and to invoke international open discourse about the guidelines for optimal use of public city-space, so as to improve the quality of urban life.
During the holiday of Passover, the city will open its gates and host Israelis and guests from abroad alike, in a broad artistic frame that includes the outdoor biennale "rooms" and a variety of cultural events – street performances, music, dance, theatre, cinema, children's activities, ecology and recycling workshops and round-table discussions.
The theme of the first Bat-Yam biennale is HOSTING. Upon opening on April 13, 2008, the exhibition will provide new uses for the city's open areas, transforming them into hosting spaces. In the course of the biennale, dozens of public spaces throughout Bat-Yam will be redesigned; playgrounds, squares, yards and streets.
Artists, architects and landscape architects, both local and international, were invited to plan and design these spaces. They have designed their installations as an expansion of private space, turning them into outdoor rooms. Their planning is founded in principles of ecology as well as urban planning, mixing the natural with the synthetic and utilizing indigenous vegetation and recycled materials.
The heart of this urban action is the communication and cooperation between local communities, local residents' organizations, house committees and social activities centers, architecture and design schools, green organizations, architects, artists - all working together with the municipality. The various projects wish to encourage initiatives of joint urban actions, to challenge the limits of the municipal system, and to enable the planners and designers to instigate new urban situations, based on environmental principles of sustainability.
Among the projects selected for construction within the framework of the biennale:
The work of internationally renowned architects such as Chris Reed, landscape architect from Boston, who designed "Rooms for civic improvisation" constructed of sand dunes on the Bat-Yam beach.
A project of neighborhood hothouses, watered by "grey" waters, to grow fresh produce for residents' use, planned by Zvi and Kerem Halbrecht.
An urban wild site that will be constructed especially for the biennale in the heart of a residential area, an innovative project to preserve nature in urban environments and provide a place for study, touring, watching and enjoying nature in the city - a prime example for combining urban ecology in the public, open, urban spaces.
Another project, Green Island, is a challenging "green campaign" that aims to promote a cultural investigation into contemporary urban landscapes, providing a form of dialogue between the city and the citizens.
Others who will take part in the biennale: Tula Amir and Nicky Davidov, the Bat-Yam scouts, "Block" magazine, Uri Padan and Gilaad Ronnen, Shelly Federman, Mona architecture, Yael Gilad and Galit Shiff, Derman-Verbakel and many others (a complete list of participants is attached).
The Curators are:
Sigal BarNir, lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art &Design, Jerusalem, who researches the culture of architecture and landscape.
Tamar Darel-Fossfeld, President of the Israel Association of Landscape Architects and a senior landscape architect.
Yael Moria Klain, professor of Landscape Architecture at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, and an active landscape architect.
Shlomi Lachiani, Mayor of Bat-Yam and initiator of the biennale, welcomes local residents and guests, alike:
The majority of the population of Israel lives in cities. For our future and the future of our children, it is our duty to design the urban environment in a way that will enable us a good quality of life while preserving the environment.
This Passover I invite the population of Israel to be our guests, enjoy a unique cultural event and partake in this public debate of the highest importance for protecting our environment.
Check out the site at www.biennale-batyam.org
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