Entitled On Biennials / Tutto Sulle Biennali, the second edition of the Festival of Contemporary Art in Faenza (Italy) will take place from 17 to 19 April 2009. The festival is designed to take shape like a journey, under the scientific direction of Angela Vettese, Carlos Basualdo, and Pier Luigi Sacco, enabling the public to explore the global phenomenon of ‘biennialisation’. Over the course of three days, the festival will focus on the most important international biennials, with contributions from its key figures. Discussions will touch upon works of art, new projects, links with social aspects and themes, relationships with the local area in the international system, and contamination between art and other creative sectors, from fashion to design. All these issues will be the subject of debates, conversations and round-table meetings.

Invited speakers are a.o.: Bruce Altshuler, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Ute Meta Bauer, Lorenzo Benedetti, Daniel Birbaum, Francesco Bonami, Nicolas Bourriaud, Adam Budak, Isabel Carlos, Paolo Colombo, Okwui Enwezor, Hedwig Fijen, Massimiliano Gioni, Marieke van Hal, Denis Isaia, Runa Islam, Jannis Kounellis,
Marta Kuzma, Cornelia Lauf, Ken Lum, Sarat Maharaj, Gianfranco Maraniello, Enzo Mari, Chus Martinez, Liliana Moro, Achille Bonito Oliva, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Cloe Piccoli, Michelle Robecchi, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Tomas Saraceno, Luca Trevisani, Beatrice Trussardi, Barbara VanderLinden, Francesco Vezzoli, Luca Vitone, Zafos Zagoraris.