PRESS PROGRAMME - Biennale Interieur

PRESS PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 17TH OF OCTOBER
GENERAL INFO
PRESS ROOM
Kortrijk Xpo: for final registration & access
Press room located at Entrance South - open daily
10.00-18.00 (nocturne 17/10/2014: 10.00-21.00)
Contact: [email protected]
Address Kortrijk Xpo: Doorniksesteenweg 216, 8500 Kortrijk
City Center/Buda Island*: free access at all city locations, except for the GOOSE
Design Performance De/ReConstruction in the Buda Tower on 17-18-20 & 24 October.
See info in programme below.
*INTERIEUR Shuttle Service in partnership with Audi (daily from 12-24h) will be provided between
Kortrijk Xpo and Buda Island.
GENERAL INFO
www.interieur.be/info
TRAVEL & STAY
www.interieur.be/travel-stay
INTERIEUR PRESS PROGRAMME
17/10/2014
PROGRAMME 17TH OCTOBER 2014
11:00 Press Conference kick off INTERIEUR 2014
Practical information: Introduction programme & vision 2014, presented by
president Lowie Vermeersch & curator Joseph Grima.
-Location: Kortrijk Xpo - central Rambla - Speakers Corner
-open to all journalists
-Press contact: [email protected]
12:00: Press Lunch
-Location: Kortrijk Xpo - Hall5 - Stand 543: Audi
-open to all journalists
-Press contact: [email protected]
12:00-13:30 Interview opportunities with:
-curator Joseph Grima
-president of the Biennale Interieur npo Lowie Vermeersch
-winner of the Grand Prize of the Interieur Awards Mario Minale (Minale-Maeda)
-Margo Konings/Margriet Vollenberg of OiD, partners of Ventura Interieur
-Glithero, London-based designers behind 'Fantoom' exhibition in the Broel Museum
-Dany Garand, designer of main partner Audi
-other opportunities tbc
Practical information:
-Location: Kortrijk Xpo - central Rambla - Speakers Corner
-Reservation only, limited places available only
-Press contact: [email protected] - please register your interest asap
14:00 Book Launch SQM: The Quantified Home
Practical information: book edited by curator Joseph Grima and his collective Space
Caviar and published by Lars Müller for the Biennale INTERIEUR 2014. It
complements Space Caviar’s interventions in Kortrijk, investigating contemporary
domestic space through essays, fiction, and infographics by a number of leading
artists and authors.
The book will be presented in an open conversation with editors Joseph Grima and
Andrea Bagnato (Space Caviar), Rebekka Kiesewetter (Lars Müller Publishers), and
designer Elisa Pasqual (Folder).
-Location: Kortrijk Xpo - central Rambla - Speakers Corner
-open to all journalists
-Press contact: [email protected]
Biennale Interieur www.interieur.be
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INTERIEUR PRESS PROGRAMME
17/10/2014
16:00 Informal Press Moment Interieur Awards
Practical information: The winners of the Interieur Awards - Spaces & Objects
category - will be present at the Interieur Awards exhibition and available for short
interviews.
-Location: Kortrijk Xpo - Hall 5 - Interieur Awards exhibition
-open to all journalists
-Press contact: [email protected]
17:30 Official Opening Ceremony
Practical information: Presentation of programme and vision INTERIEUR 2014 with
president Lowie Vermeersch, curator Joseph Grima and other guests related to the
programme.
-Location: Kortrijk Xpo – hall XXL
-Reservation only (for invited guests and registered press)
-Press contact: [email protected]
18:00 Welcome to the Buda Factory
Practical information: Biennale Interieur welcomes you to the Buda Factory. Lukas
Wegwerth, designer of the Interieur Award winning Fusions Bar will welcome you
and bring the complete story of the Fusions Bar. Design Platvorm Vlaanderen and
Designregio Kortrijk will give you a glimpse of new talent from Flanders and it's also
the perfect moment to meet the exhibitors at Ventura Interieur.
Of course there is a convivial drink in the Fusions Bar.
-Location: Kortrijk City, Buda Island, Buda Factory, 1st floor
-open to all journalists
*INTERIEUR Shuttle Service in partnership with Audi (daily from 12-24h) will be provided between
Kortrijk Xpo and Buda Island.
21:00 GOOSE Design Performance: De/ReConstruction
Practical information:
-Location*: Kortrijk City Centre - Buda Island – Buda Tower
-Reservation only, limited places available only
-Press contact: [email protected] - please register your interest to attend
*INTERIEUR Shuttle Service in partnership with Audi (daily from 12-24h) will be provided between
Kortrijk Xpo and Buda Island.
Biennale Interieur www.interieur.be
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