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                                       international exhibition
            the  49th  of art will open to the
            public on 10 June 2001.
               a  new  challenge,  a  new  charge  of  vital  energy
            for this “new Biennale” that is undergoing continual
            expansion and transformation.
               t he  i nternational  e xhibition  of  a rt  of  2001
            takes  the  form  of  a  Platea  dell’umanita,  Plateau
            of  Mankind,  Plateau  der  Menschheit,  Plateau  de
            l’humanité  -  a  vantage-point  from  which  to  see
            and  to  be  seen;  the  visiting  public  is  not  only  the
            spectator but also a leading participant in an ample
            space  that  affords  an  encounter  between  public,
            artists and their works.
               with aperto  80  the  doors  of  the  Biennale  were
            for the first time thrown open to the up-and-coming
            generations and to the new artistic languages they                                          BiennAle
            were using; then came daPeRtutto, which abolished                                                   49. biennale di Venezia
            all distinction between established and young artists,
            with no one style taking precedence over another.
            now,  the  journey  through  the  arts  undertaken  by
            harald  szeemann,  the  director  of  the  Visual  arts
            section  of  the  Biennale  di  Venezia,  passes  into
            another  fruitful  stage,  emerging  onto  a  Plateau  of
            Mankind  from  which  it  is  possible  for  the  gaze  to
            reach beyond its own limits.
               “the Plateau of Mankind is not a theme as such
            but rather a declaration of responsibility -to history,
            to  the  events  of  the  present  day.  it  opens  up  a
            dimension...” artists look at the world and address
            the  world,  searching  out  and  recounting  all  the
            multiple dimensions of contemporary humanity. the
            Plateau of Mankind serves to observe and capture
            the  feelings  and  stories  that  are  narrated  in  and
            through the works of young artists; there are social
            problems,  environmental  themes,  the  rhythms  of
            everyday  life,  new  technology  and  the  world  wide
            web  of  information,  work  and  sport,  happiness
            and tragedy.

               on  a  single  large  upland  (Plateau),  from  where
            one can look out to view humankind, young artists
            f r o m   a l l   o v e r   t h e   w o r l d   o f f e r   t h e i r   a c c o u n t   o f
            the  present  day;  whilst  alongside  them  look  out
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