15 – 24 November 1994
First of all, the International Committee approved changing the initial denomination Biennial of Young Artists from Mediterranean Europe to Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean. This change, even if small, was significant: it meant that all countries of the Mediterranean could be present and that the countries of Southern Europe with distant geographical locations could participate within their own right. This opened a safe door to the enlargement of the members of the International Committee, that included two new Countries: Slovenia and Albania.
Moreover, the Biennial project in Lisbon was developed for the first time by an Association, the Portuguese Club of Arts and Ideas, instead of an Institution, showing an example of the trust among Public Structures and non-governmental organization that is necessary for the success of such an event.
The Biennial was organized in the same year of Lisbon-94 European Capital of Culture; for that reason there were a series of collateral activities in the city.
Disciplines were re-defined in the following ones: Architecture, Applied Arts, Comics and Illustration, Cinema and Video, Dance, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design, Photography, Gastronomy, Urban Design, Jewelry, Literature, Contemporary Music, Modern Music, Theatre.
Numbers
600 artists and 150 practitioners from 13 Countries (Albania, Algeria, Cyprus, Croatia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Republic of San Marino, Tunisia) attended the Biennial.
The most outstanding works of this Biennial were presented by the following artists: Ugo Alciati, chef from Italy, Alfons Alt, visual artist from Marseille, Vanessa Beecroft, Italian visual artist living in New York, Elisa Biagini, writer from Florence, Lara Bohinc, jewelry designer from Slovenia but living in London, Pier Paolo Coro, visual artist from the Republic of San Marino, Monica Francia, choreographer from Italy, Paul Granjon, intermedia artist from Marseille but living in Cardiff, Mao e la Rivoluzione, music group from Turin, Marcel-li Antunez Roca, visual artist and performer from Barcelona, Marko Peljhan, intermedia artist from Slovenia but living in USA, Stripburger Magazine, comic magazine from Ljubljana, Alessandra Tesi, visual artist from Prato,
Venues
All the expositions, the activities of the literature area and the Biennial Off took place in the Fabrica da Cordoaria Nacional (a former factory of ship sails and ropes).
Theatrical events, fashion shows and gastronomy meetings were distributed in the noble spaces of the city, such as: Centro Cultural de Belém, Mosteiro de Jeronimos, Central Tejo/Museu de Electricidade, Gare Tejo, Café Lisboa, Videoteca de Lisboa, Johnny Guitar, Instituto Franco-Portuguès, Cinemas King.
General Director
Jorge Barreto Xavier
Assistants
Isabel Favila, Ricardo Carisio
Secretariat
Marta Reis
Financial Consultant
Inês Dias Costa, Assistant: Shila Fernandes
Production and Hospitality Management
José Mota Leal, Assistants: Idalia Veloso, Rui Mourato Lopes, Inês Moura Pinto, João Afonso
Responsible for the Shows
Paulo Gouveia, Assistants: Sergio Matos, Patricia Barbosa
Production Assistants
Fátima Fraga, Artur Crácio Alexandre Batalha, Pedro Machado
Support
Domingos Mira, Daniela Monteiro
Technical Production – Lighting
Pedro Leston, Pedro Rua, Alexandre Coelho, Nuno Varzea, Cristovao Verissimo, Diamantino Marques, Adriano Joao
Technical Production – Sound
Jorge Concalves, Jorge Jorge, Leandro Mauricio, Luis Martins, Jorge Martins
Coordination
Artur Gracio, Rui Mourato
Production and Technical Direction
Miguel Leal Coelho – Centro De Espectaculos Do Centro Cultural De Bélem
Technical Direction of “Philippe Friedman”
Dominique Le Gue
Studio Costa Do Castelo / Café Lisboa
Fernando Pera
Architects Central Tejo
Joao Santa Rita, Claudia Pinheiro, Filipa Mourao
Information
Patricia Barbosa, Fatima Fraga
Edition Cd
Paulo Gouveia, Assistant: Artur Gracio
Exhibitions
Sergio Tréfaut – Director, Assistants: Joana Vilaverde Cabral, Manuel Bernardino
Architects
Miguel Figueira, Miguel Dias Construction, Miguel Mendes, Manuel Lobao
Installation
Joana Vilaverde Cabral, Manuel Bernardino, Noel Sendas, Carlos Cruz
Construction Equipe
Vitor Mendes, Berlino Correia, Silvia Correia, Luis Do Carno, Jose Casaca, Carlos Cruz, Pedro Miranda, Pedro Paulista Lagarto, Miguel Figueiredo, Albano Jorgee Rosado, Nuno Leonal, Vasile Malo
Lighting
Direccao De Servicio Electricos e Mecanicos – Cml – David Silva
Cleaning Service
Cml
Legends
Graficos A Lapa
Lettering
Logotexto
Cinema and Video Coordination
Helena Tavares Da Silva, Assistant: Cristina Pimenta
Fashion Coordination
Pedro Marques Mendes
Promotion and Other Activities
Jorge Barreto Xavier – Director, Riccardo Carisio, Isabel Favila
Literature Coordination
José Vieira Mendes – Director, Nuno Duarte Silva, Rui Pedro Tendinha
Biennial “Off”
Marta Anjos
Informatics
Carlos Miguel Neves
General Secretariat
Ana Lucia Peres, Ana Maria Rosa, Sandra Efigenio, Tiago Garnel, Filomena Carvalho, David Matias
Photographic Documentation
Olh’o’ Passarinho – Susana Paiva, Luis Rocha, Paulo Moura, Paulo Moreira, Pedro Marote
Video Documentation
João Manuel Dias Pinto, Miguel Sargento, João Serralva
Biennial Bulletin – “As Entranhas Do Camarao”
Adriana Prista, Ana Rita Ramos, Josè Antonio Pinto, Herminia Saraiva, Ines Relva, Paula Matos, Sara Raquel
Consultants
Antonio Cerveia Pinto (Biennial Off), Carla Almeida E Sousa (Juridical Cabinet), Luis Urbano (Cinema/Video)
Graphic Direction
Clap – Luis Alvoeiro, Carlos Guerreiro, Maria Joao Lima
Advisors of the Biennial
Filipe Nunes Beirao, Carmen Castanheir
Temporary Press
Carlos Jesus Dos Santos, Rafael Matos, Alberto Alfonso Martines, Ana Severo Dos Santos, Ema Favila Vieira, Bruno Martins Soares, Bruno Magalhaes Vidal, Teresa Joel, Angelina Mota Leal, Ana Moura Pinto, Maria Catravina, Filipa Pererira, Rita Caceiro, Pedro Moreira, Ana Sousa, Teresa Silva
Graphic Direction
Luis Alvoeiro, Carlos Guerreiro, Maria João Lima
Publications
Jose Vieira Mendes, Nuno Duarte Silva, Jorge Barreto Xavier
Revision
Monica Blum
General Revision
Marie-Agnes Then
Edition of Colores
Carlos Pieres
Printing
Multicomp, Artes Graficas, Lda