The touring exhibition entitled "The city - shades of alienation" presented works by German photographers Andreas Rost and Ulrich Wüst in the Polish cities of Wrocław, Posen and Lodz.

"Paradise Lost" was the first contemporary show representing an international selection of Roma contemporary artists. The exhibition showcased the visual art talents of the largest European ethnic minority.

Cologne artist Bettina Flitner travelled through Europe for three years with her camera. Her aim was to build a portfolio with portrait photographs of outstanding European women from the areas of politics, culture, academia and business.

The current international debate on architecture seems to be marked by insecurity. All formal concepts of the last years have been accomplished and don't enhance anymore.

"Youth in the Country" was an international photo project involving photography students from eight European countries working together. Photography schools from Bulgaria, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Austria, Poland, Romania and Hungary have been forming a network to originate the year-long project.

The municipal art gallery Bunkier Sztuki in Cracow was staging a series of exhibitions, installations and workshops. The aim was to generate a debate on transculturality, identity and migration, and the opportunities offered by art.

The New Berlin Art Association continues its ongoing exploration of Central Eastern European contemporary art in this exhibition.

The project series "On Difference #2", which is this year holding exhibitions in Stuttgart and Budapest and a symposium ocused on the issue of "Politics of Space" was developed by art association Württembergischer Kunstverein in cooperation with numerous international curators and artists.

The exhibition project "The Government" is devoted to the ways modern governing structures function based on the analyses of power developed by Michel Foucault in the 70s. In this connection the conglomerate of institutions and practices, by means of which people are controlled, is what is meant by "government".

Sound art as a concept has become a common generic term and as a field of interdisciplinary work by artists represents a widely disseminated and well-integrated phenomenon in international art circles. "sonambiente berlin 2006 - festival for listening and seeing" is being organized under the motto "klang kunst sound art" by the Academy of Arts and the Berlin Festival from June 1 - July 16 in Berlin, at the same time as the FIFA World Cup 2006.

The "Mobile Studios", a multimedia production laboratory, will travel across Eastern Europe from Belgrade to Bratislava, Budapest and Gdansk from April to June 2006. They will set up a temporary multimedia production laboratory at prominent sites in these cities.

"Periferic", the International Biennale for Contemporary Art in Iaşi/Eastern Romania, will be staged for the seventh time by the Vector Association in May 2006. This year it has adopted the theme of "Focusing Iaşi".

The Allianz Kulturstiftung has joined forces with the BMW Group and the Goethe Forum to initiate the Workshop "Fast Forward" for young international curators at the 4th Berlin Biennale for contemporary art.

The Basle architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are among the most sought-after architects worldwide. During their 25-year activity, they have created more than 250 buildings across the world, ranging from residential buildings to a factory, from a locomotive depot to a university library.

"Back and Forth" (Her und Hin) is an exchange project between young creative artists from Eastern European countries and those countries bordering Eastern Europe, students with scholarships at the Akademie Schloss Solitude and the Künstlerhaus Bethanien with artists living in Berlin.

The Biennial Art Festival, which has been organised every two years since 1996 in a different European city, is spread out over many places within the town precincts and is being sponsored for the second time already by the Allianz Kulturstiftung.

The berlin biennale for contemporary art came into being in 1996 as an international forum for current developments in the realm of fine arts.

The concept for the project "Utopia Station Lab", planned to last several years, arose from a cooperation between the art historian Molly Nesbitt, the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija and the Vienna Art Society museum in progress.

DISSIMILE - PROSPEKTIONEN: JUNGE EUROPÄISCHE KUNST, a project conceived with the Kunsthalle. It shows innovative trends by young artists - painters, dancers, performance artists, architects, designers, actors and film directors.

The "Manifesta - European Biennial Festival of Contemporary Art" came into being following the political changes in Europe at the beginning of the 1990s.

The Foundation "germinations Europe" came into being in 1981 as the biennial festival of German and French art colleges and after 20 years has developed into an all-embracing European project embracing 16 countries.

The berlin biennale for contemporary art was set up as an international forum for current developments within the fine arts and adjoining sectors. With its interdisciplinary approach it equally provides artists, architects, musicians, choreographers, theatre and film-makers with a platform for the presentation of their work.