Roundtable at Roma Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 17 September 2007. Artists and cultural experts debated issues of ‘trans-nationalism' inspired by the first‑ever Roma Pavilion and Armenian Exhibition at this year's Venice Biennale. Does the presentation of Roma and Armenian artistic production inside a world-famous exhibition associated so strongly with 'national pavilions', challenge the expectations of the public and the art world alike? Or do the artworks in 'Paradise Lost' (Roma) and ‘Under Construction' (Armenian) represent a 'transnational community' or a ‘historical globalised nation'? Do they usefully suggest alternative means of representing ‘community' and 'identity' to those of the modern nation-state? Debating these issues of art's response to mixed belonging, temporary rootedness and cultural diversity were Katia Anguelova (independent curator), Daniel Baker (artist featured in the Roma Pavilion), Silvina Der-Meguerditchian (curator of ‘Under Construction'), Annie Fletcher (curator of 'Becoming Dutch', Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands) and Timea Junghaus (curator of 'Paradise Lost') and Angela Serino (moderator). The debate '(dis)located subjects, (re)defined communities' has been made possible by the support of the ECF, who are also the main funder of the Roma Pavilion. Take a look at some of the roundtable discussions and interviews: http://www.eurocult.org/news-events/?article_id=41