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Tie A String Around the World, Philippine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Philippines be back with the theme “Tie A String Around the World” to the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, after a 50-year hiatus. “Tie A String Around the World” revolves around the concept of the Philippines as a tropical heterotopia, a real space of crises where utopia – the…

Tie A String Around the World, Philippine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Sarkis: Respiro, Turkish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

“Respiro”, an installation conceptual artist Sarkis, will be presented in the Pavilion of Turkey at the 56th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, the Pavilion of Turkey is curated by Defne Ayas, in the main venue of the biennale. A…

Sarkis: Respiro, Turkish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

In the beginning… the Word became flesh, Vatican Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Pavilion of the Holy See at the Venice Biennale 2015 is promoted by the Pontifical Council for Culture chaired by cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. At its second edition after the participation of 2013, the Pavilion deals with the theme “In the Beginning … the Word became flesh” inspired by the…

In the beginning… the Word became flesh, Vatican Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

What remains is tomorrow, South African Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The South African Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2015 is themed “What remains is tomorrow”, taking cue from the International Art Exhibition at the 56th Biennale di Venezia, All the World’s Futures, Rose and Till present an array of works by artists who are deeply invested in local iterations of power,…

What remains is tomorrow, South African Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Juan Carlos Distefano: The Rebellion of Form, Argentine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The theme of the Argentine Pavilion is “The Rebellion of Form”， Created by artist Juan Carlos Distéfano. The pavilion had an assemblage of 29 human-size sculptures that were lined up beautifully to make up the exhibition La Rebeldía de la Forma (meaning The Uprising of Form). Each sculpture represents an…

Juan Carlos Distefano: The Rebellion of Form, Argentine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

UTTER: The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope, Slovenian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

“UTTER / The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope”, a new project by JAŠA, representing Slovenia at the 56th Venice Biennial International Art Exhibition. The project’s title embraces the very core of JAŠA’s aim to create an artwork as both a poetic stance and a dynamic, politicized presence.…

UTTER: The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope, Slovenian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Hope!, Ukraine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Ukrainian national pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, presents a group exhibition entitled “Hope!” featuring a young generation of Ukrainian artists, including Yevgenia Belorusets, Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Mykola Ridnyi & Serhiy Zhadan, Artem Volokitin, Anna Zvyagintseva and Open Group. The project is…

Hope!, Ukraine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Chiharu Shiota: The Key in the Hand, Japanese Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Japan’s contribution to the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is an exhibition by artist Chiharu Shiota entitled The Key in the Hand. The Key in the Hand, an installation that forges a link between a space made up of keys, yarn, and two boats, and photographs…

Chiharu Shiota: The Key in the Hand, Japanese Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Camille Norment: Rapture, Nordic Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Presented by the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), “Rapture” is Norway”s contribution to the 56th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. In 2015 Norway is solely responsible for the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale for the first time in its history. For this unprecedented occasion, OCA commissioned…

Camille Norment: Rapture, Nordic Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Sean Lynch – Adventure: Capital, Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Irish Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia – presents a new artwork by Sean Lynch titled “Adventure: Capital”. Sean Lynch’s work “As a transcendental journey through history and myth, from the Gobán Saor to castaway minimalist sculpture. Lynch’s ethnographic methodology playfully challenges hegemonic…

Sean Lynch – Adventure: Capital, Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

ARMPIT, Latvian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Latvian pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition presents ARMPIT, a multimedia art installation by Katrīna Neiburga and Andris Eglītis. It is a sculpted system of building constructions interwoven with video-stories about a peculiar local phenomenon, “garage elves”, who tend to spend their leisure time tinkering with various mechanisms…

ARMPIT, Latvian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Heri Dono: Voyage trokomod, Indonesia Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Indonesia pavilion is themed “Trokomod”. conveys the expectations of all historically dominated cultures to be granted equal room and recognition. Myths, legends and folk tales infuseDono’s imagination. Recently he joked:“I am Semar, considered a clown, but inmy former life I was a dinosaurus.” Heri Dono, artist Indonesia, discuss with…

Heri Dono: Voyage trokomod, Indonesia Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Coexistence of Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Mozambique, Mozambique Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

This is an exhibition of contemporary art production focusing on traditional and modern objects to explicate the relationships of art to spirituality, as an example of lived experience of Mozambique, a country of heterogeneous culture, crystallized by holding masterpieces of oral and intangible heritage of humanity, well-known as “Nyau” and…

Coexistence of Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Mozambique, Mozambique Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Vincenzo Trione: Italy Code, Italian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Italian Pavilion present a exhibiont themed “Italy Code” in the 56th International Art Exhibition. Memory, identity values, historical heritage and openness to the future are some of the cornerstones identified by Trione to build a complex exhibition, featuring fifteen artists, between recent past and close contemporaneity. Curator Vincenzo Trione…

Vincenzo Trione: Italy Code, Italian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Civil Future, China Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

China’s pavilion bringing the innovative ideas of Chinese artists at the 56th International Art Exhibition, or Venice Art Biennale 2015. The Chinese pavilion is themed “Civil Future”, it means “everything is among the people and points to the future” . The main theme not only covers broad areas but also…

Civil Future, China Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

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