Venice:
La Biennale - Pick of the Day – May 5 - Giardini. The 56th International Art
Exhibition titled All the World’s Futures, curated by Okwui Enwezor and
organized by La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, opens May 9 until
November 22.
Paolo
Baratta
The
Arena. Inside the Central Pavilion, The Arena is an active space dedicated to
continuous live programming across disciplines. The linchpin of this program is
the epic live reading of all three volumes of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital
(Capital). The Arena is designed by award-winning Ghanaian/British architect
David Adjaye.
Above.
Reading of Latent Images, Diary of a Photographer – Joana Hadjithomas and
Khalil Joreige.
All
the World’s Futures - Central Pavilion – Charles Gaines – Librettos: Manuel de
Falla/Stokely Carmichael, Set 13, 2015
Charles
Gaines
Charles
Gaines – Deep River – American Negro Melody
All
the World’s Futures - Central Pavilion – Glenn Ligon – Come Out #12; #13; #14;
#15;. #, 2015
All
the World’s Futures - Central Pavilion – Robert Smithson – Dead Tree, 1969
All
the World’s Futures - Central Pavilion – Andreas Gursky – Toys’R’US, 1999/2015
Andreas
Gursky
Seen at La Biennale - Issac Julien and Fatima
Maleki
Seen at La Biennale – Essi Maleki
Seen
at La Biennale – Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
All
the World’s Futures - Central Pavilion – Chris Marker – Owls at Noon Prelude:
The Hollow Men, 2005
Seen
at La Biennale – Simon de Pury
Seen
at La Biennale – Stefano Pilati and Christian Schoonis
Seen
at La Biennale – Stefano Tonchi
Dutch
Pavilion – Herman de Vries – To Be All Ways To Be. Herman de Vries (b. 1931) is
representing The Netherlands. Under the title To Be All Ways To Be the Dutch
pavilion exhibits new sculptures, objects, works on paper and photography by de
Vries. Educated as a horticulturist and natural scientist, de Vries gathers,
orders, isolates and displays objects from nature, directing our attention to
both the unity and the diversity of the world around us. In his preparatory
travels to Venice, de Vries collected many objects from the Laguna, the
Giardini and the city, resulting in multiple works both in the Dutch Pavilion
and on the deserted island of Lazzaretto Vecchio in the southern Laguna. The
exhibition is curated by Colin Huizing and Cees de Boer.
Dutch
Pavilion – Herman de Vries – To Be All Ways To Be
Dutch
Pavilion – Herman de Vries – To Be All Ways To Be
Herman
de Vries
Belgian
Pavilion – Vincent Meessen and Guests -
Personne et Les Autres. The Belgian Pavilion presents the work of Belgian
artist Vincent Meessen together with international guest artists. Meessen’s
proposal Personne et les autres breaks the tradition of Belgium’s
representation in Venice to date, which has mostly featured solo or duo
exhibitions of Belgian artists. It challenges the notion of the ‘national
representation’ by moving away from the traditional format of a solo show and
opening up to include multiple positions and viewpoints.
Above.
Belgian Pavilion – James Beckett – Negative Space a Scenario Generator for
Clandestine Building in Africa, 2015
James
Beckett
Swatch
- Giardino dell’Eden by Joana Vasconcelos
Nordic
Pavilion – Camille Norment – Rapture. Camille
Norment has developed a new project titled 'Rapture', a multi-sensory space
structured in three parts: a site-specific sculptural and sonic installation; a
set of performances by musicians and vocalists unfolding during the Biennale;
and a series of three publications..
Seen
at La Biennale – Oscar Englebert Giovanna Battaglia
Seen
at La Biennale – Raphael Castoriano
Seen
at La Biennale – Guili Cordara, Aldo Cibic, Manuela Lucadazio and Aurora Lopez
Mejia
Korean
Pavilion – Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho - The Ways of Folding Space and Flying. The Korean artistic duo Moon Kyungwon and
Jeon Joonho present a new site-specific work entitled The Ways of Folding Space
and Flying, a multi-channel film installation, which explores an archaeological
quest into human civilization that interweaves history with visions of the
future as told through a future-retrospective narrative. It also alludes to the
institutional structure and historic evolution of the Venice Biennale, the
scale and influence of which have been acquired within a shifting
socio-political landscape.
Korean
Pavilion – Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho - The Ways of Folding Space and Flying
Moon
Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho
Seen
at La Biennale – Giulia Costantini, Reena and Kallat Jitish and Luziah Hennessy
Seen
at La Biennale – Bice Curiger
Japanese
Pavilion – Chiharu Shiota – The Key in the Hand. “…I will present a new
installation titled "The Key in the Hand," consisting of two boats,
red yarn, and a huge number of keys. Keys are familiar and very valuable things
that protect important people and spaces in our lives. They also inspire us to
open the door to unknown worlds. With these thoughts in mind, in this new
installation I would like to use keys provided by the general public that are
imbued with various recollections and memories that have accumulated over a
long period of daily use. As I create the work in the space, the memories of
everyone who provides me with their keys will overlap with my own memories for
the first time. These overlapping memories will in turn combine with those of
the people from all over the world who come to see the biennale, giving them a
chance to communicate in a new way and better understand each other's feelings.”
Chiharu Shiota.
Chiharu
Shiota
Australian
Pavilion – Fiona Hall – Wrong Way, Time. Wrong Way Time brings together dozens
of multi-part works created by artist Fiona Hall, set in dialogue with each
other within a multisensory, immersive display. Hall’s subject is the
intersecting field of global conflict, world finances, and the environment,
which she perceives as “a minefield of madness, badness, and sadness in equal
measure”. Her sustained examination of the intricate interrelationship between
nature and culture takes on new urgency as she responds to the realities of
climate change, war and increasing inequity. A veritable museum of transformed
materials and objects, together with intense and poignant paintings and
sculptures, prompt us to consider our impact on the future of nature. Hall is
the first artist representative to exhibit in the new Pavilion of Australia,
designed by Australian architecture firm Denton Corker Marshall, and managed by
the Australia Council for the Arts —the first 21st century and only
water-facing pavilion in the historic Giardini della Biennale.
Australian
Pavilion – Fiona Hall – Wrong Way, Time
Australian
Pavilion – Fiona Hall – Wrong Way, Time