Monday, June 17, 2013

The Venice Biannale Opens + Fresh & Spicy Watermellon Salsa

Video Art is Featured at this year's exhibition.

ART:

The Venice Biannale Opens!

June 1 - November 24, 2013


The 55th International Art Exhibition will take place in Venice from June 1st to November 24th, 2013 at the Giardini and at the Arsenale, as well as in various venues the city.

The title chosen by curator Massimiliano Gioni for the 55th International Art Exhibition is Il Palazzo Enciclopedico / The Encyclopedic Palace. Massimiliano Gioni introduced the choice of theme evoking the Italo-American self-taught artist Marino Auriti who “on November 16, 1955 filed a design with the US Patent office depicting his Palazzo Enciclopedico(The Encyclopedic Palace), an imaginary museum that was meant to house all worldly knowledge, bringing together the greatest discoveries of the human race, from the wheel to the satellite. Auriti’s plan was never carried out, of course, but the dream of universal, all-embracing knowledge crops up throughout history, as one that eccentrics like Auriti share with many other artists, writers, scientists, and prophets who have tried - often in vain - to fashion an image of the world that will capture its infinite variety and richness.”


A note from:
Paolo Baratta, 
President of la Biennale di Venezia:

Since 1998, the Biennale of Art and Architecture editions of la Biennale are no longer mere exhibitions organized by national pavilions, but are structured by two main pillars: an exhibition composed by national pavilions, each with its own curator and project, and an International Exhibition organized by la Biennale di Venezia which appoints a curator for this specific task. A dual exhibition model that we put through its paces for the first time in 1993 and definitely set as the permanent standard for the 1998 edition. To strategically meet new ensuing needs, we expanded by restoring the Arsenale. All this has given rise to a plurality of voices, and generated a new and very interesting story.
Over the years, in representing the contemporary, our curators have shown an increasing desire to place artists in a historical perspective or in a context of mutual affinities, by highlighting ties and relations both with the past and with other artists of the present. This trend has led us, among other things, to decide that there will be "no more exhibitions without archives" and to organize, for every Biennale, a conference on the relationship between the exhibition and the archive. At the same time, in contrast with the avant-garde period, attention has increasingly been focused on the intensity of the relationship between the work of art and the viewer who, though shaken by artistic gestures and provocations, ultimately seeks in art the emotion of dialoguing with the work, which ought to cause hermeneutical tension, a desire to go beyond. This is what is expected from art.

Massimiliano Gioni wishes to reflect on the artists creative urges and pushes the question even further: what is the artists' world? The prospective interest goes so far as to search for relations with different worlds; thus the Exhibition presents works by contemporary artists, but also historical works, different references, and works that do not claim to be works of art but which are nonetheless compose the stimuli that allow us to imagine and dream beyond reality, dream another reality. That is, the visions that in the classical period helped arouse the artists’ “aspirations”, and in modern times are the “obsessions” of the same; and to give tangible form to both, down to the present time when there is a real reversal. Today, as Gioni’s exhibition suggest, reality lays on a lavishly decked out table a plethora of images and visions for everyday use; all these images strike us and, though we are unable to escape them, it is perhaps the artist who, if anyone, might pass through them unharmed, as Moses did in the Red Sea.

I would like to point out that there are 88 participating countries in this edition of la Biennale, 10 of which are making their very first appearance: AngolaBahamasKingdom of BahrainRepublic of Ivory CoastRepublic of Kosovo,Kuwaitthe MaldivesParaguayTuvalu, and last but not least, the Holy See.


The Holy See is participating for the first time with an exhibition in the Sale d'Armi, a series of spaces la Biennale has restored and converted into permanent pavilions.

For some time now, la Biennale has been developing educational activities and guided tours, which are conducted with a growing number of schools in the region and beyond. For the fourth consecutive year (the programs began with the 2010 Biennale Architettura), we will be renewing the Biennale Sessions project, an initiative we believe to be of greatest importance and that is aimed at institutions engaged in research and training in the arts or related fields, universities, academies of fine arts, and educational and research institutions. The aim is to facilitate three-day visits, organized by these institutions for groups of at least 50 students and teachers, with food at favourable prices, the possibility to organize seminars at the Exhibition’s venues – free of charge, with assistance in organizing their journey and stay. We hope that the visit can form part of the students' curricular activities and that la Biennale can be seen as a place of research where people can observe, reflect and develop ideas. During the Exhibition there will also be open seminars, Meetings on Art, first in the summer months and then again in autumn.

I also wish to thank all the international public institutions and the many donors who have been of great importance in the realization of the 55th Biennale. My thanks also go to Massimiliano Gioni’s team and la Biennale’s staff for making the exhibition possible.
Paolo Baratta

SEE OUR POSTSCRIPT SECTION AT THE END OF THIS ISSUE FOR A LISTING OF ALL Artists & Nations Participating 
in the Venice Biannale.

(Source for la Biennale information: press department for la Biennale di Venezia.) 
FOOD

WATERMELLON
SALSA
Fresh & Spicy

A simple salsa that is sweet and just mildly spicy, made with watermelon, Anaheim pepper, onion and balsamic vinegar. Hotter chilies can be substituted for more spice!
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups seeded and coarsely chopped
watermelon
2 tablespoons chopped onion
3 tablespoons seeded, chopped Anaheim
chile
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt


DIRECTIONS:
In a serving bowl, mix together the watermelon, onion, and chile pepper. Season with balsamic vinegar and garlic salt. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour to blend flavors.

(source: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Watermelon-Salsa/Detail.aspx)


POSTSCRIPT:
Listings of the 
Artists & Nations 
Participating in the 
Venice Biannale

Artists in the Venice Biannale


Hilma af Klint
Born in 1862 in Solna, Sweden
Died in 1944 in Djursholm, Sweden

Victor Alimpiev
Born in 1973 in Moscow, Russia

Ellen Altfest
Born in 1970 in New York, USA

Pawel Althamer
Born in 1967 in Warsaw, Poland

Levi Fisher Ames
Born in 1843 in Sullivan, USA
Died in 1923 in Monroe, USA

Yuri Ancarani
Born in 1972 in Ravenna, Italy

Carl Andre
Born in 1935 in Quincy, USA

Uri Aran
Born in 1977 in Jerusalem, Israel

Yüksel Arslan
Born in 1933 in Istanbul, Turkey

Ed Atkins
Born in 1982 in Oxford, UK

Marino Auriti
Born in 1891 in Guardiagrele, Italy
Died in 1980 in Kennett Square, USA

Enrico Baj
Born in 1924 in Milan, Italy
Died in 2003 in Vergiate, Italy

Nikolay Bakharev
Born in 1946 in Mikhailovka, Russia

Miroslaw Balka
Born in 1958 in Warsaw, Poland

Phyllida Barlow
Born in 1944 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Morton Bartlett
Born in 1909 in Chicago, USA
Died in 1992 in Boston, USA

Gianfranco Baruchello
Born in 1924 in Livorno, Italy

Hans Bellmer
Born in 1902 in Katowice, Poland
Died in 1975 in Paris, France

Neïl Beloufa
Born in 1985 in Paris, France

Graphic Works of Southeast Asia and Melanesia, Hugo A. Bernatzik Collection 1932
1937
Stefan Bertalan
Born in 1930 in Racastie, Romania

Rossella Biscotti
Born in 1978 in Molfetta, Italy

Arthur Bispo do Rosário
Born in about 1910 in Japaratuba, Brazil
Died in 1989 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
John Bock
Born in 1965 in Gribbohm, Germany

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Born in 1923 in Zéprégüé, Ivory Coast

Geta Bratescu
Born in 1926 in Ploiesti, Romania

KP Brehmer
Born in 1938 in Berlin, Germany
Died in 1997 in Hamburg, Germany

James Lee Byars
Born in 1932 in Detroit, USA
Died in 1997 in Cairo, Egypt
Roger Caillois
Born in 1913 in Reims, France
Died in 1978 in Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Varda Caivano
Born in 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Vlassis Caniaris
Born in 1928 in Athens, Greece
Died in 2011 in Athens, Greece

James Castle
Born in 1899 in Garden Valley, USA
Died in 1977 in Boise, USA

Alice Channer
Born in 1977 in Oxford, UK

George Condo
Born in 1957 in Concord, USA

Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris
Born in 1875 in Royal Leamington Spa, UK. Died in 1947 in Hastings, UK
Born in 1877 in London, UK. Died in 1962 in Srinagar, India

Oliver Croy and Oliver Elser
Born in 1970 in Kitzbühel, Austria
Born in 1972 in Rüsselsheim, Germany

R. Crumb
Born in 1943 in Philadelphia, USA

Roberto Cuoghi
Born in 1973 in Modena, Italy

Enrico David
Born in 1966 in Ancona, Italy

Tacita Dean
Born in 1965 in Canterbury, UK

John DeAndrea
Born in 1941 in Denver, USA

Thierry De Cordier
Born in 1954 in Ronse, Belgium

Jos De Gruyter and Harald Thys
Born in 1965 in Geel, Belgium
Born in 1966 in Wilrijk, Belgium

Walter De Maria
Born in 1935 in Albany, USA

Simon Denny
Born in 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand

Trisha Donnelly
Born in 1974 in Los Angeles, USA

Jimmie Durham
Born in 1940 in Washington, USA

Ex-votos from the Santuario di Romituzzo
Italian, 16th–19th Century

Harun Farocki
Born in 1944 in Nový Jicín, Czech Republic

Peter Fischli & David Weiss
Born in 1952 in Zurich, Switzerland
Born in 1946 in Zurich, Switzerland. Died in 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland

Linda Fregni Nagler
Born in 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden

Aurélien Froment
Born in 1976 in Angers, France

Phyllis Galembo
Born in 1952 in New York, USA

Norbert Ghisoland
Born in 1878 in La Bouverie, Belgium
Died in 1939 in Frameries, Belgium

Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi 
Born in 1942 in Merano, Italy
Born in 1942 in Lugo di Romagna, Italy

Domenico Gnoli
Born in 1933 in Rome, Italy
Died in 1970 in New York, USA

Robert Gober
Born in 1954 in Wallingford, USA

Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj
Born in 1967 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Born in 1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Guo Fengyi
Born in 1942 in Xi’an, China
Died in 2010 in Xi’an, China

João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva
Born in 1979 in Lisbon, Portugal
Born in 1977 in Lisbon, Portugal

Wade Guyton
Born in 1972 in Hammond, USA

Haitian Vodou Banners

Duane Hanson
Born in 1925 in Alexandria, USA
Died in 1996 in Boca Raton, USA

Sharon Hayes
Born in 1970 in Baltimore, USA
Camille Henrot
Born in 1978 in Paris, France

Daniel Hesidence
Born in 1975 in Akron, USA

Roger Hiorns
Born in 1975 in Birmingham, UK
Channa Horwitz
Born in 1932 in Los Angeles, USA
Died in 2013 in Santa Monica, USA
Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Born in 1971 in Chicago, USA
René Iché
Born in 1897 in Sallèles-d'Aude, France
Died in 1954 in Paris, France
Hans Josephsohn
Born in 1920 in Kaliningrad, Russia
Died in 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland

Carl Gustav Jung
Born in 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland
Died in 1961 in Küsnacht, Switzerland
Kan Xuan
Born in 1972 in Xuancheng, China

Bouchra Khalili
Born in 1975 in Casablanca, Morocco

Ragnar Kjartansson
Born in 1976 in Reykjavík, Iceland

Eva Kotátková
Born in 1982 in Prague, Czech Republic

Evgenij Kozlov (E-E)
Born in 1955 in St. Petersburg, Russia

Emma Kunz
Born in 1892 in Brittnau, Switzerland
Died in 1963 in Waldstatt, Switzerland

Maria Lassnig
Born in 1919 in Kappel am Krappfeld, Austria

Mark Leckey
Born in 1964 in Birkenhead, UK
Augustin Lesage
Born in 1876 in Saint-Pierre-les-Auchel, France
Died in 1954 in Burbure, France

Lin Xue
Born in 1968 in Fujian, China

Herbert List
Born in 1903 in Hamburg, Germany
Died in 1975 in Munich, Germany

Sarah Lucas
Born in 1962 in London, UK
Helen Marten
Born in 1985 in Macclesfield, UK
Paul McCarthy
Born in 1945 in Salt Lake City, USA

Steve McQueen
Born in 1969 in London, UK
Prabhavathi Meppayil
Born in 1965 in Bangalore, India
Marisa Merz
Born in 1926 in Turin, Italy

Pierre Molinier
Born in 1900 in Agen, France
Died in 1976 in Bordeaux, France

Matthew Monahan
Born in 1972 in Eureka, USA

Laurent Montaron
Born in 1972 in Verneuil-sur-Avre, France

Melvin Moti
Born in 1977 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Matt Mullican
Born in 1951 in Santa Monica, USA

Ron Nagle
Born in 1939 in San Francisco, USA
Bruce Nauman
Born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, USA

Paulo Nazareth
Born in 1977 in Governador Valadares, Brazil

Albert Oehlen
Born in 1954 in Krefeld, Germany

Shinro Ohtake
Born in 1955 in Tokyo, Japan

J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere
Born in 1930 in Ojomu Emai, Nigeria
Henrik Olesen
Born in 1967 in Esbjerg, Denmark

Damián Ortega
Born in 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico
John Outterbridge
Born in 1933 in Greenville, USA
Paño Drawings
Marco Paolini
Born in 1956 in Belluno, Italy
Diego Perrone
Born in 1970 in Asti, Italy
Walter Pichler
Born in 1936 in Deutschnofen, Italy
Died in 2012 in Burgenland, Austria
Otto Piene
Born in 1928 in Bad Laasphe, Germany

Paloma Polo
Born in 1983 in Madrid, Spain

Eliot Porter
Born in 1901 in Winnetka, USA
Died in 1990 in Santa Fe, USA

Imran Qureshi
Born in 1972 in Hyderabad, Pakistan

Carol Rama
Born in 1918 in Turin, Italy

Charles Ray
Born in 1953 in Chicago, USA

James Richards
Born in 1983 in Cardiff, UK

Achilles G. Rizzoli
Born in 1896 in Marin County, USA
Died in 1981 in San Francisco, USA

Pamela Rosenkranz
Born in 1979 in Sils-Maria, Switzerland
Dieter Roth
Born in 1930 in Hanover, Germany
Died in 1998 in Basel, Switzerland

Viviane Sassen
Born in 1972 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Shinichi Sawada
Born in 1982 in Shiga, Japan

Hans Schärer
Born in 1927 in Bern, Switzerland
Died in 1997 in St. Niklausen, Switzerland
Karl Schenker
Born in Germany
Died in 1951/52, UK
Michael Schmidt
Born in 1945 in Berlin, Germany
Jean-Frédéric Schnyder
Born in 1945 in Basel, Switzerland
Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
Born in 1892 in Jasnoje, Russia
Died in 1982 in Berlin, Germany
Tino Sehgal
Born in 1976 in London, UK

Richard Serra
Born in 1939 in San Francisco, USA

Shaker Gift Drawings
Jim Shaw
Born in 1952 in Midland, USA

Cindy Sherman
Born in 1954 in Glen Ridge, USA

Laurie Simmons and Allan McCollum
Born in 1949 in Long Island, USA
Born in 1944 in Los Angeles, USA

Drossos P. Skyllas
Born in 1912 in Kalymnos, Greece
Died in 1973 in Chicago, USA

Harry Smith
Born in 1923 in Portland, USA
Died in 1991 in New York, USA

Xul Solar
Born in 1887 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died in 1963 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Christiana Soulou
Born in 1961 in Athens, Greece

Eduard Spelterini
Born in 1852 in Bazenheid, Switzerland
Died in 1931 in Zipf, Austria

Rudolf Steiner
Born in 1861 in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia
Died in 1925 in Dornach, Switzerland
Hito Steyerl
Born in 1966 in Munich, Germany

José Antonio Suárez Londoño
Born in 1955 in Medellín, Colombia
Papa Ibra Tall
Born in 1935 in Tivaouane, Senegal
Dorothea Tanning
Born in 1910 in Galesburg, USA
Died in 2012 in New York, USA

Anonymous Tantric Paintings
Ryan Trecartin
Born in 1981 in Webster, USA

Rosemarie Trockel
Born in 1952 in Schwerte, Germany

Andra Ursuta
Born in 1979 in Salonta, Romania

Patrick Van Caeckenbergh
Born in 1960 in Aalst, Belgium

Erik van Lieshout
Born in 1968 in Deurne, The Netherlands

Stan VanDerBeek
Born in 1927 in New York, USA
Died in 1984 in Baltimore, USA

Danh Vo
Born in 1975 in Bà Ria–Vung Tàu Province, Vietnam

Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
Born in 1910 in Marinette, USA
Died in 1983 in Milwaukee, USA

Günter Weseler
Born in 1930 in Olsztyn, Poland

Jack Whitten
Born in 1939 in Bessemer, USA

Cathy Wilkes
Born in 1966 in Belfast, UK

Christopher Williams
Born in 1956 in Los Angeles, USA

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Born in 1977 in London, UK

Kohei Yoshiyuki
Born in 1946 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Sergey Zarva
Born in 1973 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Anna Zemánková
Born in 1908 in Olomouc, Czech Republic
Died in 1986 in Prague, Czech Republic
Jakub Julian Ziólkowski
Born in 1980 in Zamosc, Poland
Artur Zmijewski
Born in 1966 in Warsaw, Poland



Nations Participating 
in the Venice Biannale

Exhibitors, Commissioners, Curators, Venues
Maps of the exhibition venues


ANDORRA
Tempus fugit
Javier Balmaseda, Samantha Bosque, Fiona Morrison
Commissioner: Henry Périer. Deputy Commissioners: Francesc Rodríguez, Ermengol Puig, Ruth Casabella. Curators: Josep M. Ubach, Paolo De Grandis. Venue: Nappa 90, Arsenale Nord


ANGOLA *
Luanda, Encyclopedic CityEdson Chagas
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curators: Beyond Entropy (Paula Nascimento, Stefano Rabolli Pansera), Jorge Gumbe, Feliciano dos Santos. Venue: Palazzo Cini, San Vio, Dorsoduro 864

ARGENTINA
"Eva - Argentina. Una metafora contemporanea"
Nicola Costantino
Commissioner: Magdalena Faillace. Curator: Fernando Farina. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

ARMENIA, Republic of
The Tale of David the Lad and Khandut the Lass
Ararat Sarkissian
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Arman Grogoryan. Venue: Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni

AUSTRALIA
Here art grows on trees
Simryn Gill
Commissioner: Simon Mordant. Deputy Commissioner: Penelope Seidler. Curator: Catherine de Zegher. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

AUSTRIA
Mathias Poledna
Commissioner/Curator: Jasper Sharp. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

AZERBAIJAN, Republic of
Ornamentation
Rashad Alakbarov, Sanan Aleskerov, CHINGIZ, Butunay Hagverdiyev, Fakhriyya Mammadova, Farid Rasulov
Commissioner: Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Curator: Hervé Mikaeloff. Venue: Palazzo Lezze, Campo S. Stefano, San Marco 2949

BAHAMAS *
Polar Eclipse
Tavares Strachan

Commissioner: Nalini Bethel, Ministry of Tourism. Curators: Robert Hobbs & Jean Crutchfield. Deputy Curator: Stamatina Gregory. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
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BANGLADESH, Peoples Republic of
SUPERNATURAL
Chhakka Artists’ Group: Mokhlesur Rahman, Mahbub Zamal, A. K. M. Zahidul Mustafa, Ashok Karmaker, Lala Rukh Selim, Uttam Kumar Karmaker. Dhali Al Mamoon, Yasmin Jahan Nupur, Gavin Rain, Gianfranco Meggiato, Charupit School
Commissioner/Curator: Francesco Elisei. Curator: Fabio Anselmi. Venue: Officina delle Zattere, Dorsoduro 947

BAHRAIN *, Kingdom of
In a World of Your Own
Mariam Haji, Waheeda Malullah, Camille Zakharia
Commissioner: Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Culture. Curator: Melissa Enders-Bhatia. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

BELGIUM
Kreupelhout – Cripplewood
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Commissioner: Joke Schauvliege, Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture. Curator: J. M. Coetzee. Deputy Curator: Philippe Van Cauteren. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
The Garden of Delights
Mladen Miljanovic
Commissioners/Curators: Sarita Vujkovic, Irfan Hošic. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3198

BRAZIL
Inside/Outside (Fervenza/Mlászho/Clark/Bill/Munari)
Hélio Fervenza, Odires Mlászho, Lygia Clark, Max Bill, Bruno Munari
Commissioner: Luis Terepins (Fundação Bienal de São Paulo). Curator: Luis Pérez-Oramas. Deputy Curator: André Severo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

CANADA
Music for Silence
Shary Boyle
Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Curator: Josée Drouin-Brisebois. Venue:Pavilion at Giardini

CHILE
Venezia, Venezia
Alfredo Jaar
Commissioner: National Council of Culture and the Arts. Curator: Madeleine Grynsztejn. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

CHINA, People’s Republic of
Transfiguration
He Yunchang, Hu Yaolin, Miao Xiaochun,  Shu Yong, Tong Hongsheng, Wang Qingsong, Zhang Xiaotao
Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG), Zhang Yu, Yan Dong. Curator: Wang Chunchen. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

COSTA RICA
Democracy & Dreams
Priscilla Monge, Esteban Piedra, Rafael Ottón Solís, Cinthya Soto
Commissioner: Francesco Elisei. Deputy Commissioner: Fabio Anselmi. Curator: Francisco Córdoba, MUSEO DE ARTE Y DISEÑO CONTEMPORÁNEO (Fiorella Resenterra). Venue: Ca’ Bonvicini, S.Croce 2161

CROATIA
Between the Sky and the Earth / Tra il cielo e la terra
Kata Mijatovic
Commissioner/Curator: Branko Franceschi. Venue: Sala Tiziano, Opera don Orione Artigianelli, Fondamenta delle Zattere ai Gesuati, Dorsoduro 919

CUBA
La Perversión de lo clásico: Anarquía de los relatos
Liudmila and Nelson, Magdalena Campos Pons and Neil Leonard, Sandra Ramos, Glenda Leon, Lazaro Saavedra, Tonel, Hermann Nitsch, Gilberto Zorio, Wang Du, H.H.Lim, Pedro Costa, Rui Chafes, Francesca Leone
Commissioner: Miria Vicini. Curators: Jorge Fernandez Torres, Giacomo Zaza. Venue: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Palazzo Reale, Piazza San Marco 17

CYPRUS, Republic of
Oo
Lia Haraki, Maria Hassabi, Phanos Kyriacou, Constantinos Taliotis, Natalie Yiaxi, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Jason Dodge, Gabriel Lester, Dexter Sinister
Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou. Deputy Commissioners: Angela Skordi, Marika Ioannou. Curator: Raimundas Malašauskas. Venue: Palasport Arsenale, Calle San Biagio 2132, Castello

CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Still the same place
Petra Feriancova, Zbynek Baladran
Commissioner: Monika Palcova. Curator: Marek Pokorny. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini


DENMARK
Intercourses
Jesper Just in collaboration with Project Projects
Commissioners: The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts: Jette Gejl Kristensen (chairman), Lise Harlev, Jesper Elg, Mads Gamdrup, Anna Krogh. Curator: Lotte S. Lederballe Pedersen. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

EGYPT
Treasuries of Knowledge
Mohamed Banawy, Khaled Zaki
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture. Curator: Khaled Zaki. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini        

ESTONIA
Evident in Advance
Dénes Farkas
Commissioner: Maria Arusoo. Curator: Adam Budak. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3199, San Samuele

FINLAND (Pavilion Alvar Aalto)
Falling Trees
Antti Laitinen
Commissioner: Raija Koli. Curators: Collective Gruppo 111 (Marko Karo, Mika Elo, Harri Laakso). Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

FRANCE
Ravel Ravel Unravel
Anri Sala
Commissioner: Institut Français in co-production with CNAP. Curator: Christine Macel. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GEORGIA
Kamikaze Loggia
Bouillon Group,Thea Djordjadze, Nikoloz Lutidze, Gela Patashuri with Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin, Gio Sumbadze
Commissioner: Marine Mizandari, First Deputy Minister of Culture. Curator: Joanna Warsza. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

GERMANY
Ai Weiwei, Romuald Karmakar, Santu Mofokeng, Dayanita Singh
Commissioner: Federal Foreign Office Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa). Curator: Susanne Gaensheimer. Venue:Pavilion at Giardini

GREAT BRITAIN
Jeremy Deller
Commissioner: Andrea Rose. Curator: Emma Gifford-Mead. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GREECE
HISTORY ZERO
Stefanos Tsivopoulos
Commissioner: Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. Curator: Syrago Tsiara. Venue:Pavilion at Giardini

HOLY SEE *

In Principio
Studio Azzurro, Josef Koudelka, Lawrence Carroll
Commissioner: Em.mo Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura.
Curator: Antonio Paolucci. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

HUNGARY
Fired but unexploded
Zsolt Asztalos
Commissioner: Gábor Gulyás. Curator: Gabriella Uhl. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ICELAND
Katrín Sigurðardóttir
Commissioner: Dorotheé Kirch. Curators: Mary Ceruti , Ilaria Bonacossa. Venue: Lavanderia, Palazzo Zenobio, Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael, Fondamenta del Soccorso, Dorsoduro 2596

INDONESIA, Republic of
SAKTI
Albert Yonathan Setyawan, Eko Nugroho, Entang Wiharso, Rahayu Supanggah, Sri Astari, Titarubi
Commissioner: Soedarmadji JH Damais. Deputy Commissioner: Achille Bonito Oliva. Curators: Carla Bianpoen, Rifky Effendy. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale


IRAQ
Welcome to Iraq
Abdul Raheem Yassir, Akeel Khreef, Ali Samiaa, Bassim Al-Shaker, Cheeman Ismaeel, Furat al Jamil, Hareth Alhomaam, Jamal Penjweny, Kadhim Nwir, WAMI (Yaseen Wami, Hashim Taeeh)
Commissioner: Tamara Chalabi. Deputy Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Curator: Jonathan Watkins. Venue: Ca’ Dandolo, San Polo 2879, San Tomà


IRELAND
The Enclave
Richard Mosse
Commissioner/Curator: Anna O’Sullivan. Venue: Fondaco Marcello, San Marco 3415

ISRAEL
The Workshop
Gilad Ratman
Commissioners: Arad Turgeman, Michael Gov. Curator: Sergio Edelsztein. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ITALY
vice versa
Francesco Arena, Massimo Bartolini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Elisabetta Benassi, Flavio Favelli, Luigi Ghirri, Piero Golia, Francesca Grilli, Marcello Maloberti, Fabio Mauri, Giulio Paolini, Marco Tirelli, Luca Vitone, Sislej Xhafa
Commissioner: Maddalena Ragni.Curator: Bartolomeo Pietromarchi. Venue: Italian Pavilion, Tese delle Vergini at Arsenale

IVORY COAST *, Republic of
Traces and signs
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Tamsir Dia, Jems Koko Bi, Franck Fanny
Commissioner: Paolo De Grandis. Curator: Yacouba Konaté. Venue: Spiazzi, Arsenale, Castello 3865

JAPAN
abstract speaking - sharing uncertainty and collective acts
Koki Tanaka
Commissioner: The Japan Foundation. Curator: Mika Kuraya. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

KENYA
Reflective Nature # a new primary enchanting sensitivity
Kivuthi Mbuno, Armando Tanzini, Chrispus Wangombe Wachira, Fan Bo, Luo Ling & Liu Ke, Lu Peng, Li Wei, He Weiming, Chen Wenling, Feng Zhengjie, César Meneghetti
Commissioner: Paola Poponi. Curators: Sandro Orlandi, Paola Poponi. Venue: Caserma Cornoldi, Castello 4142 and San Servolo island

KOREA, Republic of
To Breathe: Bottari
Kimsooja
Commissioner/Curator: Seungduk Kim. Deputy Commissioner: Kyungyun Ho. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

KOSOVO *, Republic of
Petrit Halilaj
Commissioner: Erzen Shkololli. Curator: Kathrin Rhomberg. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

KUWAIT *
National Works
Sami Mohammad, Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Commissioner: Mohammed Al-Asoussi (National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters). Curator: Ala Younis. Venue:Palazzo Michiel del Brusà, Cannaregio, 4391/A, Strada Nova

LATVIA
North by Northeast
Kaspars Podnieks, Krišs Salmanis
Commissioners: Zane Culkstena, Zane Onckule. Deputy Commissioner: Laura Adamovica. Curators: Anne Barlow, Courtenay Finn, Alise Tifentale. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

LEBANON
Letter To A Refusing Pilot
Akram Zaatari
Commissioner: APEAL. Curators: Sam Bardaouil, Till Fellrath. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

LITHUANIA
oO
Gintaras Didžiapetris, Elena Narbutaite, Liudvikas Buklys, Kazys Varnelis, Vytaute Žilinskaite, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Jason Dodge, Gabriel Lester, Dexter Sinister
Commissioners: Jonas Žakaitis, Aurime Aleksandraviciute. Curator: Raimundas Malašauskas. Venue: Palasport Arsenale, Calle San Biagio 2132, Castello

LUXEMBOURG, Grand Duchy of
Relegation
Catherine Lorent
Commissioner: Clément Minighetti. Curator: Anna Loporcaro. Venue: Ca’ del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052

MACEDONIA, Former Yugoslavian Republic of
SILENTIO PATHOLOGIA
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
Commissioner: Halide Paloshi. Curator: Ana Frangovska. Venue: Scuola dei Laneri, Santa Croce 113/A

MALDIVES *
PORTABLE NATION
Disappearance as Work in Progress – Approaches to Ecological Romanticism
Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, Thierry Geoffrey aka Colonel, Gregory Niemeyer, Stefano Cagol, Hanna Husberg, Laura McLean & Kalliopi Tsipni-Kolaza, Khaled Ramadan, Moomin Fouad, Mohamed Ali, Sama Alshaibi, Patrizio Travagli, Achilleas Kentonis & Maria Papacaharalambous, Wooloo, Khaled Hafez, Ursula Biemann, Heidrun Holzfeind & Christoph Draeger, Klaus Schafler
Commissioner: Ahmed Adeeb, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Republic of Maldives. Curators: CPS – Chamber of Public Secrets (Alfredo Cramerotti, Aida Eltorie, Khaled Ramadan). Deputy Curators: Maren Richter, Camilla Boemio.Venue: Gervasuti Foundation, Via Garibaldi, Fondamenta Sant’Anna, Castello 995

MEXICO
Cordiox
Ariel Guzik
Commissioner: Gaston Ramirez Feltrin. Curator: Itala Schmelz. Venue: Ex Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Castello 5069, Campo San Lorenzo

MONTENEGRO
Image Think / Pensare attraverso l'immagine
Irena Lagator Pejovic
Commissioner/Curator: Nataša Nikcevic. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3078-3079/A, Ramo Malipiero Venezia – Ground Floor

NETHERLANDS, The
Mark Manders. Room with Broken Sentence
Mark Manders
Commissioner: Mondriaan Fund. Curator: Lorenzo Benedetti. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

NEW ZEALAND
Front Door Out Back
Bill Culbert
Commissioner: Jenny Harper. Deputy Commissioner:  Heather Galbraith. Curator: Justin Paton. Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà, Castello

NORDIC PAVILION (FINLAND, NORWAY)
Finland
Falling Trees
Terike Haapoja
Commissioner: Raija Koli. Curators: Collective Gruppo 111 (Marko Karo, Mika Elo, Harri Laakso). Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Norway
Beware of the Holy Whore: Edvard Munch, Lene Berg and the Dilemma of Emancipation
Edvard Munch, Lene Berg
Commissioner: Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA). Curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Angela Vettese.Venue: Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco 71/C

PARAGUAY *
The Encyclopedic Palace of Paraguay
Pedro Barrail, Felix Toranzos, Diana Rossi, Daniel Milessi
Commissioner: Elisa Victoria Aquino Laterza. Deputy Commissioner: Nori Vaccari Starck. Curator: Osvaldo Gonzalez Real.Venue: Palazzo Carminati, Santa Croce 1882

POLAND
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More
Konrad Smolenski
Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska. Curators: Agnieszka Pindera, Daniel Muzyczuk. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

PORTUGAL
Trafaria Praia
Joana Vasconcelos
Commissioner: Direção-Geral das Artes/Secretário de Estado da Cultura, Governo de Portugal. Curator: Miguel Amado.Venue: Riva dei Partigiani / Venetian Lagoon

ROMANIA
An immaterial retrospective of the Venice Biennale
Alexandra Pirici, Manuel Pelmus
Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alexandru Damian. Curator: Raluca Voinea. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

Reflection Centre for Suspended Histories. An Attempt
Anca Mihulet, Apparatus 22 (Dragos Olea, Maria Farcas,Erika Olea), Irina Botea, Nicu Ilfoveanu, Karolina Bregula, Adi Matei, Olivia Mihaltianu, Sebastian Moldovan
Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alexandru Damian. Curator: Anca Mihulet. Venue: Istituto Romeno di Venezia, Palazzo Correr, Campo Santa Fosca, Cannaregio 2214

RUSSIA
Vadim Zakharov: Danaë
Vadim Zakharov
Commissioner: Stella Kasaeva. Curator: Udo Kittelmann. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SERBIA
Nothing Between Us
Vladimir Peric, Miloš Tomic
Commissioner: Maja Ciric. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SLOVENIA, Republic of
For Our Economy and Culture
Jasmina Cibic
Commissioner: Blaž Peršin. Curator: Tevž Logar. Venue: Galleria A+A, San Marco 3073

SOUTH AFRICA
Imaginary Fact: Contemporary South African Art and the Archive
Commissioner: Saul Molobi. Curator: Brenton Maart. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

SPAIN
Lara Almarcegui
Lara Almarcegui
Commissioner/Curator: Octavio Zaya. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SWITZERLAND
Valentin Carron
Commissioners: Pro Helvetia - Sandi Paucic and Marianne Burki. Deputy Commissioner: Pro Helvetia - Rachele Giudici Legittimo. Curator: Giovanni Carmine. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
CARA AMICA ARTE
Giorgio De Chirico, Miro George, Makhowl Moffak, Al Samman Nabil, Echtai Shaffik, Giulio Durini, Dario Arcidiacono, Massimiliano Alioto, Felipe Cardena, Roberto Paolini, Concetto Pozzati, Sergio Lombardo, Camilla Ancilotto, Lucio Micheletti, Lidia Bachis, Cracking Art Group, Hannu Palosuo
Commissioner: Christian Maretti. Curator: Duccio Trombadori. Venue: Isola di San Servolo

THAILAND
Poperomia/Golden Teardrop
Wasinburee Supanichvoraparch, Arin Rungjang
Commissioner: Khemchat Thepchai, Ministry of Culture, General Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC).Curators: Penwadee Nophaket Manont, Worathep Akkabootara. Venue: Santa Croce 556

TURKEY
Resistance
Ali Kazma
Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Curator: Emre Baykal. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

TUVALU *
Destiny Intertwined
Vincent J.F. Huang
Commissioners: Apisai Ielemia, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tapugao Falefou, Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Environment & Labour. Curators: An-Yi Pan, Szu Hsien Li, Shu Ping Shih. Venue: Forte Marghera, via Forte Marghera 30, Mestre

UKRAINE
The Monument to a Monument
Ridnyi Mykola, Zinkovskyi Hamlet, Kadyrova Zhanna
Commissioner: Victor Sydorenko. Curators: Soloviov Oleksandr, Burlaka Victoria. Venue: Palazzo Loredan - Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, San Marco 2946, Campo Santo Stefano

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Walking on Water
Mohammed Kazem
Commissioner: Lamees Hamdan. Curator: Reem Fadda. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sarah Sze: Triple Point
Sarah Sze
Commissioners/Curators: Carey Lovelace, Holly Block. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

URUGUAY
Wifredo Díaz Valdéz: Time (Time) Time
Wifredo Díaz Valdéz
Commissioner: Ricardo Pascale. Curators: Carlos Capelán, Verónica Cordeiro. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

VENEZUELA
El arte urbano. Una estética de la Subversión
Collettivo di Artisti Urbani Venezuelani
Commissioner: Edgar Ernesto González. Curator: Juan Calzadilla. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ZIMBABWE, Republic of
Dudziro
Portia Zvavahera, Michele Mathison, Rashid Jogee, Voti Thebe, Virginia Chihota
Commissioner: Doreen Sibanda. Curator: Raphael Chikukwa. Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà, Castello 3701

ISTITUTO ITALO-LATINO AMERICANO
El Atlas del Imperio
Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal. Curator: Alfons Hug. Deputy Curator: Paz Guevara. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
ARGENTINA
Guillermo Srodek-Hart
BOLIVIA
Sonia Falcone
BRAZIL
Juliana Stein
CHILE
León & Cociña
COLOMBIA
François Bucher
COSTA RICA
Lucía Madriz
CUBA
Humberto Díaz
ECUADOR
Miguel Alvear and Patricio Andrade
EL SALVADOR
Simón Vega
ITALY
Luca Vitone
NICARAGUA
Marcos Agudelo
PANAMA
Jhafis Quintero
PARAGUAY
Fredi Casco
PERU
David Zink Yi
DOMINICAN REPUBBLIC
Collettivo Quintapata -Pascal Meccariello, Raquel Paiewonsky, Jorge Pineda, Belkis Ramírez
URUGUAY
Martín Sastre
VENEZUELA
Susana Arwas
GERMANY /BRAZIL
Harun Farocki & Antje Ehmann. In collaboration with: Cristián Silva-Avária, Anna Azevedo, Paola Barreto, Fred Benevides, Anna Bentes, Hermano Callou, Renata Catharino, Patrick Sonni Cavalier, Lucas Ferraço Nassif, Luiz Garcia, André Herique, Bruna Mastrogiovanni, Cezar Migliorin, Felipe Ribeiro, Roberto Robalinho, Bruno Vianna, Beny Wagner
Christian Jankowski

CENTRAL ASIA PAVILION
WINTER
Commissioner: HIVOS (Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation). Deputy Commissioner: Dean Vanessa Ohlraun (Oslo National Academy of the Arts/The Academy of Fine Art). Curators: Ayatgali Tuleubek, Tiago Bom. Scientific Committee: Susanne M. Winterling. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079
KAZAKHSTAN
Kamilla Kurmanbekova
Erlan Tuyakov
Ikuru Kuwajima
KYRGYZSTAN
Aza Shade 
TAJIKISTAN
Anton Rodin
Sergey Chutkov
UZBEKISTAN
Saodat Ismailova
Vyacheslav Akhunov 

* Countries participating for the first time





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(Source for this issue: press department for la Biennale di Venezia.) 

Until later,

Jack

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