The Welsh pavilion, tucked away in a tiny, unassuming chapel just north of the Giardini and titled Music for the gift, has captured my heart and my attention. My classmates and I spent a little under two hours in an exhibit that occupies five rooms, and another hour and a half discussing it over cappuccinos afterwards….
The Belgian Pavillon: Anecdotal Absence and Attention to Instrument
The vast white interior of the Belgian pavilion at the Giardini site of the Venice Biennale has a calming, almost hypnotizing, effect on those who enter. For the 57th Venice Biennale The Flemish Minister Sven Gatz commissioned the photographer Dirk Braeckman to represent Belgium at the 57th Venice Biennale. The curator of the exhibit is…
Iceland and Finland: Partners in Absurdist Installations
There is a jarring juxtaposition between the experience of walking through the curated exhibit of the Venice Biennale and hopping from pavilion to pavilion. The international exhibition, entitled Viva Arte Viva, has been clipped, pruned, and polished by Christine Macel in order to provide a slick, cohesive experience that has been neatly thematized, branded, and…