As an impoverished-inbetweener-trying-to-get-a-job-post student-in-the-midst-of-an-economic-crisis-which-is-just-become-boring-by-now; a very close friend of mine has just bought me a flight to Venice to join them for the Biennale for my birthday present! What a wonderful friend eh.
So now, instead of being green-eyed from receiving countless e-flux pavilion email updates; I am slowly making my way back through them and getting more and more excited. As I am only going for a couple of days, it will have to be a mad dash around everything from Bruce Nauman to Krzysztof Wodiczko, to name a couple, (as well as taking time to explore Venice - it's my first time...)
What I find interesting in the director Daniel Birnbaum's theme 'Making Worlds,' is that it is not a direct design towards the theme of globalisation (which in my eyes is becoming close to turning into a cliché at the moment). But rather, his thought:
“The title of the exhibition, Fare Mondi // Making Worlds, expresses my wish to emphasize the process of creation. A work of art represents a vision of the world and if taken seriously it can be seen as a way of making a world. The strength of the vision is not dependent on the kind or complexity of the tools brought into play. Hence all forms of artistic expression are present: installation art, video and film, sculpture, performance, painting and drawing, and a live parade. Taking 'worldmaking' as a starting point, also allows the exhibition to highlight the fundamental importance of certain key artists for the creativity of successive generations, just as much as exploring new spaces for art to unfold outside the institutional context and beyond the expectations of the art market. Fare Mondi // Making Worlds is an exhibition driven by the aspiration to explore worlds around us as well as worlds ahead. It is about possible new beginnings—this is what I would like to share with the visitors of the Biennale.” (Courtesy http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/art/en/80730.html )
I am very interested to see how the artists will respond to this title, by producing something that I hope and expect, to be both an original and thought-provoking artistic approach to the subject.
My thoughts will follow over the next few weeks...
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