![]() ![]() An existence in which species are interdependent on each other, and which is not mediated by the coloniality of power of the human species. Shuvinai Ashoona reveals in her drawings and paintings a profundity of indigenous Inuk cosmogonies. Two Special Mentions are awarded to the following artists of the International Exhibition The Milk of Dreams: ![]() Silver Lion for a Promising Young Participant in the International Exhibition "The Milk of Dreams" to Ali Cherri for an interdisciplinary and multilayered presentation that takes a meditation on earth, fire and water from a constructive perspective to a mythical dimension, reflecting The Milk of Dreams’s own opening up to other narratives that depart from the logic of progress and reason. Golden Lion for the Best Participant in the International Exhibition "The Milk of Dreams" to Simone Leigh for the rigorously researched, virtuosically realized, and powerfully persuasive monumental sculptural opening to the Arsenale, which alongside Belkis Ayón, provided a compelling entrée to the ideas, sensibilities and approaches constellated and animated throughout The Milk of Dreams. Acaye Kerunen in her choice of sculptural materials like bark-clothed rafia illustrates sustainability as a practice and not just a policy or concept. Uganda: in acknowledgement of their vision, ambition and commitment to art and working in their country. For looking at complex history of cinema beyond the west and the multiple histories of resistance in her work. Special mentions as National Participations to:įrance: in recognition of and gratitude for the long standing exchange of ideas and solidarity as the idea of of building communities in the diaspora. Important questions of rehearsal as opposed to the perfect attuned, as well as relations between voices in a form of choir, in a distance, and at varying points in the show are posed. Boyce proposes a very contemporary language in relation to fragmented forms that the viewer in experiencing the pavilion can piece together. In working collaboratively with other black women, she unpacks a plenitude of silenced stories. Golden Lion for Best National Participation to Great Britain: Sonia Boyce proposes, consequently, another reading of histories through the sonic. The awards of the International Jury have been presented with the following motivations: Silver Lion for a promising young participant in the International Exhibition The Milk of Dreams Golden Lion for best participant in the International Exhibition The Milk of Dreams Venue: Palazzo Palumbo Fossati, San Marco 2597 Les rêves n’ont pas de titre / Dreams have no titlesĬurators: Yasmina Reggad, Sam Bardaouil and Till FellrathĬommissioner: Institut Francais with the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and Ministry of CultureĪrtists: Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo Golden Lion for the best National Participation:Ĭommissioner: Emma Dexter, British CouncilĢ special mentions for National Participations: In times like this, as the history of La Biennale di Venezia clearly shows, art and artists can help us imagine new modes of coexistence and infinite new possibilities of transformation." The The Milk of Dreams is not an exhibition about the pandemic, but it inevitably registers the upheavals of our era. During these endless months in front of the screen, I have pondered the question of what role the International Art Exhibition should play at this historical juncture, and the simplest, most sincere answer I could find is that the Biennale sums up all the things we have so sorely missed in the last two years: the freedom to meet people from all over the world, the possibility of travel, the joy of spending time together, the practice of difference, translation, incomprehension, and communion. So the very fact that this exhibition can open is somewhat extraordinary: its inauguration is not exactly the symbol of a return to normal life, but rather the outcome of a collective effort that seems almost miraculous. La Biennale di Venezia was forced to postpone this edition by one year, an event that had only occurred during the two World Wars since 1895. " The Milk of Dreams was conceived and organised in a period of enormous instability and uncertainty, since its development coincided with the outbreak and spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. ![]()
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