[베니스비엔날레] 2022년 4월 23일~11월 27일

"우리 모두는 백남준의 은하계(갤럭시) 속에 살고 있다" 이번 2022 베니스비엔날레 주제 "The Milk of Dreams"군요. 우리는 어떻게 우유빛 갤럭시 속에서 살 수 있을까 그것은 바로 소외 없는 참여와 공유하는 사람에서 가능하다. 백남준 1974년 이에 대한 프로젝트를 록펠러 재단에 제출 통과되어 기금을 타기도 했다. 그게 바로 전자초고속도로 즉 인터넷과 소셜 미디어 인류공동체다. 이제 우리가 이 코뮌 공동체를 업그레이드해야 하는 숙제가 남았다.

2022 베니스비엔날레 주제가 바로 멕시코 초현실주의자 Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)에서 왔다고 아래 작품명은 The Meal of Lord Candlestick, 1938, oil on canvas, 46 x 61cm

[2022년 베니스 비엔날레] 주제: 꿈의 우유 혹은 우유빛 꿈들(The Milk of Dreams) The exhibition's title "The Milk of Dreams" is inspired by surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. 레오노라 캐링턴은 영국 태생의 멕시코 예술가이자 초현실주의 화가이자 소설가였다. 그녀는 멕시코 시티에서 성인 생활의 대부분을 살았으며 1930년대 초현실주의 운동에서 마지막으로 살아남은 참가자 중 한 명이었다.

<베니스 비엔날레 2022년 보도자료> 4월 23일~11월 27일 (사전 개장 : 4월 20일, 21일, 22일) 베니스. 이번 전시회는 지난 몇 달 동안 진행된 예술가들과의 많은 대화를 바탕으로 하다. 계속 떠오르는 질문은 종의 생존이 위협받는 역사상이 순간을 포착하는 것 같지만 우리 시대의 과학, 예술 및 신화에 만연한 의심을 요약하면 이렇다.인간의 정의는 어떻게 변하고 있는가? 생명을 구성하는 것은 무엇이며 동물, 식물, 인간 및 비인간을 구별하는 것은 무엇인가? 지구, 다른 사람 및 다른 사람에 대한 우리의 책임은 무엇인가? 우리가 함께 사는 유기체? 그리고 우리가 없다면 생명과 지구는 어떻게 보일까? »

«La Biennale di Venezia 59th International Art Exhibition Biennale Arte 2022 The Milk of Dreams Curated by Cecilia Alemani Venice (Arsenale and Giardini), 23 April – 27 November 2022 (pre-opening: 20, 21 and 22 April) Venice, 9 June 2021 – The President of La Biennale di Venezia, Roberto Cicutto, and the Curator of the 59th International Art Exhibition, Cecilia Alemani - appointed as the Artistic Director of the Visual Arts Department by the former Board of Directors on January 10, 2020 -, today announced the title and theme of the Biennale Arte 2022, which will be held from 23 April to 27 November 2022 (pre-opening on 20, 21, 22 April) in the Giardini, at the Arsenale, and at various sites around Venice.

The 59th International Art Exhibition will be titled The Milk of Dreams. This name is borrowed from a book by Leonora Carrington, in which, as Cecilia Alemani says, “the Surrealist artist describes a magical world where life is constantly re-envisioned through the prism of the imagination, and where everyone can change, be transformed, become something and someone else. The exhibition takes us on an imaginary journey through metamorphoses of the body and definitions of humanity.”

Cecilia Alemani explains her choice: «The Exhibition takes its name from a book by Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). In the 1950s, while living in Mexico, Carrington dreamed up and illustrated mysterious tales, first directly on the walls of her home, then in a small notebook called The Milk of Dreams. Told in a dreamlike style that seemed to terrify young and old alike,

Carrington’s stories describe a world set free, brimming with possibilities. But it is also the allegory of a century that imposed intolerable pressure on the individual, forcing Carrington into a life of exile: locked up in mental hospitals, an eternal object of fascination and desire, yet also a figure of startling power and mystery, always fleeing the strictures of a fixed, coherent identity. »

«This Exhibition is grounded in many conversations with artists which took place over the past months. The questions that kept emerging seem to capture this moment in history, when the very survival of the species is threatened, but also to sum up doubts that pervade the sciences, arts, and myths of our time. How is the definition of the human changing? What constitutes life, and what differentiates animals, plants, humans, and nonhumans? What are our responsibilities towards the planet, other people, and the other

organisms we live with? And what would life and the Earth look like without us? » «The exhibition focuses on three themes in particular: the representation of bodies and their metamorphoses; the relationship between individuals and technologies; the connection between bodies and the Earth. »(Full statement is attached)

President Roberto Cicutto also stated: «Cecilia Alemani focuses her “imaginary journey through metamorphoses of the body and

definitions of humanity” on a series of questions about the “doubts that pervade the sciences, arts, and myths of our time”. The title of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, curated by Hashim Sarkis, is also a question: “How will we live together?”. These two choices are the product of the current times, which lack all certainty and burden humanity with immense responsibilities. In 2020, Cecilia Alemani coordinated the work of the directors of all the departments of La Biennale (Art, Architecture, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theatre) in organizing the exhibition Le muse inquiete (The Disquieted Muses). When La Biennale Meets History. The restiveness and assumption of responsibility inherent in the artistic act were the inspiration for the exhibition, which told much of the story of La Biennale. Today the starting point for the next Biennale Arte seems to be the reinvention of new and more sustainable relations between individuals and the universe we live in. What better way could there be for Cecilia Alemani, than through these two experiences, to open new doors for the future Biennales?»

The 59th International Art Exhibition will also feature, as usual, the National Participations, with each country presenting its own exhibition in the Pavilions of the Giardini and the Arsenale, and in the historic centre of Venice. This edition will once again include a

selection of Collateral Events organized by international nstitutions, which will hold their own shows and initiatives in Venice. Special thanks to the Leonora Carrington Estate. The official website of the Biennale Arte 2022: www.labiennale.org

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