Index / Interview series
Part 15: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers’ ALBANIA
‘How can local and other contexts be connected in a relevant way, without becoming simply—and sadly—“global?”’? Curator Alicia Knock ends our 15 part series on Eastern European countries’ participation at the Venice Biennale 2019.
Part 14: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers’ NORTH MACEDONIA
‘Through this act of re-examining the past, I refer to the theories of Marxism and of leftist ideology, discussing those issues openly.’ Artist Nada Prlja responds.
Part 13: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers’ KOSOVO
Response from artist Alban Muja. ‘A while ago, I tried to talk to my father about his experience in prison, if I can even call the place he was held a prison, since it was more like a concentration camp…’
Part 12: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers’ SERBIA
‘I am a European in a Brexit country, who curated a pavilion of a nation that is in the process of entering the EU but is not yet part of it.’ Response from curator Nicoletta Lambertucci continues our 15 part series.
Part 11: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers’ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Artist Danica Dakić: ‘I focus on the city of Zenica, once the symbol of socialist progress, which now faces extreme air pollution and high rates of unemployment.’ Manca Bajec and Isobel Wohl pose their questions.
Part 10: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers’ CROATIA
‘Traces of Disappearing, the project I am presenting in Venice, has been in progress for thirteen years…’ Response from artist Igor Grubić.
Part 9: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’ SLOVENIA
‘…it seems that we are returning to that rather deterministic old situation in the current geopolitical shift.’ Artist Marko Peljhan discusses collaborative practice as a legacy for change.
Part 8: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’ ESTONIA
‘Especially in our turbulent political context, being more together, supporting each other, and letting others’ voices complement one another seems more important than ever.’ Director Maria Arusoo, Center for Contemporary Arts, Tallinn.
Part 7: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’ LATVIA
‘Opening up even more, instead of closing in around national borders, should be the response.’ Curators Valentinas Klimašauskas and Inga Lāce continue our 15 part season.
Part 6: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’ LITHUANIA
‘We opened a military zone to the public that had never before been seen, not even by locals.’ Lucia Pietroiusti, curator of the Lithuanian Pavilion, which was awarded 2019’s Golden Lion, participates in our interview series that sets questions in response to Ralph Rugoff’s Venice Biennale exhibition title, ‘May You Live in Interesting Times’.
Part 5: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’ BULGARIA
Eastern European countries exhibiting at the Venice Biennale 2019 were interviewed by Manca Bajec and Isobel Wohl. Responses here by curator Vera Mlechevska and artists Lazar Lyutakov and Rada Boukova.
Part 4: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’ ROMANIA
‘I am still interested in questioning the political importance of image-making and its circulation in contemporary society…’. Curator Dr Cristian Nae responds to the 3 questions set by Manca Bajec and Isobel Wohl to representatives of Eastern European countries exhibiting at the Venice Biennale 2019.
Part 3: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’ POLAND
Artist Roman Stańczak and curators Łukasz Ronduda and Łukasz Mojsak, representing Poland at the Venice Biennale 2019, continue this 15 part interview series. Questions set by Manca Bajec and Isobel Wohl.
Part 2: ‘Matter as a Hope of Finding Some Answers.’ CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAK REPUBLIC
‘From my perspective, art is not only a question of form, but is also the message.’ Artist Stanislav Kolíbal, representing Czech Republic and Slovak Rebublic, responds to the Venice questions.