Issue #102 The Visitor as a Commercial Partner: Notes on the 58th Venice Biennale

The Visitor as a Commercial Partner: Notes on the 58th Venice Biennale

Claire Fontaine

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Installation view of artist Laure Prouvost’s Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre (2019) at the French Pavilion, Venice. Photo: Claire Fontaine.

Issue #102
September 2019










Notes
1

Ralph Rugoff, “Double Vision,” interview by Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, May 2019 .

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Paolo Baratta, “The Visitor as a Partner,” statement included in press kit for 58th Venice Biennale.

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Baratta, “The Visitor as a Partner.”

4

Taylor Dafoe, “It Costs a Whopping $3 Per Minute to Run the Venice Biennale’s Universally Acclaimed Lithuanian Pavilion. Now Organizers Want You to Help,” artnet news, May 31, 2019 .

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After recent incidents involving cruise ships, they have been banned from entering the center of the city, where their imposing presence is both dangerous for people and destructive of the landscape. See Philip Pullella, “Venice Must be Put on U.N. Danger List, Ban Cruise Ships: Conservationists,” Reuters, June 24, 2019 .

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Ralph Rugoff, curatorial statement included in press kit for 58th Venice Biennale.

7

Wikipedia: “White torture is a type of psychological torture that includes extreme sensory deprivation and isolation. Carrying out this type of torture makes the detainee lose personal identity through long periods of isolation” .

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From the brochure for Shu Lea Cheang’s 3×3×6.

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10

Rugoff, “Double Vision,” Artforum.

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Alexandra Stock, “The Privileged, Violent Stunt That Is the Venice Biennale Boat Project,” Mada, May 29, 2019 .