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Karroum was assisted by several co-curators: Didier Houénoudé (Benin), Olivier Marboeuf (France), Anne Szefer Karlsen (Norway), and Claire Tancons (France-USA).
These numbers are taken from Nicolas Michel, “Bénin: une biennale sinon rien!,” Jeune Afrique, November 27, 2012, →.
The website universes-in-universe.org was a partner of Biennale Bénin 2012. A photo report is available on the site. See →
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In an interview, e-flux founder Anton Vidokle once admitted to having distributed an announcement for a fictional exhibition—a Kosovo Pavilion at the 2005 Venice Biennale. On this subject and its implications, see Karl Lydén, “E-flux, Derrida and the Archive,” Site Magazine 25 (2009):12–13.
A longer version of this piece was published under the title “Mining the Biennale: A Story About Art and Globalization in Benin,” in Chimurenga Chronic, August 2013. This text was translated from the original in French by D. Malaquais.