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    • Lara Almarcegui, Spanish pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale (2013); photo by Rob Garrett
    • Shop renovations, Gdynia, Poland 2014-08-20; photo by Rob Garrett
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Same-Same

Lara Almercegui and shop renovations
 
At the 55th Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lara Almarcegui filled the Spanish pavilion with mountains of precisely the materials and quantities of those materials - such as brick, concrete, cement, and glass - used by workers to construct the pavilion in the early 20th century.… Read more
    • Tomás Saraceno, 'Galaxies forming along filaments, like droplets along the strands of a spider's web' 2009, Venice 2009, photo by Rob Garrett
    • Tomás Saraceno, 'Galaxies forming along filaments, like droplets along the strands of a spider's web' 2009, Venice 2009, photo by Rob Garrett
    • Tomás Saraceno, 'Galaxies forming along filaments, like droplets along the strands of a spider's web' 2009, Venice 2009, photo by Rob Garrett
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Tomás Saraceno (AR)

Spiders in Venice / Clouds in Berlin
 
Attending the 53rd Venice Biennale in September 2009 and then travelling to Berlin to visit galleries and meet artists, I had the good fortune to see two impressive installations by Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno, who now lives and works in Frankfurt am Main. 'Galaxies forming along… Read more
    • Teresa Margolles, “¿De qué otra cosa podríamos hablar?” (What Else Could We Talk About?); 7 June - 22 November 2009; Palazzo Rota-Ivancich, Castello 4421, Venice; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Teresa Margolles, “¿De qué otra cosa podríamos hablar?” (What Else Could We Talk About?); 7 June - 22 November 2009; Palazzo Rota-Ivancich, Castello 4421, Venice; photo by Rob Garrett
    • Teresa Margolles, “¿De qué otra cosa podríamos hablar?” (What Else Could We Talk About?); 7 June - 22 November 2009; Palazzo Rota-Ivancich, Castello 4421, Venice; photo by Rob Garrett
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Rushing but not rushed

Teresa Margolles (MX) in Venice, 2009
 
The Mexican Pavilion was the last on my “list” of must-see exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and I had left it and a few others to my final afternoon. But sandwiching a half-day trip to Verona into my final day and missing my preferred train back to Venice, meant… Read more
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    • Steve McQueen,
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Seeing the Giardini

Steve McQueen & Roman Ondak, 2009
 
Two art projects in the Giardini at this year's Venice Biennale particularly thrilled me because they drew attention to the garden location of the pavilions; and they did so in unpretentious and understated ways. What made the exprience even more emphatic for me was the unanticipated… Read more
    • Speculation, NZ's 2007 pocket pavilion at Venice Biennale
    • Speculation, NZ's 2007 pocket pavilion at Venice Biennale
    • Speculation, NZ's 2007 pocket pavilion at Venice Biennale
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NZ's Pocket Pavilion

2007 Venice Biennale project
 
While the big boats battled it out in Valencia, artists, curators and supporters launched New Zealand’s cheeky unofficial, portable and pocketable pavilion in Venice for the 52nd Biennale of Contemporary Art: Speculation. Floating into Venice almost as improbably as icebergs drifted past the Otago coast… Read more

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