Biennale Podcast Episode 10: New Archive Space, Dance & Theatre Festivals

The tenth episode of La Biennale on Air podcast focuses on the new premises of the Biennale di Venezia's Historical Archive at the Arsenale, opened to the public on June 1-2, 2026. Archive director Debora Rossi discusses the archive's history and strategic importance. Artists María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Kamaal Malak present their performance WATERMARKS, created for the opening. The episode also features Sir Wayne McGregor introducing the 20th International Festival of Contemporary Dance (July 17-August 1, 2026) titled Time Does Not Exist, and testimonies from the 54th International Theatre Festival (June 7-21, 2026) directed by Willem Dafoe, including Satoshi Miyagi, Dorcy Rugamba, Christos Stergioglou, and Alex Drakos Ktistakis. An exclusive excerpt from an interview with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer, conducted by film critic Francesco Giai Via for the Biennale Magazine issue 2/26, is included. The podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music-Audible, YouTube, and the Biennale website.