Massimiliano Gioni's 'The Restless Earth' at Triennale Milano

Massimiliano Gioni curated 'La Terra Inquieta' (The Restless Earth) at Triennale Milano in 2017, a turbulent and existential exhibition exploring migration, displacement, and contemporary crises. The show opens with Thomas Hirschhorn's 'Beyond Ruins' (2016) and 'Ruins Ahead' (2016), copper-coin-studded cardboard paintings, alongside Pravdoliub Ivanov's muddied flags 'Territories' (1995-2003) and Šejla Kamerić's 'EU/Others' (2000). The ground floor presents art as document, featuring Sergey Ponomarev's 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning photography and objects from Comitato 3 Ottobre. Rayyane Tabet's 'Architecture Lessons' (2013) concrete blocks nearly touch Manaf Halbouni's overloaded white Fiat Panda 'Nowhere is Home' (2015), merging with Meshac Gaba's 'Memorial for Drowned Refugees' (2016) and Pawel Althamer's 'Black Market' (2007). The upper floor includes Adel Abdessemed's 'Hope' (2011-2012) and Kader Attia's 'Dead Sea' (2015) in a vast white space. The exhibition is structured around geographic and thematic nuclei: the Syrian conflict, Lampedusa's state of emergency, refugee camp life, and the figure of the nomad and stateless person, using visual metaphors and precarious monuments to commemorate Earth's migratory history.