Pino Boresta's Personal Account of the Venice Biennale 2024
Pino Boresta, an artist hailing from Segni (Rome), recounts his participation in the 60th Venice Biennale titled "Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere," under the curation of Adriano Pedrosa. He encountered various logistical hurdles, such as €9 fares for water buses and €16 for breakfasts. Boresta's artistic endeavors included the placement and retrieval of stickers, capturing images of graffiti, modifying posters, and leaving books from his L.C.A. project behind. He referenced a piece from his "Testamenti" series created in 2003 at MLAC, asserting that it would only be considered art when violence between Jews and Palestinians ends. Boresta bestowed his "Golden Lions" awards: best national pavilion to Poland, best painting to Kusuma Affandi, best work at the Arsenale to Bouchra Khalili, and best concurrent exhibition to Willem de Kooning. He emphasizes the importance of art as a form of dissent and encourages readers to create their own Golden Lions.
Key facts
- Pino Boresta visited the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024.
- The Biennale is titled 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere' curated by Adriano Pedrosa.
- Boresta performed actions: placing stickers, recovering old ones, photographing a sticker with writing, altering event posters, abandoning books from L.C.A. project.
- He photographed in front of the closed Israeli Pavilion.
- He references a 2003 work from 'Testamenti' series at MLAC about Jews and Palestinians.
- Best pavilion: Poland, followed by France and Germany.
- Most beautiful painting: portrait by Kusuma Affandi at Central Pavilion.
- Best work at Arsenale: 'The Mapping Journey Project' by Bouchra Khalili.
- Collateral events: 'Madang, 30th Anniversary Archive Exhibition of the Gwangju Biennale' and 'All African Peoples' Consulate' by Dread Scott.
- Concurrent exhibition: Willem de Kooning at Accademia di Venezia.
- Boresta quotes Concetto Pozzati on art becoming informational flow and aesthetic cosmetics.
- He traveled by camper from Segni to Mestre, then bus and water bus to Venice.
Entities
Artists
- Pino Boresta
- Adriano Pedrosa
- Kusuma Affandi
- Bouchra Khalili
- Dread Scott
- Willem de Kooning
- Concetto Pozzati
- Julian Assange
Institutions
- Venice Biennale
- MLAC (Museo Laboratori dell'Università di Roma La Sapienza)
- Accademia di Venezia
- Gwangju Biennale
- Artribune
Locations
- Venice
- Mestre
- Rialto
- Giardini della Biennale
- Arsenale
- Segni
- Rome
- Italy