Romania and Uganda Reveal Pavilion Concepts for 2022 Venice Biennale

The 59th Venice Biennale, titled 'The Milk of Dreams' and curated by Cecilia Alemani, runs from April 23 to November 27, 2022. Romania's pavilion features artist and filmmaker Adina Pintilie (born 1980 in Bucharest) with 'You Are Another Me – A Cathedral of the Body', a multi-channel cinematic installation exploring bodily relationships. Pintilie won the Golden Bear at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival for 'Touch Me Not'. Curators Cosmin Costinaș and Viktor Neumann describe the pavilion as a contemporary cathedral reflecting on the body amid biopolitical control and religious conservatism. Uganda makes its Biennale debut with artists Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo, both based in Kampala, presenting 'Radiance – They Dream in Time' at Palazzo Palumbo Fossati. Curated by Shaheen Merali, former exhibitions chief at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin and co-organizer of the 2006 Gwangju Biennale, the pavilion addresses Uganda's social history through women artisans' work (Kerunen) and racial prejudice via pop culture (Sekajugo).