Commissioner: Paulo Speller;
Curator: Joan Abelló;
Exhibitors: Fernando Nguema Madja, Modest Gené Roig, Rani Bruchstein, Barbara Cammarata, Florin Codre, Jianqi Du, Martin Emschermann, Alessia Forconi, Fulvio Merolli, Alfred Mirashi Milot, Mfochive Oumarou, Hannou Palosuo, Valeria Pérez Fuchs, Andrea Roggi, Sonia Ros, Carlotta Flora Saavedra González, Sandro Sanna, Giuseppe Saporito, Ingrid Seall, Michele Stanzione, Vassilis Vassiliades, Liu Youju, William Marc Zanghi
Venue: Palazzo Donà dalle Rose Cannaregio 5038 / 5101
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of)
The Forest The Undergrowth
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Equatorial Guinea brings its forest to Venice, marking its first participation in the Biennale. The archetype of the forest and its undergrowth, mysterious and unexplored, symbolises the unconscious: the unknown and mysterious part of the mind where everything of which human beings are unaware resides, but also the locus of dialogue between the visible and the invisible. The forest is a place of inspiration for Fernando Nguema, Modest Gené and the invited artists. The forest is a sacred place where the individual is invited to spiritual growth.
Forest is a tribute to that subtle and invisible bond between humanity and nature, between the body and the entire cosmos. It is a place of wisdom where it is possible to learn and rediscover oneself. The guest artists Bruchstein, Cammarata, Codre, Du, Esnayra, Flora, Forconi, González, Merolli, Milot, Moreno, Oumarou, Pérez, Roggi, Ros, Palosuo, Sanna, Seall, Stanzione, Youju, Vassiliades and Zanghi reveal the forest, the invisible side of the visible and its undergrowth. The artists’ dialogue identifies the forest as a mystical space: a boundary between nature and culture, between what is controlled and what escapes human order – a sensorial experience that engages the viewer, inviting them to “inhabit” the work.
