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Romania’s presence at Venice Biennale Besides the Romanian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, represented this edition by director Adina Pintilie with her multichannel installation that emerges from her ongoing research on the politics and poetics of intimacy and the body, visitors can meet New York-based artist Andra Ursuta, choreographer Alexandra Pirici or Eugen Raportoru and his installation exploring the Roma domestic space. By Oana Vasiliu
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Andra Ursuta
Alexandra Pirici
he Venice Biennale returned this year
eral outlets as a top item to see at the event.
multifaceted and kaleidoscopic time capsule
with “The Milk of Dreams” theme,
In the Giardini, after the grand entrance and
which is grounded in an understanding of
curated by Cecilia Alemani, which
the colossal work of German artist Katharina
the significance of the narratives that such
includes 213 artists from 58 countries; 180 of
Fritsch, Romanian artist Andra Ursuta returns
objects embody, as well as their capacity to
them are participating in the International
to the Biennale to seduce the audience with a
inform and reflect Roma culture.
Exhibition for the first time. Of the 1,433
series of sculptures. This time, her sculptures
works and objects on display, 80 new projects
recall both American science fiction action
are conceived specifically for the Biennale
horror films, including “Preda-
Arte.
tor” and the “Alien” franchise,
When visiting the exhibitions, attendees
but ultimately they emphasise
will discover a world where everyone can
the vulnerability of the human
change, be transformed, become some-
form and the complexity of
thing or someone else, as the curator states.
desire. Moving forward in the
The “The Milk of Dreams” exhibition takes
Giardini’s main exhibition space,
Leonora Carrington’s otherworldly creatures,
you’ll meet with Alexandra Pirici,
along with other figures of transformation, as
Romanian artist and choreogra-
companions on an imaginary journey through
pher, who will likely capture your
the metamorphoses of bodies and definitions
attention through her live perfor-
of the human. In Romania’s pavilion at the
mance, Encyclopedia of Relations
Biennale, Adina Pintilie imagines a space of
(2022). She assembles groups
togetherness, beyond borders and binaries,
of actors and performers into
exploring the central role of intimacy in the
formations that she describes as
everyday. Nurtured by long-term collabora-
live sculptures, which act, move,
tion with the protagonists, the Romanian Pa-
shift, and sing. A collateral event
vilion is transformed into a contemporary ca-
is taking place at Istituto Veneto
thedral that celebrates connections between
di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, where
bodies beyond any preconceptions. The video
Eugen Raportoru presents his
installation was highly acclaimed by interna-
magic-carpet post-Soviet Romani
tional media, having been mentioned by sev-
seraglio. The artist has created a
The Venice Biennale continues until November 27, 2022.
