1. WHAT TO SEE?
A compilation of ‘must see’ recommendations from various media
2. MY OWN FAVOURITES
Outside of Giardine/Arsenale, these were my favourites (in no particular order):
– Taiwan Pavilion / ‘Screen Melancholy’, Li Yi-Fan
– ‘Basic Failure’, Sanya Kantarovsky at Palazzo Loredan
– Estonian Pavilion / ‘The House of Leaking Sky’, Merike Estna
– Canicula – Fondazione In Between Art Film at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto
– Michael Armitage + Amar Kanwar at Palazzo Grassi
– ‘Helter Skelter’, Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince at Fondazione Prada
– Holy See Pavilion (two different locations)
– Republic of Moldova Pavilion / ‘On the Thousand and Second Night’, Pavel Brăila at Spazio Santa Veneranda (close to the other Holy See Pavilion site)
3. WALKING ROUTES
Three convenient walking routes that cover most of my favourites + other worthwhile exhibitions.
ROUTE 1
Estonia – Holy See exhibition – Iceland
Route as a GOOGLE MAPS LINK
1. Giardini (start)
Giardini Napoleonici, Viale Trento, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
2. Estonian Pavilion / Merike Estna
Calle S. Domenico, 1285, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
3. Holy See Pavilion / the exhibition
Ex Chiesa di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice – Padiglione Santa Sede Biennale di Venezia, Fondamenta S. Gioacchin, 450, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
4. Icelandic Pavilion / Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Icelandic Pavilion, S. Pietro di Castello, 30100 Venezia VE, Italy
ROUTE 2
Elegy – Ocean Space – Lithuania – Kosovo – Canicula – Congo
Route as a GOOGLE MAPS LINK
1. Elegy in Venice / Gabrielle Goliath
Salizada S. Antonin, 3540, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
2. Ocean Space / Tide of Returns + Nature Speaks
Ocean Space, Campo S. Lorenzo, 5069, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
3. Lithuanian Pavilion / Eglė Budvytytė
Fucina del Futuro – Lithuanian Pavilion, Calle S. Lorenzo, 5063B, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
4. Republic of Kosovo Pavilion / Brilant Milazimi
Santa Maria del Pianto, C. de le Capucine, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
5. Canicula – Fondazione In Between Art Film
Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Barbaria delle, Barbaria de le Tole, 6691, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
6. Democratic Republic of Congo Pavilion
Scuola Grande di San Marco, Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, 6777, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
ROUTE 3
Taiwan – Lee Ufan+Alighiero Boetti – Natasha Tontey – Michael Armitage+Amar Kanwar – Sanya Kantarovsky – Eva & Franco Mattes+Turandot+Giosetta Fioroni – Ukraine
Route as a GOOGLE MAPS LINK
1. Taiwan / Li Yi-Fan
Palazzo delle Prigioni Nove, Riva degli Schiavoni, 4209, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
2. Lee Ufan + Alighiero Boetti / SMAC Venice
SMAC Venice (San Marco Art Centre), P.za San Marco, 105, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
3. Natasha Tontey / Amos Rex + LAS Foundation / Ateneo Veneto
Ateneo Veneto, Campo S. Fantin, 1897, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
4. Michael Armitage + Amar Kanwar / Palazzo Grassi
Grassi Palace, Campo San Samuele, 3231, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
5. Sanya Kantarovsky / Palazzo Loredan: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti c/o Palazzo Loredan, Campo S. Stefano, 2945 S.Marco, 2946, Campo Santo Stefano, 2945, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
6. Eva & Franco Mattes + Turandot: To the Daughters of the East + Giosetta Fioroni
Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, Fondamenta Narisi, 2847, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
7. Still Joy – from Ukraine into the World
Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Sestiere Dorsoduro, 874, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy
