The exhibition takes place across a number of venues in Venice. The primary venues include
pavilions at the Giardini, the Arsenale, and within the city center of Venice. There are also
collateral events that take place in several locations throughout Venice, events which are
accepted by the curator and promoted by various institutions and bodies. There are also several projects: Elisa Giardina Papa has been invited to make a special work in Forte Marghera, in the building called Polveriera austriaca; and Sophia Al-Maria has been selected to present a work in the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Sale d’Armi, Arsenale, which is the sixth edition of the collaboration between La Biennale di Venezia and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. And finally, many private galleries present the work of artists in various locales across the city.
In speaking about his impression of the overall exhibition, Biennale President Roberto Cicutto says:
Cecilia Alemani’s Exhibition imagines new harmonies, hitherto unthinkable cohabitations and surprising solutions precisely because they distance themselves from anthropocentrism. A journey at the end of which there are no losers, but where new alliances are brought forth, generated by a dialogue between different beings (some perhaps even produced by machines) with all the natural elements that our planet (and perhaps others as well) presents to us. The travelling companions (the artists) who accompany the Curator all come from very different worlds. Cecilia tells us that there is a majority of female artists and non-binary subjects, a choice I endorse because it reflects the richness of the creative force of our time.
It is his “wish,” Cicutto says, “that we can all immerse ourselves in the ‘re- enchantment of the world.’ Perhaps this is a dream, which is another of the constituent elements of this Exhibition.”
“Kindness”
In August 2021, a team of researchers at the University of Sussex conducted a study of what has become the largest study of kindness ever with some 60,000 people participating. Here are ten things they learned:
I.
Kind acts are very common.
II.
The most common kind act is to help people when they ask.
III.
Two thirds of the people think the pandemic has made us kinder.
IV.
There’s a link between kindness and well-being.
V.
Extroverts give and receive more kindness.
VI.
People see more acts of kindness at home than anywhere else.
VII.
Women carry out slightly more kind acts on average and so do people who are religious.
VIII.
We worry about our offers of kindness being misinterpreted.
IX.
People who talk to strangers see and receive more kindness.
X.
Income makes little difference to how kind people are.
Source: Hammond, Claudia. "Ten things we learned from the world’s largest study of kindness," BBC. Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2zcD7zvfnkj6MKDgfhyTCBT/ten-things-we-learned-from-the-world-s-largest-study-of-kindness
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