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IVORY COAST
The Open Shadows of Memory
VALEÌ RIE OKA Commissioner: Henri Nkoumo.
HERITAGE #6 Curator: Massimo Scaringella.
(ESQUISSE) 150 X Exhibitors: Ernest Dükü, Ananias Leki Dago, Valérie Oka, Tong Yanrunan.
150 CM 2019 MIXED
MEDIA. Venue: Castello Gallery, Castello 1636/A

The Pavilion Commissioner is Henri Nkoumo, art critic and Director
of plastic and visual arts of Ministry of Culture and Francophony of
the Ivory Coast, the Curator is Massimo Scaringella, independent
curator who is recognized for his intense interchange with the non -
European countries.
The Pavilion is located in Castello Gallery (Castello 1636/A – Via
Garibaldi e Riva dei Sette Martiri), in front of the San Marco Basin,
strategic position between Giardini and Arsenale.
The Open Shadows of Memory, presents works that speak of the
mother earth as a collection of the memories of humanity.
Ernest Dükü works on the borders of painting, sculpture and
installation, around the notion of “masquerade”. The spider, hero of
tales in Africa, is the philosophical foundation of his creations. The
metaphors of his works are a mirror that allows the viewer to face
the questions of his articulated world. (excerpt)

JAPAN
Cosmo-Eggs
TSUNAMI BOULDER04, MOTOYUKI Commissioner: The Japan Foundation.
SHITAMICHI, “TSUNAMI BOULDER” Curator: Hiroyuki Hattori.
(2015~), © MOTOYUKI SHITAMICHI, Exhibitors: Motoyuki Shitamichi, Taro Yasuno, Toshiaki Ishikura, Fuminori Nousaku.
COURTESY OF MOTOYUKI
SHITAMICHI Venue: Giardini

This exhibition takes as its starting point the tsunami boulder
artist Motoyuki Shitamichi came across in the Miyako Islands
and Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa, which he has continued to
photograph over the past several years. These large natural
boulders have been washed ashore from beneath the ocean.
While they exist within close proximity to everyday human
life, some become home to new plant life and colonies for
migratory birds. Taro Yasuno presents a composition reminiscent
of bird song through Zombie Music–automated sounds played
mechanically on a series of recorder flutes. The balloons
extending from the Japan Pavilion’s pilot is through to the
exhibition room fulfill the function of lungs that supply air to the
instruments.
The title Cosmo-Eggsis derived from the various myths
throughout the world concerning the birth of humans and
non-human existences from the Cosmic-Egg. Toshiaki Ishikura,
an anthropologist who specializes in comparative mythology,
references local beliefs, mythology, and folklore related to
tsunami in various parts of Asia such as the Ryukyu region and
Taiwan to develop a new mythological allegory that reconsiders
the relationship between humans and nature. (excerpt)

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