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LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
58TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION

KIRIBATI
Pacific Time - Time Flies
DANIELA DANICA Commissioner: Pelea Tehumu, Ministry of Internal Affairs.
TEPES, KIRIBATI RETURN, Curators: Kautu Tabaka, Nina Tepes.
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION, Exhibitors: Kaeka Michael Betero, Daniela Danica Tepes, Kairaken Betio Group; Teroloang Borouea, Neneia Takoikoi, Tineta
2019 © DANIELA DANICA Timirau, Teeti Aaloa, Kenneth Ioane, Kaumai Kaoma, Runita Rabwaa, Obeta Taia, Tiribo Kobaua, Tamuera Tebebe, Rairauea
TEPES, COURTESY THE ARTIST
Rue, Teuea Kabunare, Tokintekai Ekentetake, Katanuti Francis, Mikaere Tebwebwe, Terita Itinikarawa, Kaeua Kobaua, Raatu
Tiuteke, Kaeriti Baanga, Ioanna Francis, Temarewe Banaan, Aanamaria Toom, Einako Temewi, Nimei Itinikarawa, Teniteiti
Mikaere, Aanibo Bwatanita, Arin Tikiraua.
Venue: European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Strada Nuova 3659
In the great vastness of the Pacific Ocean, the tiny island countries
are barely noticeable on the map. One of these islands is the
Republic of Kiribati, consisting of 33 paradise atolls with wonderful
beaches. However, the rising ocean level caused by climate change
is threatening the existence of Kiribati. The islands are in danger of
disappearing into the Pacific Ocean forever. The Republic of Kiribati
Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di
Venezia reflects the endangered existence of the island country
of Kiribati and the time we live in. According to Plato, in contrast
to the impermanent nature of our world and objects within our
world, forms and ideas are permanent. In the Kiribati Pavilion, you
can see interlaced group artworks by 29 artists from different
generation and genres of art. The presented art genres are: video,
photography, interactive animation, performance, ready-made and
installation. The artistic elements used in the artworks include
sound, colour, light, space and material. The artist Kaeka Michael
Betero uses photography and videos to represent the threat to
homes and inhabitants. (excerpt)

KOREA

History Has Failed Us, but No Matter
JANE JIN KAISEN, Commissioner: Arts Council Korea.
COMMUNITY OF Curator: Hyunjin Kim.
PARTING, 2019, FILM Exhibitors: Hwayeon Nam, siren eun young jung, Jane Jin Kaisen.
STILL, ¿¤ JANE JIN Venue: Giardini
KAISEN

Under the title History Has Failed Us, but No Matter1, the Korean
Pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale
di Venezia is curated by Hyunjin Kim, Lead Curator for Asia at
KADIST. “Who canonized the formation of history and whose
bodies are yet to be written about as part of that story?” It is
this vital question that frames the exhibition, presenting the
work of three women artists: siren eun young jung, Hwayeon
Nam, and Jane Jin Kaisen. This exhibition explores the history of
modernization in East Asia through the lens of gender and the
agency of tradition. Questioning the canon of the heterosexual
male as much as it questions the West, this is also an argument
over the many boundaries and borders of modernity that
are carved into today’s aporia. In particular, in its critical
understanding of the problems of the modernization process
in Asia, this exhibition investigates how tradition is invented
and generated in close relation to modernity and explores the
emancipatory potential of tradition in Asia through a perception
of gender complexity that goes beyond the canon of Western
modernity. (excerpt)

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