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Zadie Xa and Benito Mayor Vallejo, The Word for Water is Whale, 2020–2021, Ibiye Camp, Remaining Threads, 2021, 3D models, CGI film, wooden
installation (painting, sound, moving image, light and sculpture), dimensions sculptures, textile, commissioned by the 13th Shanghai Biennale/Power
variable, 18:00 minutes, commissioned by the 13th Shanghai Biennale, Station of Art, installation view at the 13th Shanghai Biennale PHASE 03: AN
installation view at the 13th Shanghai Biennale PHASE 03: AN EXHIBITION, EXHIBITION, 2021. Courtesy Power Station of Art, photo by Chen Hao.
2021. Courtesy Power Station of Art, photo by Chen Hao
During *A* WET-RUN REHEARSAL, artists, thinkers a space for bodily experimental cauldron. This
and curators contributing to the Biennale will will advocate for the Biennale’s engagement in
develop their work in close collaboration with the processes of planetary re-connection relying on
City of Shanghai, its people, networks of activism, trans-species collectivity, convening artists to
organizations, and institutions. Bodies of Water think beyond human-centered and nation-based
will culminate with the opening of PHASE 03: AN narratives, connecting the discussions of bodies
EXHIBITION. Lectures, debates, screenings, and with those of the environment.
workshops will turn the Power Station of Art into
“The flow and flush of waters sustain our own
bodies, but also connect them to other bodies, to
other worlds beyond our human selves.”
— Astrida Neimanis

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