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Artificialis

contemporary art / history of art

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Have you ever heard of the Republic of Nauru?

Kauw Tsitsi, Trapped, 2025

Interview with Patricia Jacomella Bonola about the Nauru-Pavilion “AIM Inundated, Imagining Life After Land” at this years’ Venice Biennale* In a narrow alleyway, not far from the Riva degli Schiavoni, visitors to this year’s Venice Biennale will find a rather surprising national pavilion. Close to the participations from New Zealand and Zimbabwe is the country… (read more)

Artwork of the Month / Juin 2026

il y a un trou dans le réel. (there is a hole in the real.) Dora García 2025 Neon installation led lights inside light boxes as letters 16 m x 1,5 m (approx.) Since 15 January 2026, a huge neon sign is perched at the very top of the roof of the student housing of… (read more)

Artwork of the Month / February 2025

Expiation Patricia Jacomella Bonola 2020 Wool object Ø 80 cm “Expiation” by Patricia Jacomella Bonola is a huge multi-coloured ball of wool. The oversized object has a diameter of 80 cm and the thread is accordingly thick. Only the end of the tread reveals that the most visible thread is composed by a thinner one…. (read more)

Artwork of the Month / May 2020

Au Coucher du soleil – At Sunset (short version) Patricia Jacomella Bonola 2018 Video (Single-channel digital, colour, sound) 10’ 07’’ Courtesy of the artist   Patricia Jacomella Bonola’s video “Au Coucher du soleil” (At Sunset) is the time lapse version of a film with the same name, with a duration of 1 hour, 9 minutes… (read more)

Biennale di Venezia 2015 – Three female artist participations

After “Three artistic approaches to conditions of labour” and “Artistic views on the world order” we are glancing at three female participations to the 56th International Art Exhibition in Venice. The first view in on “The Probable Trust Registry”. It is the awarded work from Adrian Piper in the Arsenale. Then we move to the… (read more)