61. Biennale Arte – Ei Arakawa-Nash

61. Biennale Arte – Ei Arakawa-Nash
With Isamu Noguchi's Octetra at Kodomonokuni (Children’s Land), Yokohama, Japan; Photo: Hako Hosokawa

Informazioni Evento

Luogo
GIARDINI DI CASTELLO - PADIGLIONE GIAPPONESE
Fondamenta dell'Arsenale , Venezia, Italia
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Date
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J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM + JAPAN PAVILION
Fac Xtra Retreat (FXR)—24-HOUR CARE
Location: Japan Pavilion
Performance Dates: May 8 and May 10 at 4:00 PM

In 24-HOUR CARE, FXR asks what it means to care—for their students, their children, their elders, their community, and for each other—acknowledging care as both extraordinarily rewarding and frequently brutal.

24-HOUR CARE is a co-production of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Japan Pavilion, and a continuation of a program first performed at the Getty Center, featuring Fac Xtra Retreat (FXR).

Comprised of Ei Arakawa-Nash, Patty Chang, Pearl C. Hsiung, Amanda Ross-Ho, Anna Sew Hoy, Shirley Tse, and Amy Yao, FXR are practicing artists and professors whose collaborative process draws from lived experiences as artists, educators, parents, caretakers, and community members across Southern California. The performance channels these dynamics into an evolving, site-responsive work in which humor and sincerity coexist.

Vernissage
06/05/2026

ore 19 solo su invito

Artisti
Ei Arakawa-Nash
Curatori
Koyo Kouoh
Generi
arte contemporanea, personale

Ei Arakawa-Nash rappresenta il Giappone alla Biennale di Venezia con il progetto Grass Babies, Moon Babies.

Comunicato stampa

Commissioned by the Japan Foundation, the Japan Pavilion will present Grass Babies,
Moon Babies by Japanese American queer artist Ei Arakawa-Nash at the 61st International Art Exhibition
of La Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte 2026) from 9 May to 22 November 2026 at the Giardini di Castello,
Venice, Italy. This will be a co-curatorial collaboration between HORIKAWA Lisa, Senior Curator and
Director (Curatorial & Collections), National Gallery Singapore, and TAKAHASHI Mizuki, Executive
Director and Chief Curator, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) in Hong Kong.
Grass Babies, Moon Babies creates an immersive journey activated by visitors through acts of care and
movement. Upon entering the Pavilion, visitors are invited to hold and carry one of 200 baby dolls through
the Pavilion’s pilotis, gardens, and interior spaces. Visitors participate in a final act of collective care by
changing the dolls’ diapers and activating a QR code that delivers a “diaper poem” based on each baby’s
assigned birthday. These birthdays are shaped at the intersection of the artist’s intimate, personal
experiences and the long arc of historical and social forces within and beyond Japan.
The exhibition's identity takes the form of a minimal, AI-assisted calligraphic logo, reflecting the dual
imagery of "moon” and "grass," while subtly alluding to a landscape from the point of view of infants.