The Chinese Bar – Act I: The Bubble
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THE CHINESE BAR
Act I: The Bubble / April 20 – June 30 2024
Stefano Cagol: Far Before and After (us)
Zhanna Kadyrova: Russian Rocket
Rafael Perez Evans: Grounding
Kenny Schachter: Eating The Bubble
Exhibition of time-based media art in three acts
Curated by Dušan Josip Smodej
April 20 - November 24 2024
Bar Al Campanile, Piazza San Marco 310, 30124 Venice, Italy
VIP Preview: April 15th 7pm (rsvp to [email protected])
Al Campanile is a small traditional Venetian bar that has become the late night meeting point of art people during Biennale openings in the past few editions. The bar, originally designed in a classic Venetian style in the 80s, has been run by a Chinese immigrant family for the past 10 years, who have preserved it perfectly. During the day it's a hotspot for a good spritz and cicchetti, while at night it offers amazing cocktails just behind the corner from San Marco Square. When it is not swamped with tourists, it is full of regulars, art professionals visiting or living in Venice. We all first knew it just by the colloquial name 'The Chinese Bar'.
On the four screens incorporated into the bar’s design by its original architect, this exhibition in three acts presents twelve videos resonating on the topic of this year's Biennale, ‘Foreigners Everywhere’. Similarly as the foreigners of Al Campanile and the broader city of Venice, these videos were created as foreign in time, but became a part of history, either by changing it, assimilating in it, or (re)writing it. The three acts of the exhibition investigate different ways the artworks alienate from contemporary time:
Act I: The Bubble / April 20 – June 30 2024
Stefano Cagol: Far Before and After (us)
Zhanna Kadyrova: Russian Rocket
Rafael Perez Evans: Grounding
Kenny Schachter: Eating The Bubble
Act II: The Freeze / July 1 – September 15 2024
Act III: The Hereafter / September 16 – November 24 2024
