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Incidents of iMirror-iTravel at the 2017 Venice Biennale

Incidents of iMirror-iTravel at the 2017 Venice Biennale

These nine episodes tell a story that is often discursive and at times paradoxical…
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The First iDisplacement

The First iDisplacement

Between the imposing block of a concatenated Serbia-Egypt-Venice-Poland-Romania and the outpost of Brazil sinks a forgotten artificial…
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Johanna Flato
The Second iDisplacement

The Second iDisplacement

On the steps leading to the Czech Republic’s one-room temple of a flock of neon swans, a second iDisplacement was deployed.
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The Third iDisplacement

The Third iDisplacement

On a footpath contained within thin, steel barriers, backed by gravel held loosely in the diamond-shaped gaps of a net, three devices were…
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The Fourth iDisplacement

The Fourth iDisplacement

Across the gravel raked away from the steps of the French Pavilion, the light fell through the oak trees in the honeycomb spotlights of…
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The Fifth iDisplacement

The Fifth iDisplacement

The map for 2017’s “Viva Arte Viva”-themed international art Biennale is riddled, as we expect the functional guide to be, with various…
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The Sixth iDisplacement

The Sixth iDisplacement

Descending into the undergrowth, down towards the Biennale’s canal-side edge, the mosquitos converged. Flicking and slapping at any…
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The Seventh iDisplacement

The Seventh iDisplacement

Heavy on classical notions of ‘balance,’ ‘order,’ and geometrical proportion, William Adams Delano and Chester Holmes Aldrich designed the…
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The Eighth iDisplacement

The Eighth iDisplacement

In the same year (1969) that Robert Smithson [momentarily] displaced patches of ground in the Yucatan with square mirrors (sounds plainly…
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The Ninth iDisplacement

The Ninth iDisplacement

Netted in shadows (or alternatively, pools of light), fragments of fleeting landscapes and sampled skies were caught in the glass of four…
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