NABA leaves its mark in the Uzbek pavilion of the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. Andris Brinkmanis (Bachelor of Arts in Painting and Visual Arts Course Leader) joins Sara Raza in curating the "The Panoptic Garden". The programme also brings the Academy students to one of the most important art venues on a global scale.
The Academy and the talk programme
From July 4 to 9, artists and intellectuals walk together with the audience from the Lagoon parks to Venice historical apartments. "The Panoptic Garden" programme looks at the garden as a discursive space, as a trans-cultural site for exchange. Talks address algorithmic thinking and bias from a human-centric and non-Western perspective; they question colonial historical narratives, assumptions and optics. Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas (NABA lecturers) together with Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Ergin Çavuşoğlu, Anahita Mekanik, Matteo Pasquinelli, EPTO, Danilo Correale (also alumnus of the Academy) and Anton Ginzburg are the guests of "The Panoptic Garden". Furthermore, on July 5, Leonardo Zappala and Munisa Kholkhujaeva (MA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies students) presented their respective artistic practices and research. "The Panoptic Garden" will conclude with a publication featuring contributions from participants and edited by the curators.
Cover: Uzbekistan Pavilion installation view ©gerdastudio
