BIENNALE ARTE 2022: THE MILK OF DREAMS

“How is the definition of the human changing? What constitutes life, and what differentiates plant and animal, human and non-human? What are our responsibilities towards the planet, other people, and other life forms? And what would life look like without us?”

——Cecilia Alemani

Statement of BIENNALE ARTE 2022: THE MILK OF DREAMS

“人类的定义将会作何改变？生命由何构成，而植物、动物、人类与非人类又该如何区分？我们对地球、对他人以及对其它生命形式的责任是什么？一个没有了我们人类的世界和生活将会怎样？”

——摘自塞西莉亚·阿莱曼尼《2022年威尼斯国际双年展主题陈述》

On the 2nd February, 2022, LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA announced the details of the 59th International Art Exhibition on its official website. The exhibition will take place from 23 April to 27 November 2022, with the pre-opening on 20, 21, and 22 April. A total of 213 artists around the world are invited to participate in the themed exhibition, including three Chinese artists. Cecilia Alemani, who is the curator of this exhibition, interpreted the theme of “The Milk of Dreams” in her statement. The title is taken from the Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington’s book in which she “describes a magical world where life is constantly re-envisioned through the prism of the imagination…The exhibition The Milk of Dreams takes Leonora Carrington’s otherworldly creatures, along with other figures of transformation, as companions on an imaginary journey through the metamorphoses of bodies and definitions of the human.”

View of the Presentation Press Conference of The Milk of Dreams

 “梦想之乳”新闻发布会

2022年2月2日，威尼斯双年展在其官网公布了第59届威尼斯国际艺术展的诸多细节。此次展览将于 2022 年 4 月 23 日至 11 月 27 日举行，并于 4 月 20 日、21 日和 22 日进行开幕预展。在主展览中，共有213位来自世界各地的艺术家受邀参展，其中包括三位中国艺术家。担任本次展览策展人的塞西莉亚·阿莱曼尼（Cecilia Alemani）在主题陈述中诠释了“梦想之乳”的缘起与关联。该主题取自超现实主义艺术家利奥诺拉·卡林顿（Leonora Carrington ）的同名书籍，在书中艺术家“描绘了一个奇异的世界，在这个世界中，生活通过想象的棱镜被不断地重新构想……以梦想之乳为题的此次展览将以卡林顿创作中超凡脱俗的生物，以及一系列变形的人物形象为灵感，共同开启一场有关于身体蜕变与人类定义的想象之旅。”

 The Illustration of The Milk of Dreams

“梦想之乳”视觉图像

In Alemani’s introduction, this exhibition takes many conversations with artists held over the last few years. Based on these conversations, the questions that kept emerging seem to capture this crucial moment in history when the very survival of the species is threatened. In addition, these questions also intend to conclude many other inquires that pervade the sciences, arts, and myths of our time.

在阿莱曼尼的介绍中，此次展览与诸多艺术家进行了系列对话内容。在这些交流对谈之中，一些不断萌生的问题似乎抓住了这个物种生存饱受威胁的历史关键时刻。此外，这些问题同样试图概括遍及于我们所处时代的关于科学、艺术与神话的种种质询。

President Roberto Cicutto and Cecilia Alemani

Image from Cecilia Alemani's Instagram, Photo by Andrea Avezzù

威尼斯双年展主席罗伯特·奇库托（左）与塞西莉亚·阿莱曼尼（右）

图源：塞西莉亚·阿莱曼尼Instagram 摄影：安德里亚·阿维祖

Roberto Cicutto, the President of La Biennale di Venezia, commented that Alemani’s exhibition imagines new harmonies, hitherto unthinkable cohabitations and surprising solutions precisely because they distance themselves from anthropocentrism. From Cicutto’s viewpoint, the exhibition presents brand-new alliances that are generated by a dialogue between different beings (some perhaps even produced by machines) with all the natural elements that our planet (and perhaps others as well).

威尼斯双年展主席罗伯特·奇库托在谈到此次展览时评论：“它构想了崭新的和谐，迄今为止难以想象的共栖以及令人惊讶的解决方案，这恰恰源于其与人类中心主义保持了清晰的距离。”在奇库托的观点中，该展览呈现了新联盟的出现——它们诞生于不同的生物（甚至有一些由机器生产）与我们所处星球（其它星球亦有可能）的所有自然元素之间的对话。

 The Illustration of The Milk of Dreams

“梦想之乳”视觉图像

图源：塞西莉亚·阿莱曼尼Instagram 图片作者：Cecilia Vicuña

Besides the theme, the list of participating artists and brief structure of the BIENNALE ARTE 2022, the National Participations were also announced. In this edition, 5 countries, including the Republic of Cameroon, Namibia, Nepal, Sultanate of Oman, Uganda will be participating for the first time at the Biennale Arte. While the Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Kirghizistan and Republic of Uzbekistan will participate for the first time with their own pavilion.

在2022年威尼斯国际艺术展的主题、参展艺术家名单和简要架构的公布之外，官网同样公布了国家馆的参与情况。在本届双年展中，包括喀麦隆共和国、纳米比亚、尼泊尔、阿曼苏丹国、乌干达等5个国家将首次参展，而哈萨克斯坦共和国、吉尔吉斯斯坦共和国和乌兹别克斯坦共和国则将首次呈现其国家的独立展馆。

Zhang Zikang, Director of CAFA Art Museum

中央美术学院美术馆馆长张子康

Among all of the national participations, it is notable that the Chinese Pavilion will feature the theme of “Meta-Scape”, with Zhang Zikang, who serves as the Director of CAFA Art Museum, as the curator. Works from Liu Jiayu, Wang Yuyang, Xu Lei, and Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Institute of Sci-Tech Arts+Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence (TLBI) Group Project, will be presented in this exhibition.

其中，本年度中国馆将以“元—境”为主题，由中央美术学院美术馆馆长张子康担任策展人。刘佳玉、王郁洋、徐累三位艺术家的创作，以及由中央美术学院科技艺术研究院与清华大学脑与智能实验室组成的AT小组的合作项目将联合呈现。

Edited and translated by CAFA ART INFO

Courtesy of LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA and Cecilia Alemani

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