Yes, the Ukrainian pavilion will be present at the Biennale Arte 2022. Please, read our press release confirming this.
No, the team of the pavilion will not change the artwork and will recreate it as originally intended. However, after the escalation of the Russian war against Ukraine in February 2022, the context around the project dramatically changed. Curators issued the second statement. You can read the full text of the statement here.
We are happy to confirm that all three curators and the artist will be present at the Biennale. The representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Information policy of Ukraine will join the event as well.
If you'd like to arrange an interview, email katya@thenakedroom.com. Specify your media outlet, preferable date and duration of the interview. Due to high demand, the availability of speakers is very limited in the period between 18-23 of April 2022.
On April 20, 2022 at 1 pm the pavilion team will be hosting a press conference in Venice to answer the most common questions from the journalists. The press conference will be live-streamed on the site of La Biennale https://www.labiennale.org/en.
On March 8, 2022, the pavilion issued a statement demanding to ban the Russian pavilion from the Biennale. It comprises our position regarding the Russian pavilion and other representatives of the Russian cultural scene. Read the full text of the statement.
All the images are available in our press kit below. For additional images, email katya@thenakedroom.com
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