Studio Venezia, Xavier Veilhan, French PAVILION – BIENNALE DI VENEZIA

Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia (2017). Pavillon français/French Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia Photo © Giacomo Cosua © Veilhan / ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia (2017). Pavillon français/French Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia Photo © Giacomo Cosua © Veilhan / ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia (2017). Pavillon français/French Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia Photo © Giacomo Cosua © Veilhan / ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia (2017). Pavillon français/French Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia Photo © Giacomo Cosua © Veilhan / ADAGP, Paris, 2024

Xavier Veilhan, Studio Venezia (2017). Pavillon français/French Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia Photo © Giacomo Cosua © Veilhan / ADAGP, Paris, 2024

2017

ARTER PRODUCES STUDIO VENEZIA, CREATED BY XAVIER VEILHAN FOR THE FRENCH PAVILION OF THE 57TH VENICE BIENNALE.

IN THIS IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION THAT BLURS THE ARCHITECTURAL LINES INITIALLY DRAWN UP FOR THE FRENCH PAVILION, FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS COLLIDE TO FORM A LANDSCAPE OF WOOD AND FABRICS THAT REVEALS A FULLY OPERATIONAL RECORDING STUDIO. INSPIRED BY ADDITIVE AND INTUITIVE CONSTRUCTION METHODS. THIS OVERALL ARTWORK EVOKES NOT ONLY KURT SCHWITTER’S MERZBAU BUT ALSO THE PHONIC DEVICES USED DURING RECORDINGS.