Venice Biennale 2022: Exhibitions in the city
Photos and information of some pavilions and exhibitions in different areas of the city of Venice, 59th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. 23 April - 27 November 2022.
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A tree (Sophora Japonica) at the Giardini Reali di Venezia a San Marco has been dedicated to Jimmie Durham (1940-2021), on 19th April, 2022.
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"What a world we live in, a stick in the forest."
Jimmie Durham, at around 11 pm on November 16th, 2021, the day before he past away, at the age of 81.
To sit down on the ground of the forest and be in a state of wonder.
A dialogue can begin with a stick.
Where is the tree it fell from? Oak, walnut, pine, chestnut, laurel, elm or carob? The bark, dry and flaking off or still green and firmly holding the wood? Soft or hard wood? Have worms found food and a home? What color is the wood - to find an orange one is a marvel. When you cut into the wood, what are the smells? What is the grain? Can you carve finely a small bird to give as a gift to a child? Perhaps it becomes a leg for a table or an element in a chandelier. Or with a piece about the size of your finger, you make a hole with a pocket knife, then introduce a thin serrated file blade, after hours of patiently filing the inside of the stick you will have a wood bead to add to a necklace. Or will it become a cooking spoon?
Or you get up and a dog crosses your path and with interest eyes your stick, a gift to be given and perhaps the beginning of a friendship.
This text by Jimmie Durham was distributed at the ceremony in the Giardini Reali di Venezia a San Marco on April 19, 2022.
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Photos and information of some pavilions and exhibitions in different areas of the city of Venice, 59th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. 23 April - 27 November 2022.