24 May 2024
Ca’ Foscari (University of Venice)
A Study Day held in Venice as part of Unseen Guests, a public programme for the British Pavilion 'Listening All Night To The Rain' at the 60th Venice Biennale
The Unseen Guests Study Day in Venice will bring together iniva’s commissioned artists and Venice’s scholarly and visual arts community. It will facilitate a shared exploration of climate justice and anticolonial thinking, putting particular emphasis on diverse forms of archival research with relevance to the theme of water.
The Unseen Guests group of artists and writers have been working together with Pan-African cultural archives throughout the UK and SSA, investigating documentations of anticolonial events and testimonies of climate change. By bridging conversations that depart from diverse perspectives, the Study Day will become a catalyst for forging lasting connections and networks while fostering future collaborations within and beyond the event. It is designed to allow for collaborative reflections and investigations of John Akomfrah’s contribution to the British Pavilion, while approaching the wider context and themes of the Venice Biennale.
