Saturday, May 31, 5 p.m. at SPUMA-Space for the Arts, Giudecca, Venice
The occasion will feature performances by Filippo Riniolo, Gaston Ramirez Feltrin and the Escuela Moderna/Ateneo Libertario Collective.
Artists from different backgrounds and nationalities tell, through their works, the ills, distortions and interpretations of a symbol that, while an element of recognition, can also represent vacuity, borders and limits to freedom. The exhibition is not only a journey through different images and techniques - from photography to video, from painting to drawing - but also an introspective journey that invites reflection on the sense of belonging, the notion of nationhood and the borders that often generate conflicts and divisions.
"Motion of a Nation," An exhibition documenting a singular journey through not only one of the symbols of iconographic tradition, but also the nation, the notion of nation, which are also belonging, but also meaningless rags. A symbol of recognition, but also sometimes of vacuity. Nations as such are a limit to freedom, a constraint, a prison, a limit, a boundary, a justification, a pretext for generating political, economic conflicts, endless wars.
As curator Antonio Arevalo states, "Motion of a Nation is not presented as a simple archive of images, but as a bold and ironic journey through the contemporary arts scene, where art becomes an instrument of resistance and cultural proposal."
The exhibition, involving 31 artists and a collective, aims to offer a key to recreating a primordial space of creative freedom, where new visions can emerge and challenge conventions. A unique opportunity to explore how symbols and nations are also tools of social critique, memory and artistic experimentation.
The exhibition will be held at Venice SPUMA-Space for the Arts (Giudecca, Fondamenta san Biagio 800R) and will be open free of charge from May 31 to July 31, Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. / in July on appointment only.
For more information, contacts and event details, please feel free to write to info@veniceartfactory.org
Exhibition: Motion of a Nation
Edited by: Antonio Arévalo
Artists: Paolo Angelosanto, Alexander Apostol, Filippo Berta, Maurizio Bertinetti, Primož Bizjak, Jota Castro, Donna Conlon, Santolo De Luca, Davide Dormino, Zehra Doğan, Ines Fontenla, Regina José Galindo, Diango Hernández, Paulina Humeres, Antonio Manuel, Ramuntcho Matta, Ronald Moran, Carlos Motta, Ivan Navarro, Lucy+Jorge Orta, Adrian Paci, Daniela Papadia, Sergio Racanati, Gaston Ramirez Feltrin, Filippo Riniolo, Anton Roca, Silvano Rubino, Stefano Scheda, Santiago Sierra, Paolo Toffolutti, Alejandro Vidal, Collective Escuela Moderna/Ateneo Libertario
Dates: May 31-July 31, 2025, Wednesday>Sunday 11am-7pm, in July on appointment only, Free admission
Address: SPUMA-Space for the Arts, Fondamenta San Biagio 800R, Giudecca Venice
Project organized with the collaboration of VeniceArtFactory and Contemporis ets and the support of Green Spin, NeonLauro, Palimpsesto and LDB tenute del doge