Chile 2024
The exhibition presents a dynamic interplay of elements, featuring a central installation surrounded by a curtain, sculptures, and video projections.
Title: Cosmonación
Commissioner: Florencia Loewenthal
Curator: Andrea Pacheco González
Artist: Valeria Montti Colque
Cosmonación is an invitation to reflect upon concepts of nationhood, exile, migration and diaspora. Valeria Montti Colque‘s project connects the audience with the contemporary debates around the tension between
questions of “Who I am” and “Where I am”, in the intricate process of “territorializing life” (Kusikidi, 2020) within a diverse plethora of cultural identities.
The term “Cosmonation” is borrowed from the anthropologist Michel S. Laguerre, who affirms that diasporic communities do not sever relations with their places of origin but remain attached to their ancestral lands through different actions, materials, and spiritual practices.
In this way, they inhabit an extended understanding of self within a “multisite nation“, a cosmonation that unifies geographically distant territories.
OPENING TIMES:
Apr 20 – Sept 30 Tue – Sun, 11am – 7pm, Oct 1 – Nov 24 Tue – Sun, 10am – 6pm
CLOSING DAY: Mon
ADDRESS
Magazzino n. 42, Marina Militare, Arsenale di Venezia, Fondamenta Case Nuove 2738/C (near Campo della Celestia)
