Mongolia 2019

Title: “A Temporality”
Curator: Gantuya Badamgarav
Commissioner: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports of Mongolia
Artists: Jantsankhorol Erdenebayar, with the participation of Mongolian throat singers N.Ashit, Kh.Damdin, A.Undarmaa, D.Davaasuren and guest artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto

The pavilion features an interdisciplinary project titled “A Temporality”, which revolves around the secular and traditional Mongolian practice of throat singing, namely a complex vocalising technique used to communicate with inner selves, surroundings and nature.
Mongolian artist E. Jantsankhorol creates sculptural installations which accompany the sound performance of the German sound artist Carsten Nicolai, alias Alva Noto. Nicolai intervenes together with Mongolian throat singers to translate this ancient mediums of oral expression into a contemporary art form in dialogue with Jantsankhorol‘s sculptures.