{"id":5364,"date":"2017-12-17T21:17:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T19:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=5364"},"modified":"2017-12-17T21:17:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T19:17:13","slug":"venice-biennale-art-at-arsenale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=5364","title":{"rendered":"Venice Biennale &#8211; Art at Arsenale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Woohoo it is <strong>Biennale<\/strong> time! Every two years Venice just bursts at its seams from all the art squashed into every last crevice of the city. <strong>Arsenale<\/strong> is one of the two main sites of the Biennale. A gorgeous location for showcasing different media of of art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">The first part consists of several large sections with themed artworks, the second part consists of national pavilions representing different countries. National pavilions can also be found at the second main site <strong>Giardini<\/strong> and all over Venice!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Threads and fabrics are all over Arsenale, representing connections and intertwined fates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5366\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5366\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5366\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5366\" class=\"wp-image-5366\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_01.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">threads and yarn &#8211; mending clothes<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5367\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5367\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5367\" class=\"wp-image-5367\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_02.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">threaded words<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">One artwork is a stack of instagram prints, decaying due to droplets of water dropping from the ceiling, creating craters and erosion &#8211; artwork with development.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5368\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5368\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5368\" class=\"wp-image-5368\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_03.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">printed instagrams from Venice with water dripping down on the stack of paper<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5369\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5369\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5369\" class=\"wp-image-5369\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_04.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">beautiful buildings for art exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Interactive is another keyword of this year&#8217;s Biennale &#8211; A big cozy tent made of a giant crochet work, complete with cushions and bark mulch, protected from the busy streams of visitors zooming past the tent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5370\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5370\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5370\" class=\"wp-image-5370\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_05.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">organic tent to rest for a short while &#8211; how cool is it sitting inside art<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I always appreciate artwork interacting with its surroundings, and this artwork seems fun and colorful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5371\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5371\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5371\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5371\" class=\"wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_06.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pompoms<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Miniature figures interacting with life-sized puddles, fabrics, pianos and trinkets. This woman is cleaning a giant stream of red powder.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5372\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5372\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5372\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5372\" class=\"wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_07.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cleaning red powder<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5373\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5373\" class=\"wp-image-5373\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_08.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">rooms with mirrors<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">On to the national pavilions! National artwork is a bit more about blending traditional art and crafts and modern topics and techniques.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5374\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5374\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5374\" class=\"wp-image-5374\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_09.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">masks<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">A modern Chinese shadow puppet theater, originating from the area around <a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/2014\/08\/19\/xian\/\">Xi&#8217;an<\/a>. Originally made from donkey hide and colored, the puppets are often used to tell ancient legends and stories. Here, a lot of myths get a redo and a new headline, whilst reinforcing the relationship and connection between the avantgarde art scene and artists preserving traditional craft.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5375\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5375\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5375\" class=\"wp-image-5375\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_10.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">modern interpretation of traditional shadow puppets<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5376\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5376\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5376\" class=\"wp-image-5376\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_11.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the Chinese Pavilion<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Have another look at the beautiful location of Arsenale, how amazing are those arches?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5377\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5377\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5377\" class=\"wp-image-5377\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_12.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arsenale &#8211; how beautiful do the arches look<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5378\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5378\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5378\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5378\" class=\"wp-image-5378\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_13.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arsenale &#8211; beautiful location<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Some more national pavilions. Latvia with its parallel universe of alien dinosaurs sacrificing humans and other gruesome scenes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5379\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5379\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5379\" class=\"wp-image-5379\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_14.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">parallel universe<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">South African represented with a beautiful black and white video installation of people travelling on boats, submerged in water.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5381\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?attachment_id=5381\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5381\" class=\"wp-image-5381\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/1710_venice_arsenale_151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">video installation about people on boats<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\">October 26th &#8211; November 1st 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[74,97,600,675,803,932,1239,1285,1287],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}