Opening Sessions

Opening Sessions

as a part of if I read you/what I wrote bear/in mind I wrote it

Thursday, October 24, 2024, 2:30-6:00 pm

Teatro Ca’ Foscari a Santa Marta, Calle Larga S. Marta, 2137, 30121, Venice, Italy

if I read you/what I wrote bear/in mind I wrote it* : a convening considering the interdisciplinary and transnational themes of Jeffrey Gibson's the space in which to place me**

This program is presented in collaboration with The New Institute Centre for Environmental Humanities (NICHE) at the Ca’ Foscari University. The project wishes to acknowledge and thank the team at and Susanne Franco at the Ca’ Foscari University for the use of Teatro Ca’ Foscari a Santa Marta.

All events open to the public. All attendees and their guests must register for each event. Tickets available on a first come, first served basis.

More About the Program and Speakers

U.S. Pavilion, Biennale Arte 2024

Jeffrey Gibson's selection to represent the United States at the 60th Venice Biennale marks the first solo presentation of an Indigenous artist for the U.S. Pavilion. the space in which to place me is commissioned by Kathleen Ash-Milby (Curator of Native American Art, Portland Art Museum), Louis Grachos (Phillips Executive Director, SITE Santa Fe), and Abigail Winograd (Independent Curator) and is presented jointly by the Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa Fe.

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Related events of if I read you/what I wrote bear/in mind I wrote it:

Friday Sessions Registration: Mobility: Material, Resonances

Saturday Sessions Registration: Movements: Ideas, Sound

Please note the following two performances will take place at the Giardini della Biennale and do not require registration, but do require Biennale tickets.

Thursday, October 24th, 11:00am:

Opening performance, U.S. Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale

Indigenous Dance Performance

Saturday, October 26th, 3:30pm:

Performance by White People Killed Them, U.S. Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale

Raven Chacon, Marshall Trammell, and John Dieterich

*© Layli Long Soldier, Whereas (2017), courtesy of Graywolf Press

** The title of the exhibition is an excerpt from the poem “Ȟe Sápa,” part three, by Layli Long Soldier.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Teatro Ca' Foscari, 2137 Calle Larga Santa Marta, Venezia, Italy