Volumes Inverted, German Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale 2024. A loudspeaker instrument for the monastic ruin on La Certosa is in dialogue with another loudspeaker, which focuses a beam of sound from the lagoon over several hundred meters back to the island. The work gives rise to two interlocking sound installations: one activating the monastery’s interior, the other distributing sound across the island. This duality questions one’s own localization and prompts an interchange between the island and the surrounding lagoon. 

The 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia took place in Venice from April 20 to November 24, 2024. The commissioner was the ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. Curated by Çağla Ilk.

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Fotos Thomas Aurin

Video Joseph Kadow