The artistic contribution to the German Pavilion 2024 approaches thresholds, steps, and boundaries through three scenarios: The first two scenarios–by Yael Bartana and Ersan Mondtag–are shown in the German Pavilion of the Giardini della Biennale.
The entrance to the Pavilion was relocated to the side of the building.
Walltexts inside of the Pavilion.
The third scenario–by Michael Akstaller, Nicole L’Huillier, Robert Lippok, and Jan St. Werner–builds a bridge to another location outside the Giardini: the island of La Certosa.
The signage system for the works on the island.
The two sided booklet represent the two localities and feature the artistic contributions and biographies of the artists. The middle of the booklet contains texts by the curator Çağla Ilk and the chroniclers Louis Chude-Sokei and Georgi Gospodinov and connects the two sides. It is printed with three spot colors and also features fold-out maps.
THRESHOLDS is the first German contribution to leave the German Pavilion to another location. Posters and banners underline this curatorial approach.
Merchandise with the keyvisual.
Promational animations for social media.
Identity for the German Pavilion 2024 at the 60th Biennale di Venezia. Under the title THRESHOLDS, the contribution to the German Pavilion 2024 narrates history and the future from various artistic positions.
THRESHOLDS are places where no one can stay, places that only exist because one thing has occurred and another still awaits.
Example of an ancient Palimpsest.
The design takes up the concept and presents itself in a keyvisual that is reminiscent of a palimpsest: a manuscript page from which the text has been scraped off in preparation for reuse in the form of another document. Remnants of letters remain visible and the movement of the keyvisual unites the past, present and future.
Closeup of the typeface.
Queue for the Pavilion on the opening day.
Merchandise spotted in Venice.
