Ferzan OzpetekVenetika
Museum’s piazza
curated by Giovanna Zabotti
until 29 May, valid for all exhibitions currently on view, due to the rearrangement of selected galleries and the implementation of energy efficiency improvements to the buildings
valid for one year from the date of purchase
– minors under 18 years of age;
– myMAXXI cardholders;
– on your birthday presenting an identity document;
– upon presentation of EU Disability Card holders and or accompanying letter from hosting association/institution for: people with disabilities and accompanying person, people on the autistic spectrum and accompanying person, deaf people, people with cognitive disabilities and complex communication needs and their caregivers, people with serious illnesses and their caregivers, guests of first aid and anti-violence centres and accompanying operators, residents of therapeutic communities and accompanying operators;
– MiC employees;
– journalists who can prove their business activity;
– European Union tour guides and tour guides, licensed (ref. Circular n.20/2016 DG-Museums);
– 1 teacher for every 10 students;
– AMACI members;
– CIMAM International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art members;
– ICOM members;
– from Tuesday to Friday (excluding holidays) European Union students and university researchers in art history and architecture, public fine arts academies (AFAM registered) students and Temple University Rome Campus students;
– IED Istituto Europeo di Design professors, NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti professors, RUFA Rome University of Fine Arts professors;
– upon presentation of ID card or badge: Collezione Peggy Guggenheim a Venezia, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sotheby’s Preferred, MEP – Maison Européenne de la Photographie;
MAXXI’s Collection of Art and Architecture represents the founding element of the museum and defines its identity. Since October 2015, it has been on display with different arrangements of works.
A peculiar magic box, a red cube of wood and mirrors enclosing a parallel universe, unique and unforgettable. It is Venice. It is a woman, beautiful and eternal.
Venice crossroads of people; Venice multicultural; Venice gateway to and from the world. Ferzan Ozpetek has immersed himself in the city, becoming part of it. He has chosen to live it with different eyes making a unique portrait of it: Kasia Smutniak in apnea, filmed between projections of the most famous pictorial representations of the city, of its unmistakable views. Venetika is an immersive journey where the video is mirrored on a pool of water, while the scent of the lagoon is diffused, accompanied by the music of Sezen Aksu.
A magic box encloses Ferzan Ozpetek’s visionary Venice, a project created for the 58th Art Biennale. Venice is a woman immersed in water. The liquid and opaque moving surface of the sea seems to act as a screen, and on her face and body pass the images, filtered by the water, of the materials in which the city took shape when the liquid turned solid and suddenly became marble, wood, rope and metal.
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