Notebook(@mubinotebook):"Sloshing through puddles in the grounds of the Giardini and Arsenale in early May, there was certainly a sense that something was amiss—that the ideas and ideals put forth by [Koyo] Kouoh, her curatorial team, and the selected artists were in direct opposition to an infrastructure that allows for soft power maneuvers and statecraft by nations that are more interested in silencing the minor keys than listening to them..." Madeleine Seidel writes on video and installation at this year's Venice Biennale:

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2026.07.22 13:15

"Sloshing through puddles in the grounds of the Giardini and Arsenale in early May, there was certainly a sense that something was amiss—that the ideas and ideals put forth by [Koyo] Kouoh, her curatorial team, and the selected artists were in direct opposition to an infrastructure that allows for soft power maneuvers and statecraft by nations that are more interested in silencing the minor keys than listening to them..." Madeleine Seidel writes on video and installation at this year's Venice Biennale: