Cheers VENEZIA 2022 🇮🇹 — it’s been real! A huge pleasure to present TEEN SPIRIT with the inimitable
@mykkiblanco — a performance and collaborative readings at — the Scoula Media Statale On Via Garibaldi — inside a middle school gym, on a boat — on Tuesday 19th April 2022.
The proceedings included:
— Becket MWN
@bbbecket and his “Between Wickets” — musings on art, the big O and cricket..
— Flaka Haliti
@flakahaliti_ and her “The future begins…” about two old flames and hungry ghosts..
— Me
@haddenmanhattan and my own “Gossip / Rumour / Premonition” about gallerists, troll bloggers and trend forecasters — thanks to
@mykkiblanco for
@bbbecket for lending their voices, flair and panache for this one.
— Kolbeinn Hugi
@animal.internet and his cosmic sonic universe keeping us grounded.
— And finally — came a taster of
@E_x_pat the goth punk performative art rock brainchild of
@samuel.acevvedo and
@mykkiblanco — upending white supremacy one country song at a time…
Shout outs to
@thomias.r and
@kianidelvalle — was remarkable to be alongside such charismatic artists on the night!
On 22nd April — it was a great thrill to introduce Mykki and Sam on stage as
@expat at
@thisiscombo for
@terraformafestival in my native form — Love you fellas! Expat for lyfe!
Highlights from Biennial included the sharp curatorial brilliance of
@joanna_warsza Polish pavillon, the realness of the Sami Pavillon. The dialogue between
@zinebsedira French Pavillon and
@soniaboyce British Pavilion was moving. Well done on grabbing the Lion, Sonia 🇬🇧🏆
Special mentions — shout outs to #krislemsalu for introducing me to Tchnar Spritz;
@maxhooperschneider and laptops-sans-frontières and
@studioprouvostsocialclub for giardini pep coffee and warmth, my hair doppelgänger #nickaikens; and
@suburbanelectrostar for making me look up at totally #fake frescoes in the Giardini and
@traceyryans for a hand of god moment into the Ghanaian party.
Thanks once again to Elenora and Georgie at the Fairest and
@curatorial.school for framing us so well. Thanks to the good folk at
@sowandtailor Los Angeles who made our trip possible! More pics to follow… 💚🤍❤️
