A Comparative Dialogue Act
April 20–November 24, 2024
The Luxembourg Pavilion, titled A Comparative Dialogue Act, will publish a vinyl record to mark the end of the 60th Venice Biennale, capturing the essence of the sonic interventions which have unfolded within the pavilion space over the last six months. The pavilion is a collaboration between Luxembourgish-Italian artist Andrea Mancini and multidisciplinary collective Every Island and was conceived as an infrastructure for the transmission of sound. The vinyl will be launched with a listening session at Studio Giardini on November 22.
Throughout the duration of the Biennale, the pavilion hosted four guest artists who produced and presented new sound performances: Selin Davasse, Célin Jiang, Stina Fors, and Bella Báguena. Starting with a shared sound library that was expanded through each residency, the artists manipulated and combined the inherited body of sounds as they wished while incorporating new and live material, challenging notions of authorship and appropriation. Although the artists never physically crossed paths, their explorations intersected in a cyclically unfolding process of synthesis through interference, understanding and trust. By using the same pavilion space as a tool for music production in diverse ways, a dialogue was established during each residency between the artist present, those who came before and those to come.
The vinyl record has been conceived to capture the essence of what unfolded: an ongoing dialogue between the four guest artists. Each artist contributed one out of four voices within the composition, always in conversation with one another. The content consists of either sample material drawn from their shared sound library, which acted as a collaborative tool, or live recordings from their residency within the space. The sounds are primarily vocal or sonic imprints of their presence.
Rather than following a narrative structure, the record embodies a process with no clear beginning or end. It reflects the continuous interactions between the artists, capturing both moments of cacophony, where four distinct sonic languages collide, and moments of alignment, where sounds converge. The emphasis is on the dynamics of collaboration, with individual authorship dissolving into new collective sonic shapes.
The vinyl record will be released to coincide with the finissage of the Biennale and is published by Lenz Press and Mudam Luxembourg.
Further information
For press images, the press dossier and more information, please refer to the press kit on the official website here (press section). Follow updates via the Luxembourg Pavilion official Instagram account.
About the record
Concept by Every Island, Andrea Mancini, Lorenzo Mason, Joel Valabrega
Composed, written and performed by Selin Davasse (sound by Alexander Iezzi), Célin Jiang, Stina Fors & Bella Báguena
Selection and arrangement by Andrea Mancini
Live recordings and live mixes by Roberto Barcarco
Mixed by Peter Desmedt
Mastered by Mathieu Savenay
Images by Alessandro Cugola, Delfino Sisto Legnani & Riccardo Banfi
Graphic design by Lorenzo Mason Studio
Pressed by AFG Roma
Printed by Grafiche Veneziane
Printed in Venice, Italy
Publishers
Mudam Luxembourg
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
3 Park Dräi Eechelen
L-1499 Luxembourg
mudam.com
And
Lenz
lenz.press
Details
Side A: 19:21 minutes
Side B: 19 minutes
Launch event
Date: November 22, 2024
Venue: Studio Giardini
Programme
6–8pm: vinyl listening session
8–11pm: dj set
About the pavilion
Luxembourg Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale
Arsenale, Sale d’Armi 1st floor, Sestiere Castello
Campo Della Tana 2169/F
30122 Venice
Italy
venicebiennale.kulturlx.lu
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Commissioner appointed by the ministry of Culture Luxembourg: Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg
Organiser: Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Curator: Joel Valabrega, Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Assistant Curator: Nathalie Lesure, Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Artists: Andrea Mancini and Every Island
Performing artists
Selin Davasse—Residency: April 8–21; Performances: April 17–21
Célin Jiang—Residency: June 24–30; Performances: June 29–30
Stina Fors—Residency: July 18–28; Performances: July 27–28
Bella Báguena—Residency: September 9–15; Performances: September 13–14
The exhibition is accessible for the public during the Residency periods according to the Arsenale’s opening hours.
Sponsors: LuXembourg—Let’s Make it Happen, Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, The Loo & Lou Foundation
Project sponsor: SAHA provided support for Selin Davasse
Acknowledgement: luca—Luxembourg Center for Architecture, Luxembourg Embassy in Rome, radio 100,7
Date and venue
60th International Venice Biennale
Luxembourg Pavilion, Arsenale, Sale d’Armi 1st floor,
Sestiere Castello, Campo Della Tana 2169/F, 30122 Venice
April 20–November 24
Press contacts
Individual interviews upon request.
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