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\n\tThe Pavilion of the Holy See at this year\u2019s Venice Biennale will focusing on listening by way of commissioned sound works by artists and musicians including Brian Eno, FKA Twigs, Jim Jarmusch, Patti Smith, Devont\u00e9 Hynes, Laraaji, Kali Malone, Caterina Barbieri, and Terry Riley. The work in the pavilion will take the form of a \u201csonic prayer\u201d and is inspired by the 12th-century abbess and musical composer Saint Hildegard of Bingen.<\/p>\n
\n\tUnder the title \u201cThe Ear Is the Eye of the Soul,\u201d the works by 24 artists will be presented in two venues: the Mystical Garden of the Discalced Carmelites, in the Cannaregio district\u00a0of Venice, and the Complesso di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, in Castello. The exhibition is curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Ben Vickers, in collaboration with Soundwalk Collective. The idea behind it was \u201cconceived in response to Koyo Kouoh\u2019s curatorial proposition for Biennale Arte 2026 to slow down and attune to a quieter register,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn the Mystical Garden, Biennale visitors will be able to stroll while listening on headphones to sound works \u201cresponding to\u00a0Hildegard\u2019s chants, writings, and visionary images through voice, instrumentation, and at times, silence.\u201d The press release attributes part of the thinking behind the pavilion to a quote from Pope Leo XIV: \u201cThe logic of algorithms tends to repeat what \u2018works,\u2019 but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Complex of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice will play home to the final work by the German filmmaker and writer Alexander Kluge, who died last month at the age of 94, as well as an archive featuring Hildegardian texts, artist books by Ilda David\u2019, and new monastery architecture by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn 2024, the Vatican garnered much attention for its pavilion featuring work by Maurizio Cattelan at the Giudecca Women\u2019s Prison, with help from inmates in the prison.<\/p>\n
\n\tOther artists and musicians in this year\u2019s presentation of sound works include Bhanu Kapil, Carminho, Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst, Kazu Makino, Meredith Monk, Moor Mother, Otobong Nkanga, Precious Okoyomon, Ra\u00fal Zurita, Suzanne Ciani, and Benedictine Nuns of the Abbey of St. Hildegard Eibingen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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