Cosmonación interrupts the notion of singular national representation at an event such as that of the Venice Biennale 2024—Montti Colque is the first Chilean artist, who was not born in Chile, to participate in its pavilion—and proposes to enter a cosmonational space where the visitor will find ”a set of interrelated sites” (Laguerre, 2015). These diverse places and identities are connected through Mamita Montaña (Mother Mountain), the centerpiece of the pavilion. An installation of accumulative nature, measuring more than five meters high, is made up of carpets printed with various media including collages, watercolors, drawings on paper, printed textiles, small ceramic pieces, and photographs. The installation is crowned by a ceramic head. Mamita Montaña suggests a symbolic shelter for the exiled and post-exile people, refugees, and inhabitants of this other ”imagined community” (Anderson, 1983) which is the nation outside the nation where each member of the diaspora lives.
– Andrea Pacheco González, curator – chilenska paviljongen 2024, 60:e konstbiennalen i Venedig. Läs hela texten här.
Curator för den chilenska paviljongen 2024 var Andrea Pacheco González. Cosmonación – Modersberget på Bonniers Konsthall co-curateras av Pacheco González och Joanna Nordin, konstnärlig ledare Bonniers Konsthall. Maria Elena Guerra Aredal, producent på Bonniers Konsthall, kommer att arbeta med båda presentationerna. Under sommaren 2025 reser utställningen vidare till Nationalmuseet i Santiago, Chile.
Cosmonación
Chilenska paviljongen, 60:e konstbiennalen i Venedig
20 april – 24 november 2024
Konstnär: Valeria Montti Colque
Curator: Andrea Pacheco González
Projektledare: Carola Chacón Zuloaga
Kommissionär: Florencia Loewenthal, Kultur- och Utrikesdepartementet i Chile
Curatoriell producent: Maria Elena Guerra Aredal (Bonniers Konsthall)
Samproducent: Bonniers Konsthall
Bilder: Installationsvy, Valeria Montti Colque / Chilenska paviljongen, 2024. Foto: Bonniers Konsthall (Valdemar Asp)
