In situ multimedia installation
In collaboration with Divin Sinda
Variable format
The Venice Biennale is the most well-known contemporary art exhibition in the world. It primarily operates through national pavilions, where each country can present one or more of its artists.
The issue is that several countries are not represented, mainly due to economic and/or political reasons. One of these countries is Burundi.
This is why artist Eliot Bessot, in collaboration with Burundian musical artist Divin Sinda, created the Burundi Pavilion.
The Burundi Pavilion takes the form of an unauthorized small sign placed in front of the Swiss pavilion, featuring a QR code. When scanned, a virtual pavilion appears in augmented reality within the Biennale, accompanied by an original composition by Sinda.
The proximity of this unauthorized work to the Swiss pavilion highlights the financial gap between the two countries and, therefore, the inequalities of representation at the Biennale and, more broadly, within the art world.
This artwork augments our reality by bringing into existence what is not, offering a glimpse of a future of equality.