| Summary: | 54th International Art Exhibition -- La Biennale di Venezia. Partecipazioni nazionali. Exhibition announcement included in the press kit produced to accompany the exhibition in Venice, the Pavilion of Chile, for the 54th Venice Biennale, June 4-November 27, 2011 Fernando Prats is the artist selected for the Chilean Pavilion at the forthcoming 54th International Art Exhibition -la Biennale di Venezia. His project "Gran Sur" (Big South) will be installed in the Arsenals of this ancient city, the most visited spot during the event.--Press statement Exhibition organized by National Council of Culture and the Arts (CNCA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Cultural Affairs Bureau (DIRAC), the Image of Chile Foundation Curator: Fernando Castro Flórez The Gran Sur (Great South) project that Chilean artist Fernando Prats is presenting in the Pavilion of Chile at the 54th Venice Biennale, sets a dialogue between three pieces that are, in themselves, condensation processes of time. The assembly consists of an intervention around the impact of the volcanic eruption of Chaitén (2008); a series of works alluding to the earthquake in south-central Chile (2010); and an installation in neon lettering that reproduces the advert that Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton may have posted circa 1911, calling for men for his expedition to Antarctica.--Announcement
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