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(please note: this work was created specifically for the 57th Venice Biennale and is no longer available)

Yason Banal

7.53 min Located at the main entrance to the 57th Venice Biennale (Giardini), the work will only play after you have paid, had your ticket checked, passed security check and entered into the Biennale grounds.

Representation and perception hover between abstraction and documentary tradition, traditions that deploy technology, and technology that is in turn utilized by economic, social and political forces. How does one see, hear and sense the abstract mechanism behind the documentary effect, and conversely the documentary mechanism within the abstract effect?

The document in this instance is a retelling of a fairy tale using local queer speak, where the Venice Biennale serves as contemporary allegory and spectacle, and how queer translation becomes an abstracting site of resistance and generosity, play and imagination.

Yason Banal’s practice traverses media, exploring links and refractions among seemingly divergent systems. He has exhibited widely including at the Tate Modern, Frieze Projects, Singapore Biennale, Shanghai Biennale, Bangkok Art and Culture Center and Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, and has curated exhibitions for Osage Art Foundation, Andy Warhol Museum, and the Asia Pacific Triennial.

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