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Overview of the Australia at the Venice Biennale 2022 project 

Australia Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 

Artist Marco Fusinato
Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor
Commissioner Creative Australia
Exhibition Dates 23 April – 27 November 2022
Exhibition Title DESASTRES
Artwork Credit Marco Fusinato
DESASTRES, 2022
Solo durational performance as installation
200 days
Courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery

About DESASTRES 

Marco Fusinato’s DESASTRES, curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, is an experimental noise project that synchronises sound with image and takes the form of a durational solo performance as installation. 

In 2022, Fusinato performed live in the Australia Pavilion for 200 days using an electric guitar as a signal generator into mass amplification to improvise slabs of noise, saturated feedback and discordant intensities that trigger a deluge of images. The resulting all-consuming experience is open for the audience to interpret and make sense of.  

Almost 400,000 attendees visited the pavilion in 2022 in a broad mix of global socio-demographics, sparking conversations that speak to Australia’s positioning in the world, including contemporary values that reflect the now.    

Creative Australia is the commissioner for Australia’s National Participation at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.   

Discover more about its journey at Marco Fusinato DESASTRES 

WARNING: The DESASTRES website contains high intensity sound and rapid movement of light. 

selection of pages from the Score for DESASTRES, 2022
Marco Fusinato 
selection of pages from the Score for DESASTRES, 2022 
facsimile on Edition Peters manuscript paper 
each 30.3 x 45.5 cm 
Courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery. 

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Artistic team

Find out more about artist Marco Fusinato, curator Alexie Glass-Kantor and their presentation at the Venice Biennale 2022.

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Supporters

The success of Australia at the Venice Biennale 2022 was made possible by the generosity of individuals and organisations.

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Tours to Venice

Tours to the Venice Biennale 2022 offered supporters exclusive access to the exhibition facilitated by expert guides.

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Image gallery

Explore images of artist Marco Fusinato and curator Alexie Glass-Kantor at the Venice Biennale 2022.

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

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