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#whereartthou with Vincent J. F. Huang’s Sinking Installation for Tuvalu at @la_biennale_di_venezia

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At the 56th Venice Biennale (@la_biennale_di_venezia), a contemporary art exhibition, the tiny Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu is telling the story of the impact of climate change with an installation by Taiwanese artist Vincent J. F. Huang. “We consider the installation to be a sinking pavilion, by the sinking nation of Tuvalu, and located in the sinking city of Venice,” says Thomas Berghuis, the curator. “The installation is quite poetic, presenting a dreamscape in which people can be free and easy, wandering amidst the clouds in the sky and the aqua-blue water that matches the color of the lagoons in Tuvalu,” he says. “Yet behind this installation lies the stark reality of what the future of Tuvalu could be when it sinks beneath the rising sea.”