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Installation view of Angelica Mesiti, ASSEMBLY, 2019, three-channel video installation in architectural amphitheater. HD video projections, color, six-channel mono sound, 25 mins, dimensions variable. © Photography: Josh Raymond. Commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts on the occasion of the 58th International Art Exhibition–La Biennale di Venezia. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Australia and Galerie Allen, Paris.

Angelica Mesiti: ASSEMBLY
  • Amelia Winata


29 Jun 2019
⬤ Venice Biennale 11 May - 24 Nov 2019

Angelica Mesiti’s sumptuous three-channel video ASSEMBLY takes democracy as its central concept. Curated by Juliana Engberg, the work slickly weaves together the artist’s trademark vehicles of music and non-verbal language.

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Amelia is a Melbourne-based arts writer and PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Melbourne.

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