PARADOX 7/11 x Novembre, Archivio Conz, Filip Berg & REIF for the 2019 Venice Biennale

FEATURING: Bianca Tanchay, Stefania Palumbo,
Esben Weile, Giovanni Bassan, Astrit Ismaili, Jean Christian, Isabel Lewis, Mathilde Cerruti Quara, Filip Berg, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Yolanda Zobel, Jeanne-Salomé Rochat, Douglas Gordon, Jeppe Ugelvig, Vava Dudu, Gigiotto Del Vecchio, Michele Lamy, Jad Salfiti & Marcelo Alcaide

For PARADOX 7/11, Novembre Bureau, Archivio Conz, Filip Berg and REIF came together to re-produced George Brecht’s “The Paradox T-shirt” originally manufactured by the Italian collector Francesco Conz (Cittadella, 1935 – Verona, 2010) with the artist as part of his unique editions project the Edizioni Conz in 1989. Shirts were distributed and set in sceneries throughout Venice during the opening days of the Venice Biennale between the 7th and 11th of May 2019 and beyond, and activated through selected performances.

http://archivioconz.com/
https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019

LET US OFFER YOU SOME CONTRADICTORY GESTURES TO UNMASK THE COUNTERFEIT OF EACH IDEOLOGICAL SCHEME. THE PARADOX OF ALIENATION AND ESTRANGEMENT.
THE PARADOX OF SPACE AND TIME.
THE PARADOX OF EROS & DEATH.
THE PARADOX OF IDENTITY.
THE PARADOX OF A LIE SO SINCERE IT BECOMES A TRUTH UNTOLD.
THE PARADOX OF THE MALLEABLE GRID IN BETWEEN REALITY AND FICTION.
THE PARADOX OF ALL QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, RIDDLES UNSOLVED, OF ALL THE LOVERS OF ALL THE PARALLEL DIMENSIONS NEVER ENCOUNTERED.
VERFREMDUNGSEFFEKT, BEWILDERMENT.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED WITH QUESTIONS POSED. THE NIGHT THAT BECOMES THE DAY THAT BECOMES THE DAY THAT BECOMES—THE NIGHT.