Previews: 60th Venice Biennale: Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere
By HG Masters
Installation view of CLAIRE FONTAINE’s Strangers Everywhere (Italian), 2004, mounted neon, framework, electronic transformer and cables, dimensions variable, at Cite internationale des arts, Paris, 2004. Courtesy the artists and La Biennale di Venezia.
The impacts of climate change, regional conflicts, political instability, and economic hardship have fueled a planet of migration. Many societies of the Global North have struggled to balance societal changes and economic growth, leading to the elevation of far-right political movements in many countries, including Italy.
