Pavilion of Chile

Pavilion of Chile
60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

Cosmonación
by Valeria Montti Colque
Curated by Andrea Pacheco González

April 20 – November 24, 2024
Finissage: Performance “Nube, Prado y Picnic al pie de la montaña” – Saturday 23 November 12pm
Performance Location: Lion of Piraeus, Campo dell’Arsenale, Venice

Cosmonación is an invitation to reflect upon concepts of nationhood, exile, migration and diaspora. Valeria Montti Colque’s project connects the audience with the contemporary debates around the tension between questions of “Who I am” and “Where I am”, in the intricate process of territorialising life with diverse identities. The term “Cosmonation” is borrowed from the anthropologist Michel S. Laguerre, who affirms that diasporic communities do not sever relations with their places of origin but remain attached to their ancestral lands through different ways, materials, and spiritual practices. In this way, they inhabit an extended, multi-localised nation, a cosmonation that unifies geographically distant territories.