To mark World Environment Day, Castel Belasi is opening a new exhibition, an official satellite event of the National Pavilion of the Republic of Nauru at the 61st International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia.
By forging an unexpected bridge between the Alps and Nauru—the world’s smallest island nation and a symbol of ecological precariousness and colonial extractivism—the exhibition, curated by artistic director Stefano Cagol, reflects on ecology and geology.
The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on crucial contemporary issues, such as ecosystem degradation, urban sprawl, and the exploitation of resources and rare earth elements—factors that increasingly underpin global balances.
The artworks by international artists interact with a selection of scientific artifacts from the MUSE collections that are linked to the region’s mining history.
