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Dorothea Tanning, Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, 1970-1973

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Eva Koťátková, Daydreaming workstation, documenta fifteen 2022

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Melanie Bonajo, When the body says Yes, 2022

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Artist collective nabbteeri typically begin by mapping the place where they are temporarily set up. They gather the materials on site and incorporate recycled objects that evolve into mesh-like installations. Their works are compositions based on interactions between the artists and other things, including nonhuman organisms. They often focus on the tiniest life forms, minute species co-existing with us. nabbteeri slows down the working process in order to discover a locally-oriented practice or a manual skill that often requires concentration sometimes accompanied by digitally processed images. This involves forming an intense relationship with existing knowledges. Working with in-situ matter also connects their work with the ecological artwork production.

In the constellation of elements for the Nordic Pavilion, nabbteeri delves into the materiality of the Pavilion and the Giardini. They also focus on the organic surplus, garden waste, produced by the Giardini. Compost marks an endeavour to create a self-maintaining, life-producing ecosystem within the pavilion premises. Nonhuman life is maintained inside the building by plant cuttings, tentacular beings that remind us of the rhizomatic nature of co-existence. The materiality of the travertine and concrete-built pavilion is reiterated in the sand-filled, elements, which contain material that will be released in the Giardini after the biennale is closed. In the backyard, Dead hedgeprevents human visitors from approaching the site from behind the pavilion, while offering a space for birds and invertebrates.

Can I use sandbags as learning objects? 

Are these functional? 

What would make them learning objects?

How do I make a sandbag?

Is there a better way of doing this?

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Melanie Bonajo, When the body says Yes, 2022

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Melanie Bonajo, TouchMeTell (2020)

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Astrid Styma, bloß, 2018

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Rachel de Joode

The Hole and the Lump, 2012

installation detail

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Alix Marie, Adrea, 2014

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Alix Marie

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Alix Marie

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Juliana Cerqueira Leite Concentric #3 and #4, 2015

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Magdalena Abakanowicz Embryology 1978-80

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Monica Bonvicini, LEGSCUTOUT, 2015

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Monica Bonvicini, Our House at Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan

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Benni Bosetto, Florida  Tile Project Space - Milano 2016