The art installation ” Senza Terra Pomerio” (Without Land Pomerium) is a collateral event of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. The work of the collective of 50 artists and coordinated by the curator Boris Brollo is an overturned boat, supported by its oars, which becomes a shelter from the weather and a meeting point for castaways.
The imposing interactive art installation is on display at the Island of San Servolo until November 21, 2021, in a place symbolic of the docking of boats, a strip of land that, throughout the history of Venice, has welcomed and protected people, offering its temporary guests, a resting place where to meditate and restore energy. It is precisely in this moment, full of kindness, that this artistic installation stands out, as a safe and well-protected place: a houseboat, under whose “roof” people have the opportunity to take refuge, to regather, to reflect and reproject. A sacred living space that, considering its historical connotations, acquires a sacredness typical of the Latin Pomerio.
The project “Senza Terra / Pomerio” thus serves as a universal message of love and solidarity, it is a memorial hymn for exiled, refugees and landless people (Senza Terra) of every nation, offering an ideal sanctuary, where to find refuge under the “roof” of the sacredness of our communities.
Website: www.sanservolo.servizimetropolitani.ve.it
Location: San Servolo Island, Venice
Schedule: until Nov. 21, 2021
