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Boat Is Leaking. The Captain Lied. Catalogo Della Mostra (Venezia, 13 Maggio-26 Novembre 2017). Ediz. Italiana e Inglese

by Chiara Costa, Mario Mainetti, Udo Kittelmann, Miuccia Prada

Installations (art)TheaterModern ArtExhibitionsMultimedia (Art)Themes, motives

The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied.' is a transmedia exhibition project, the result of an ongoing, in-depth exchange between writer and filmmaker Alexander Kluge, artist Thomas Demand, stage and costume designer Anna Viebrock and curator Udo Kittelmann. The exhibition unfolds on three storeys of the 18th century palazzo--the ground floor and the two main ones--and include photographic and film works, as well as spatial settings and loans from private and public collections. The exhibition catalogue is accompanied by the English and Italian editions of the novel 'The Great Hour of Kong. A Chronicle of Connections' by Alexander Kluge. Exhibition held in conjunction with 57th Biennale di Venezia at the Ca' Corner della Regina, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy, from May 13-November 26, 2017.

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