Research Pavilion 2017 by Research Pavilion et al.

This exposition collects together the exhibitions and works presented in the Research Pavilion 2017. The Research Pavilion constitutes a high level critical platform that produces a significant addition to the 57th Venice Biennale by showcasing how universities and academies function today as genuine critical laboratories within contemporary art.

The opening exhibition in the Research Pavilion by Uniarts Helsinki

The first exhibition in the Research Pavilion in Venice, You gotta say yes to another access, presents a multiplicity of interpretations and approaches from artists doing research in northern Europe. It offers a strong statement about the accessibility of various aesthetics and political approaches within the doctoral studies and artistic educational sphere as a whole in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The exhibition demonstrates that universities and academies function as genuine laboratories within contemporary art.

Curators: Jan Kaila and Henk Slager

Artists: Andrea Coyotzi Borja & Sinem Kayacan, André Alves, Behzad Khosravi-Noori & René León-Rosales, Bull.Miletic, Eva Weinmayr, Mireia c. Saladrigues, Niran Baibulat, Stacey Sacks, Tao G.V. Sambolec, Vincent Roumagnac.