Andrea Mancini and the design collective Every Island exhibit at the Venice Biennale

The result of the unprecedented collaboration between Andrea Mancini and Every Island, entitled "A Comparative Dialogue Act", combines visual art, music, performance and installation. It takes the form of an open "sound lab", where four young international artists are invited to create a soundscape in the form of a collage over the course of the Biennale, using a variety of research processes. In this acoustic library, experimental sounds, melodic structures, speech and voices will be assembled to become the "sound of the Biennale".

The music studio is integrated into the architecture of the pavilion; it is malleable and transformable and can be arranged and adjusted by the artists. The performances that take place there will also create opportunities for exchange with the public.

The four intervening artists are Spanish musician and performer Bella Báguena, Turkish artist Selin Davasse, Swedish artist Stina Fors and French transdisciplinary artist Célin Jiang. At the end of the exhibition, a vinyl record will be released comprising all the pieces produced by the artists.

Andrea Mancini, born in 1989, is a Luxembourgish musician and artist who lives and works in Brussels. His interdisciplinary practice explores the relationship between space, his subject and sound, using a variety of techniques including installations, video and performance. His work has already been exhibited several times in Luxembourg, for example at the Kulturfabrik – Cultural Centre in Esch-sur-Alzette, the Rotondes and Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain. He is also active in the electronic music scene and has released several records under the alias Cleveland.

Every Island is a Belgian design collective based in Brussels. It was founded in 2021 by five designers who explore performativity in spaces through ephemeral architecture and installations. They use ambiguity as a design tool, and space becomes a scenography of transition and meaning. They have already completed projects in Leuven, Brussels, Rimini and also at Mudam Luxembourg – The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg.