Austrian Pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale

Anna Jermolaewa uses her work to observe human beings living together, their social conditions and political prerequisites. Her process results in videos, photographs, and drawings, as well as room-spanning mises-en-scène, where she questions, in a critical yet humorous fashion, seemingly insignificant and trivial manifestations of the human condition. However, Jermolaewa’s art is humorous and anecdotal only at first glance, behind it lies a clear critique of political power structures, ideologies, and social grievances. For the Austrian contribution to the Biennale Arte 2024, Jermolaewa will span themes ranging from her personal migration experience to forms of non-violent resistance against authoritarian regimes. The presentation will comprise videos, installations, light objects, sound, and performative elements in a combination of newly developed or elaborated works.