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Scotland + Venice 2013An exhibition of new work by three distinctive artists working in Scotland today. Corin Sworn createsinstallations that explore the way objects circulate to disseminate stories and create histories. DuncanCampbell produces films that combine archive material with his own footage, questioning the informationpresented. Hayley Tompkins makes painted objects that transform familiar, commonplace things - such asknives, hammers, mobile phones or furniture. The exhibition is curated and organised by The CommonGuild, Glasgow. Scotland + Venice is a partnership between Creative Scotland, British Council Scotland andthe National Galleries of Scotland.Palazzo Pisani di Santa Marina, Cannaregio 6103 (Calle delle Erbe)June 1st – November 24thh. 10 – 18 closed on MondaysOrganization: Scotland + Venicewww.scotlandandvenice.comSteel-Lives, Still-LifeA woman looks with intense energy across life and through us to the other side. What is on that other side?The residual steel glistens with a powerful redundancy; a residue that has failed to make the lives it couldhave made. A cinematographic flux suffuses the temporality of Norayr Kasper‘s photography, as distantfrom nostalgia as from photo-reportage. What is at stake in these works, is not disappearance, it is existance.Steel-Lives, Still-Life is a narrative bracketed within a Palladian lightness. The woman knows too she has beenbracketed by a world that has gone on without her. This is still life but one which has the reality to shock.Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armena, Loggia del Temanza, Dorsoduro 1602 (Corte Zappa)June 1st – November 24thh. 10 – 18 closed on MondaysOrganization: Centro Studi e Documentazione della Cultura Armenawww.steel-lives.comThe Dream of Eurasia. 987 TestimonialsThe Italian AttitudeThe installation encapsulates two aspects: Omar Galliani's artistic language, which draws on the great ItalianRenaissance tradition, and his ability to establish a dialogue between European and Asian cultures. Theunderlying metaphor for understanding this new configuration is the fractal: the oval of the Eurasian facerepresents the faces of millions on which the column is rooted. Morphological and cultural diversity isacknowledged in the sharing of a new value that stems from the union of differences. To implement theproject, the artist and curators, in synergy with Italian firms, will involve 987 testimonials, whose presencewill be documented in the form of photos and video footage.Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto, San Marco 2504 (Fondamenta Duodo o Barbarigo)June 1st – September 30thh. 14 – 18 closed on TuesdaysOrganization: Fondazione Antonio Mazzottawww.venicebiennale-eurasia2013.orgwww.mazzotta-as.comThe Grand CanalThe Grand Canal of China, a living cultural heritage and the theme of this collateral exhibition, was dug toopen up the exchange of human and material resources, and led to an encyclopedic dissemination of art,ideas and culture consistent with today’s globalization. This exhibition shows the fusion of contemporaryChinese art, history, tradition and the material world. In an exploration of the Grand Canal’s cultural andpractical significance, Chinese artists deal with complementary dichotomies including manmade/natural,traditional/contemporary, male/female and material/spiritual.Museo Diocesano, Sale espositive, Castello 4312June 1st – November 24thh. 10 – 18 closed on Mondays (except June 3rd and November 18th)Organization: National Youth Center of the Chinese Central Government Organs;China Grand Canal Application for World Heritage List Office in Yangzhou;West Lake International Artists Association;