VENICE BIENNALE: The Fortress

A presentation titled The Fortress by artist Dries Verhoeven and curator Rieke Vos, exhibits a visceral, vocally charged performance that employs the ‘grunting’ technique, which is commonplace in death metal. Transferring these sounds into music, guests are subjected to a dark, enclosed space, where visitors must surrender to a shared collective experience. Accentuating themes of growing nationalism, geopolitical conflict, and social inequality, the performance becomes a metaphor for a Western world caught between its enlightened self-image and a bleak vision of the future. TEAM CREDITS: creative direction ALEXANDRE DORNELLAS executive producer ANA CAMIZA video editor FFLORENCIA / MAISON MARTIN special thanks to EXCESS VENICE BOUTIQUE HOTEL commissioner EELCO VAN DER LINGEN on behalf of the MONDRIAAN FUND curation RIEKE VOS exhibitor DRIES VERHOEVEN performers (alternating) JENNIE BERGSLI, MELYN CHOW, MAARTEN HEIJNENS, JANA JACUKA, DENGLING LEVINE, DIANE MAHÍN, MAYA MERTENS, MARLEN PFLÜGER, MARIE POPALL, LISEN POUSETTE, OLIVIA RIVIÈRE, MISTY SUPERDELUXE, HARALD STOJAN location GERRIT RIETVELD PAVILION, GIARDINI DI VENEZIA