The Swiss Pavilion at the 2024 Art Biennale ​

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The Swiss Pavilion therefore becomes the stage of an immersive project, of a total work of art where classic architectural elements such as columns, capitals, fountains and marbles evoke, not without irony, the presumed racial dominance of the West over the rest of the world through themes such as power and supremacy.

This scaffolding dominated by fake marble is the backdrop to the two main installations of the Pavilion.

The first is "The Miracle of Helvetia", a video that depicts an allegorical Switzerland, a sort of Eden where nature and technology, capitalism and democracy, merge in a surreal balance. A true show that thrives on life of its own but which at the same time acts as an introduction - thanks to a very long corridor - to the subsequent project, entitled "Roma Talismano".

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Here the Brazilian singer and artist Ventura Profana will transform into the Capitoline she-wolf.

Her task? Guide visitors through the exploits of three allegorical animals: the she-wolf, the universal mother from which superior beings descend; the eagle, symbol of Roman war supremacy; and the lamb, which embodies, in Christian Rome, the very idea of innocence.
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An imaginative representation of Roman civilization and its symbols through the centuries but also an opportunity to reflect on the ways in which we celebrate our culture every day thanks to art.

Through its baroque style and its irreverence Guerreiro do Divino Amor pokes fun at stereotypes and clichés, inviting the public to do the same by redefining their own cultural perspectives. It is no coincidence that a project like "Superior Civilizations" is now landing in the Lagoon.

In an era of political divisions and tensions, the idea of a fantasy world through which to give due weight to the symbols of our past has almost the effect of a balm.