30/05/2026
During the 61st Venice Biennale Opening Week, we were meant to host an invitation-only gathering for iniva's Post-National Digital Pavilion, in partnership with the British Council. We cancelled the event in support of artists in solidarity with the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) strike and assembly.
Instead, we've recorded the conversation on nationhood and diasporic strategies for making belonging which will be available online soon.
The Message Is in the Pattern: Making Kin – Artists' Long Table brought together Carolina Caycedo and Thania Petersen in dialogue with Rose Afefé, Rajyashri Goody, and Anya Paintsil, with moderation by Sepake Angiama . The artists spoke about the larger questions of representation, and the more intimate and material ways of making belonging, from land and architecture to food, and everyday practices.
The conversation unfolded naturally between the artists, with facilitation from the iniva team, creating an intimate circle where discussions moved among perspectives, practices, and lived experiences. The focus shifts between large questions of representation and more personal, material ways of making belonging, from land and architecture to food, and everyday practices.
This edition of the Post-National Digital Pavilion: The Message Is in the Pattern invited artists Anya Paintsil (UK), Rajyashri Goody (India), and Rose Afefé (Brazil) to create new digital work that explores community engagement, cultural translation, and artistic and social practices. You can now view the artworks on iniva's website (link in bio🔗)
The Message Is in the Pattern will also commission four writers through an international open call to respond to these works in a new publication. ✏️
The Message Is in the Pattern is supported by the British Council
Curated by Beatriz Lobo with programme support by Vasita (Pleng) Jirathiyut.
