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At the Austrian Pavilion, Florentina Holzinger's "Seaworld Venice" features a naked human bell clapper. Venice, Italy, 7 May 2026.

Video. Venice Biennale performances confront war and climate fears

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Artists at the Venice Biennale used striking performances and immersive installations to explore themes including war, caregiving and human fragility.

Visitors to the Venice Biennale encountered a series of visually striking performances and installations addressing conflict, coexistence and the future of humanity.

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At the Austrian Pavilion, a naked performer acted as a human bell clapper in Florentina Holzinger’s “Seaworld Venice.”

In the Japanese Pavilion, visitors carried and cared for lifelike baby dolls as part of Ei Arakawa-Nash’s work focused on caregiving.

Meanwhile, Moldova’s pavilion featured drone-powered flying carpets suspended inside a church space, transforming symbols of war into imagined tools of escape and peace.

Crowds also explored surreal installations inside the Nordic Pavilion examining coexistence and environmental anxiety.

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