Kunst-Pilger-Reise 2

In autumn 2015 Marinka Limat started her second “ Kunst-Pilger-Reise”. She walked from Murten in Switzerland to Venice in Italy for the Biennale 2015. On her way there she visited more than 80 art institutions and questioned them about the capital of art.

For the destination of her second “ Kunst-Pilger-Reise ”, Marinka Limat chose the 56th Venice Biennale. Every second year since 1895, this has made Venice the international capital of the contemporary art scene. This was also the focus of the question Marinka Limat put to institutions and artists on the way: “What is the capital of the arts?” She took the answers with her, sewn into her pilgrim’s garb, and recited them on 21st November, 2015, at the entrance to the Giardini.

 

The challenge posed by the second Kunst-Pilger-Reise involved crossing the Alps by the Via Francigena, (the St Francis Way) over the Great St Bernard Pass, late in the year and in uncertain weather conditions. Then there was the language: at the beginning of her journey, Marinka Limat’s command of Italian was not good. Nonetheless she was able to carry out her plan to find a local artist, each time that she stopped to pitch her tent for the night.

 

In addition, the journey through Northern Italy made clear for Marinka Limat the parallels between art and religion: both are hard to grasp, but marked by set rituals and structures. They go beyond understanding and touch something deeper. Something which binds. Even if you don’t speak the same language.

KPR-2: Murten, CHVenice, IT, 832 km, 41 days, 2015

Kunst-Pilger-Reise 2 lasted from 28th September to 9th November, 2015. The journey led across the Alps, over the Great St Bernard Pass, through the Aosta and Piedmont valleys, and towards Venice via the plains of the River Po.

Impressionen

Traces

  • Footage

    Marinka Limat recorded also her second „Kunstpilgerreise“ as a video travel diary. The material contains some key moments of the journey: the encounters with the artists and impressions of the march through the Alps and northern Italy. It may be edited at a later date.

    Info

    Music: Anton Bruhin (jew’s harp), Jacky Lagger (guitar, vocals)
    Editing: Cornelia Albrecht

     

  • Pilgrim's garb

    Pilgrim's garb

    Pilgrim's garb with 80 answers to the question "What is the capital of art (worth)?"
  • Pilgrim's hat

    Pilgrim's hat

    The sign „K“ is for Kapital, Kunst, Kreation, Korruption, Kommunikation, etc. (capital/worth, art, creation, corruption, communication)
  • Cardboard

    Cardboard

    Description of the performative aim. Used by the arrival in Venice
  • Mask

    Mask

    A last performance happend at the arrival in Venice. The 80 answers were read to an audience three times. The venetian mask represents this moment
  • Pilgrim's passport

    Pilgrim's passport

    The two notebooks contain the dates, the places and the signatures of over 80 visited center of arts and artists
  • Pilgrim requisits

    Pilgrim requisits

    Pilgrim accessories from KPR-2