Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Commissioned by The Mondriaan Fund, MONA productions documented ›The International Celebration of Blasphemy and the Sacred‹, an exhibition by the Congolese artist collective Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) in the Dutch Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale.
In collaboration with artist Renzo Martens and curator Hicham Khalidi, this exhibition showcases CATPC’s efforts to reclaim depleted plantation lands and restore the Sacred Forest in Lusanga, DRC, along with their broader mission of spiritual, ethical and economic reckoning.
The exhibition takes place from April 20 to November 24, 2024 at the Rietveld Pavilion in Venice and simultaneously at the White Cube in Lusanga—the museum previously established by Martens and CATPC. At both locations, a series of sculptures and films are on view, along with a video livestream that virtually connects the two venues.
Video by MONA productions | Produced by Monica Salazar | Filmed and edited by Peter Cairns
Commissioned by The Mondriaan Fund, MONA productions documented ›The International Celebration of Blasphemy and the Sacred‹, an exhibition by the Congolese artist collective Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) in the Dutch Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale.
In collaboration with artist Renzo Martens and curator Hicham Khalidi, this exhibition showcases CATPC’s efforts to reclaim depleted plantation lands and restore the Sacred Forest in Lusanga, DRC, along with their broader mission of spiritual, ethical and economic reckoning.
The exhibition takes place from April 20 to November 24, 2024 at the Rietveld Pavilion in Venice and simultaneously at the White Cube in Lusanga—the museum previously established by Martens and CATPC. At both locations, a series of sculptures and films are on view, along with a video livestream that virtually connects the two venues.
Video by MONA productions | Produced by Monica Salazar | Filmed and edited by Peter Cairns
