Artist Genti Korini will represent Albania at the 61st Venice Biennale with a new moving-image installation titled 'A Place in the Sun.' Curated by Małgorzata Ludwisiak, the project utilizes 'Zaum'—a transrational language from the Russian Futurist movement—to explore themes of performance, puppetry, and animation. The work investigates Albania’s historical position as a 'somewhere place' often defined by external exoticism and orientalist perceptions rather than its own internal voice.
This exhibition is significant as it aligns with the 2026 Biennale’s overarching theme, 'In Minor Keys,' by focusing on peripheral and non-dominant narratives. For artists from smaller art scenes like Albania, the national pavilion serves as a critical platform to challenge rising nationalisms and the 'mythology' of international recognition. Korini’s use of fragmented, transrational language acts as a metaphor for resisting established cultural hierarchies and creating space for poetic displacement.