In the course of a period from May 16 to November 26, 2017, the Azerbaijan national pavilion for the 57th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia hosts the exhibition Under One Sun. The Art of Living Together. with organizational support on behalf of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
The national pavilion called Under One Sun. The Art of Living Together. displays Azerbaijan’s multicultural traditions, ethno-cultural diversity, and tolerance.
The concept of the exhibition displayed at Palazzo Lezze related to the 14th century in Campo Santo Stefano, one of the busiest places of the Venice, expresses the cultural diversity dominating in Azerbaijan by the way of artistic interpretation.
Within the exhibition, HYPNOTICA Visual Performance Group and young artist Elvin Nabizade present interactive multimedia projects, video mapping and installations. These artists use different media trying to show the combining element of traditional analogue and contemporary digital art in Azerbaijan.
One of the curators of the pavilion is the former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Prof. Dr. Martin Roth.