Lisa Reihana: Emissaries was the exhibition for the New Zealand pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia 2017

the exhibition was presented in the Arsenale’s Tese dell’Isolotto

Emissaries featured in Pursuit of Venus [infected] alongside interrelated photo-based and sculptural works

included were a ‘constellation’ of five sculptural ‘perspectival tubes’ which visitors were invited to look into

projected to over 20m, the installation was a fully immersive multi-channel production

the work was critically acclaimed as one of the highlights of the Biennale

a selection of comments collected by Creative New Zealand