AIM Inundated - Nauru National Pavilion

THE NATIONAL PAVILION OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU
INAUGURATION & EVENTS

May 6 | 5 pm

08:00 am onward | "Stefano Cagol - The Ice Monolith. After Land": Off-site @ Riva Ca’ di Dio
04:00 pm | Press Tour and Performance: Off-site @ Riva Ca’ di Dio (Meeting point: Circolo Sottufficiali)
04:30 pm | Press Tour: @ the Pavilion: Calle Bosello 3683
05:00 pm | Inauguration: @ the Pavilion: Calle Bosello 3683

Pavilion Venue: Calle Bosello 3683, Venezia Map: https://bit.ly/naurupav
Pre-opening days: May 5, 6, 7, 8, 2026 | 10 am – 7 pm

Info: +39 348 7081417 | inauguration@nauru-biennalevenezia.com

The future inundates present Nauru, the world’s smallest island nation, as both a warning and a guide, raising questions about life in a place where tomorrow has already arrived.

Addressing environmental decline and its intertwined histories of extractive activity and post-colonial impact, the pavilion positions Nauru as a place where the consequences of global decision-making have long been lived realities.

By presenting its own account of ecological urgency and the fragile conditions of territorial survival, the pavilion offers a perspective shaped directly by erosion, loss, and the pressures placed on small nations confronting planetary shifts.

Through the visions of international artists, the pavilion is framed as a conceptual study of disappearance. This is understood not as spectacle or catastrophe imagery, but as an event that alters knowledge, memory, and presence.

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