The Slovenian pavilion, 61st Venice Biennial 2026

Venice biennialLa Biennale di VeneziaArt

14 May

SITE Zones studio conversation with Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Martin Bricelj Baraga from the NONUMENT GROUP, and Power Ekroth about Soundtrack for an Invisible House, Pavilion of the Republic of Slovenia, 61st International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. Filmed in Paradiso Café, Giardini May 8th 2026.

The NONUMENT GROUP consists of Neja Tomšič, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Nika Grabar and Miloš Kosec.

Camera and production: Juan-Pedro Fabra Guemberena

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Superposition of an archival photograph documenting the construction of a mosque in Log pod Mangartom (1917) and a digital terrain model derived from airborne LiDAR (ALS) data_Archival photograph courtesy of Uroš Ko.jpg

Installation views from the Pavilion of the Republic of Slovenia, Arsenale 2026. Photos: Asiana Jurca Avci, Moderna galerija Ljubljana.

Field marking the mosque in Log pod Mangartom, photo Neja Tomsic.

Recording silence, photo by Neja Tomsic.

Superposition of an archival photograph documenting the mosque. Archival photograph courtesy of Uroš Košir.

NonumentThe Republic of SloveniaMiloš KosecNika GrabarNeja TomšičMartin Bricelj BaragaNataša Petrešin-BachelezThe Nonument Group

Power Ekroth

Power Ekroth (SWE/NO) is an independent curator and critic. She is a founding editor of the recurrent publication SITE. She works as an Art Consultant/Curator for KORO, Public Art Norway and for the Stockholm City Council in Sweden. She is the Artistic Director of the MA-program of the Arts and Culture at NOVIA University of Applied Sciences, Jakobstad, Finland.