SIDELINED — La Biennale di Venezia 2025
Amanda Pinatih
Made Ngurah Amanda Pinatih is an art historian, PhD candidate and curator. As Curator Design & Contemporary Art at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam she brings new perspectives to the museum’s vast collection. Her experimental working method is driven by an interest in developing new formats for knowledge transfer and exploring new ways in which museum collections can engage young and future generations. Pinatih’s exhibitions and projects explore the intersections of social, political, decolonial, environmental, and economic issues. Recent exhibitions are: Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art and Formafantasma – Oltre Terra.
Gabriel Fontana
Gabriel Fontana is an independent designer known for his unique approach to social design, focusing on reshaping society by creating new sports games tailored for today's world. The goal of his methods is to give people a playful way of experiencing what the prevailing norms of identity, community and inclusion really mean, and how we can bring about change. He uses sport as a metaphor of society, where the idea of playing ‘against each other’ is usually the norm. In this context, Gabriel develops alternative team sports games that deconstruct group dynamics and promote empathy.
His work has received international acclaim within the realms of education, culture, and the sports industry. His games have been played in schools across Europe, and presented at Paris Olympic Games 2024, at Nike World Headquarters (US) and in renowned museums such as MoMA (US), Nieuwe Instituut (NL) and Taiwan Design Museum (TW).
Koos Breen & Jeannette Slütter
Koos Breen is an interdisciplinary designer, art director, curator, and artist based in The Hague. Trained as a graphic designer at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, his work now ranges from coins to carpets, from books to shoes, and from tables to spatial installations.
Jeannette Slütter is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is informed by a deep engagement with space, architecture, and the systems that underpin them. Slütter experiments with exhibition formats and environments, exploring themes related to artistry and spatial dynamics.
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