Uncombed, Unforeseen, Unconstrained

This publication accompanies the group exhibition Uncombed, Unforeseen, Unconstrained, curated by Ziba Ardalan, Founder, Artistic and Executive Director of Parasol unit, at the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello in Venice, as a collateral event of the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

The artists, Darren Almond, Oliver Beer, Rana Begum with Hyetal, Julian Charrière, David Claerbout, Bharti Kher, Arghavan Khosravi, Teresa Margolles, Si On, Martin Puryear, and Rayyane Tabet, all work in different media to address entropy—that is, the measure of disorder, randomness, and unpredictability within a system.

In their practices, these artists have identified and poignantly respond to the phenomena that overwhelm our day-to-day life, environment, and social and collective histories—issues wrought by humanity that threaten our planet. Addressing the current state of the world through themes of environmentalism, racism, political activism, globalization, and digitalization, these artists strive with acuity and unbiased minds toward the hope of re-opening a door to the future.

Edited and with text by Ziba Ardalan. Texts by Julien Bismuth and Tom Morton.