Venice preview: 'The Dash'

Third Space Art Foundation said Wura-Natasha Ogunji and ruby onyinyechi amanze will present “The Dash” during Venice Biennale preview week, running May 5 to May 9, 2026. (finance.yahoo.com) (smb.oxfordeagle.com) The piece is part of “1922 Revisited,” a live arts program curated by Dr. Janine A. Sytsma for the 61st edition of the Venice Biennale. Third Space Art Foundation said the program brings together artists from Africa and its diasporas. (finance.yahoo.com) (pro.ceo.ca) “The Dash” is structured as a one-hour durational work. Two performers move in slow motion through a defined space that can be a room, corridor, or open plaza. (finance.yahoo.com) (smb.oxfordeagle.com) Spectators are part of the score. Organizers said the audience serves as vocal timekeepers, marking the beginning, midpoint, and conclusion of the performance. (finance.yahoo.com) (www.compuserve.com) The program’s frame reaches back to the 1922 Venice Biennale, when African art appeared in the exhibition under colonial conditions and fragmentary documentation. Third Space Art Foundation said the new performances engage that history through contemporary practice. (pro.ceo.ca) (www.einpresswire.com) That makes “The Dash” more than a stand-alone event on the preview calendar. It is being presented as one element in a multi-site, multi-day intervention tied to the Biennale’s institutional history. (pro.ceo.ca) (menafn.com) Ogunji’s release describes the work through gesture, repetition, and embodied interaction in public space. Amanze’s release describes the same performance as an extension of a drawing-based practice into movement and choreography. (finance.yahoo.com) (smb.oxfordeagle.com) The larger “1922 Revisited” lineup includes Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Jelili Atiku, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi, Jermay Michael Gabriel Cappellin, Tsedaye Makonnen, and Zora Snake alongside Ogunji and amanze. (www.einpresswire.com) (pr.washingtoncitypaper.com) For preview-week visitors, the practical detail is simple: “The Dash” is scheduled inside a five-day live program in Venice, with two artists sharing a one-hour performance built around time, pace, and public attention. (finance.yahoo.com) (smb.oxfordeagle.com)