the 61st Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale 61: Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective's ritual performance

Patti Smith performed texts and hymns by Saint Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine nun, at the official opening of the Holy See's Vatican Pavilion. A mystical, ritual performance at the Church of Santa Maria di Nazareth was given by Patti Smith together with the Soundwalk Collective, as part of the official opening of the Holy See Pavilion of the Vatican at the 61st Venice Biennale. The half-hour-long event, organised in collaboration with Onassis Culture, comprised three works...