For the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2026, Bugarin + Castle are to represent Scotland, in a project curated by Mount Stuart Trust and commissioned by Scotland + Venice. Bugarin + Castle’s commission is a multi-layered new project that uses the concept of the parade as a lens to explore complex emotional legacies of shame, sound and voice.
Drawing on queer histories, Scottish archives and Filipino cultural heritage, Bugarin + Castle’s project will examine how sound and costume shape social control. The artists’, Davide Bugarin and Angel Cohn Castle, interdisciplinary art practice traverses cabaret performance and architectural methodologies, driven by queer and decolonial research.
Mount Stuart Trust, based on the Isle of Bute, will curate the project, working with the artists and a series of partners including Forma.
Exhibition Dates
May 9 2026 to November 22 2026
Location
Olivolo
Castello 59/C 30122, Venice
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Bugarin + Castle
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Film Chapter One: Shame Parade by Bugarin + Castle
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4 March 2026 — Commission Announcement
Bugarin + Castle to present Shame Parade at 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2026
For the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2026, Bugarin + Castle are to represent Scotland, curated by Mount Stuart Trust and commissioned by Scotland + Venice. The work will be shown from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 at Olivolo, Castello 59/C 30122, Venice. Read more
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Bugarin + Castle to represent Scotland at La Biennale di Venezia in 2026
For the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2026, Bugarin + Castle are to represent Scotland, in a project curated by Mount Stuart Trust and commissioned by Scotland + Venice. Read more
Profile
Bugarin + Castle
Bugarin + Castle’s recent interactive film Sore Throat, shot in Edinburgh and Manila, explored colonial monsters and sound in queer Filipino spaces, showing in a solo exhibition at Fruitmarket as well as at Tate Modern and international venues. Read more