Soundtrack for an Invisible House
\nPavilion of the Republic of Slovenia
\n61st International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia<\/p>\n
Nonument Group potrait, photo by Peter Giodani.<\/p>\n
Soundtrack for an Invisible House<\/p>\n
Commissioner: Martina Vovk (Moderna galerija Ljubljana)
\nCurator: Nata\u0161a Petre\u0161in-Bachelez
\nExhibitors: NONUMENT GROUP (Neja Tom\u0161i\u010d, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Nika Grabar, Milo\u0161 Kosec)
\nScientific Advisor: Anja Zalta<\/p>\n
Venue: Arsenale Exhibition Spaces, Venice
\nMay 9 \u2013 November 22, 2026
\nPreview days: 6, 7, 8 May
\nOpening Ceremony: May 6, 3pm tbc<\/p>\n
The Republic of Slovenia presents Soundtrack for an Invisible House at the 61st International Art Exhibition \u2013 La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Nata\u0161a Petre\u0161in-Bachelez and developed by the Nonument Group (Neja Tom\u0161i\u010d, Martin Bricelj Baraga, Nika Grabar, and Milo\u0161 Kosec). Installed in the Arsenale Exhibition Spaces, the project transforms a forgotten architectural trace into a resonant space for listening, reflection, and historical re-examination.<\/p>\n
Soundtrack for an Invisible House is rooted in a little-known episode of European history: the construction in 1917 of a temporary wooden mosque by the Austro-Hungarian Army in Log pod Mangartom, near Slovenia\u2019s northwestern border. Built to serve Bosnian Muslim soldiers fighting on the Isonzo Front during World War I, the mosque functioned as part of the empire\u2019s military infrastructure, where religion was mobilised in the service of politics, propaganda and power. After the war, the structure disappeared, leaving behind only a handful of photographs and, until recently, no visible trace in the landscape.<\/p>\n
Recently unearthed through archaeological excavations and officially registered as a heritage site in 2025, the mosque today exists as a \u201cnonument\u201d: a site, whose meaning transformed due to political and social changes. In this case, an invisible structure whose absence speaks powerfully of political, religious, and territorial histories. Taking this site as its point of departure, the Nonument Group explores how religion has been\u2014and continues to be\u2014mobilized in the service of war, propaganda, and power, while also tracing the shifting identities of European Muslim communities across the 20th and 21st centuries.<\/p>\n
Through Soundtrack for an Invisible House, the Slovenian Pavilion offers a contemplative space that connects past and present, asking urgent questions about the entanglements of religion, power, and conflict in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n
Nonument Group potrait, photo by Peter Giodani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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