Tawna & Oscar
Pavilion of Ecuador at the 61st Venice Biennale
The Pavilion of Ecuador at Biennale Arte 2026 presents Tawna & Oscar, an exhibition that challenges dominant ways of organizing life, knowledge, and territory. Featuring the Tawna collective and Oscar Santillán, and curated by Manuela Moscoso with the support of its commissioner, the Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art of Ecuador (MAAC), the project approaches art as a practice of attention.
Tawna & Oscar brings together the practices of Oscar Santillán and the Tawna collective to present two contemporary ways of thinking and making the world through relation. The project proposes an approach to art that moves away from fixed categories and closed hierarchies, focusing instead on processes of exchange that unfold across bodies, languages, territories, and times.
For Tawna & Oscar, Studio Manuel Raeder provided the scenography as well the graphic design.
Photo credits: Andrea Rosetti and Manuel Raeder
