Image:‘A Church of Fear vs. the Alien Within’, Christoph Schlingensief, German Pavilion, 54th Biennale di Venezia Photo: © Roman Mensing, artdoc
Paolo Baratta, the President of the 54th Biennale di Venezia, announced today that Christoph Schlingensief at the German Pavilion has been awarded the Golden Lion for the Best National Participation.
The selection of Schlingensief and Germany as the winner of the Golden Lion was made by an international jury chaired by Hassan Khan (Egypt), and included Carol Yinghua Lu (China), Letizia Ragaglia (Italy), Christine Macel (France) and John Waters (USA).