Art on the move

As the spectacle of the 2024 Olympic Games captivates billions of people worldwide, many wonder or imagine what it would be like to represent their country on a global stage. For University of Delaware alumnus Andrew Zolty and his art studio, BREAKFAST, being featured in "the Olympics of the art world," as Zolty puts it, is now a reality.

The Venice Biennale is an international show where curators select elite artists to create pieces that represent their countries. Last summer, a curator from Grenada, a country in the Caribbean, reached out to BREAKFAST, asking if the studio would create a piece that symbolizes the diverse origins and interconnected nature of their country. The resulting piece, "Interwoven Existence," captures the movements of people approaching it and incorporates those movements into a section of colorful flip discs.

"Their entire country is a true melting pot," Zolty said. "The piece itself is divided into sections, each with different backgrounds, reflecting the diversity of people. It records everyone who interacts with it and randomly places them into one of these sections, along with all those who came before. It's about people from all over the world becoming part of something together."