The Republic of Moldova, making its first official participation at the Biennale 2026, presents the exhibition 'On the Thousand and Second Night', a work by the artist Pavel Brăila.
Within the framework of 'In Minor Keys', the project creates an intimate, almost suspended experience, in which everything seems to invite the viewer to slow down and observe closely. By bringing together ancestral craftsmanship and contemporary tensions, the Pavilion of the Republic of Moldova offers a contemplative vision of solidarity and imagination in an increasingly uncertain world. Within the space, the carpets do not remain on the ground: they float between the floor and the ceiling, suspended by drones, in a scene that combines domesticity, tension, and wonder.
The carpet—an object rooted in the domestic sphere, associated with care and continuity—is supported by a technology commonly linked to surveillance, control, and, increasingly, armed conflict. The work proposes a reflection on the relationship between protection, domestic memory, and technologies associated with conflict. For a moment, a technology tied to domination becomes an act of protection, and domestic memory acquires the power to hold a shared space suspended in the air.
