Nabatele is a large-scale open-air public installation floating above the Venetian lagoon, developed by invitation of the curatorial collective Yiddishland Pavilion, it envisions the symbolic establishment of Yiddishland at the Venice Biennale as a conceptual, non-national pavilion.
The Yiddish diminutive -ele in the title reintroduces a Jewish linguistic presence into nabat, a word that moves across intertwined Slavic and Semitic meanings. Traditionally associated with warning and urgent calls in moments of danger, the diminutive shifts it into a quieter, more intimate register.
