Many of these effects are commissioned rather than discovered, so what is presented is not an artifact of life but an artifice influenced by the patron - the museum. They are built and subsequently dismantled at the end of the show. As such, these exhibits are not part of life as it is lived but constructions ordered and paid for by the museum. As a consequence, this is a show of uniformity at the expense of expression and interest. But my view also is the result of the competition that exists among international art shows.
Competition inspires imitation.
To compete, you have to offer everything your competition offers. It copies the Venice Biennale. No summing up of the state of art in the world. The new strategy is to cater to the appetites of people who want to snack among hundreds of different works, people who might prefer to be contemplating a steaming bowl of spaghetti with clams or drinking pink Bellini at Harry's Bar. So you don't have to travel to Venice to see the shrunken attention span, the video, the simplistic installation.