The Djahazi boats have been for centuries the only means of transportation for Comorians, a way to communicate and create new commercial relations with the nearby countries such as Tanzania, Madagascar and Mozambique.

In 2006, following the modernization of the port, the use of the Djahazi was prohibited, thus interrupting a longstanding tradition of Comorian dockers on the islands and placing the Comoros in a new chapter of global economy.

In 2008 Paolo W Tamburella traveled to Comoros to investigate what happened to the dockers and to their boats. The Djahazis had been abandoned in the port of the capital Moroni and were sinking in the water, while most of the dockers were unemployed.

In a month long effort the artist and 5 dockers worked on fixing one Djahazi with the goal to ship it and present it in Venice as first national participation of the Union of the Comoros at the 53rd Venice Biennale.

In the port of Moroni the Djahazi boat was split in half and placed in a 40ft container that travelled from Comoros to Marghera, an industrial district just outside Venice.

Five days before the opening of the Biennale the artist and the dockers worked on a piece of land granted by Fincantieri, one of Europe`s largest shipbuilding groups that designs and build merchant vessels, passenger ships, offshore, and naval vessels.

The boat was reassembled, placed in the water and loaded with a container with the logo CAPITAL Forwarding Solutions.

Pulled by a smaller boat from Marghera to Venice the Djahazi arrived in front of the Giardini della Biennale the 4th of June 2009.

In the days of the opening the dockers from Moroni used the container as a floating stage to perform traditional comorian songs and greet the public.