On the grounds of the Arsenale in Venice, the site where warships and merchant ships were formerly constructed, international exhibitions have been on view at the Biennale since 1980. This is also where the main exhibition is presented. How artists and creators from around the world responded to the slogan proposed by Carlo Ratti, "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective" ("Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.")? What answer did the curator himself give?
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The main exhibition, in keeping with its title, is divided into three sections: Natural, Artificial, and Collective. It combines modern solutions with traditional ones, frightening with hopeful.
main exhibition space
Photo: Andrea Avezzù | illustrations courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia
We asked Anna Cymer, an art historian, popularizer of knowledge about architecture and author of books, for her opinion on the main exhibition:
Kacper Kepinski, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Architecture and editor of A&B, also shared his thoughts on the exhibition:
Listen to what Jarosław Trybuś, Deputy Director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, art historian, architecture critic and winner of the Golden Lion (together with Grzegorz Piątek) at the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale for the exhibition "Hotel Polonia. The Afterlife of Buildings" in the Polish Pavilion:
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