Mozambique
The Mozambican Pavilion offers two sections. The first shows the country's reality through images and audiovisual media. The second section illustrates the evolution of Mozambican architecture, from vernacular to urban, and compares it with international architecture from 1914 to 2014. The exhibit also chronologically presents significant events in Mozambique's history and architectural achievements. It aims to promote a deeper understanding of Mozambique's architectural culture, which has been influenced mainly by European culture in the past.
Supermarket sweep… the Latvian pavilion which has been transformed into a minimart.
This contribution brings a little levity to the long trek through the halls of the Arsenale.
Choice as the basis of architectural process, the pop aesthetics emphasizing the languages of consumption as in Hamilton or Warhol: everything is structured by the dynamics of commerce.
Welcome to T/C Latvija, surely the most instagrammed installation of this edition of the Biennale
Latvia is reopening the archive boxes once again, reminding us (including the Biennial Presidency) of everything that has already been thought up and invented, and inviting us to place the most urgently needed products in the basket, to combine them with one another, and ultimately consume all the knowledge.
Fun, colourful and thought-provoking, it offers a tongue-in-cheek moment to the Arsenale sequence...