Occasional forum participant, Hairdresser, thinks Dulux made the only architectural contribution to the bright yellow Australian pavilion at the Architecture Biennale in Venice. S/he points us to Elizabeth Farrelly’s review in the SMH . She attended the glittering opening with a “litigation” of architects, and bumped into Jeffrey Kipnis, who suggested that the Australians need to, “drop the naïve act.” Whereas other pavilions have an angle, something to say about architecture’s role in the state and fate of things, the RAIA-funded pavilion is less controversial. Farrelly quotes RAIA president Howard Tanner as saying that, “the Biennale is about the need to publicise.”
Posted by Peter on 25.09.08 in
This is not fair on the curatorial team
They were locked into a sponsorship (not benefactor) model
That could only allow a survey type contribution
Under this commercial frame it is impossible to present an Idea
by info on 5 October 2008 ·#
I have just gotten to see the exhibit and will write more about it soon. Have to close this thread as the spam bots have found it.
by peter on 15 October 2008 ·#
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