Talks at the Venice Biennale

In this episode, we focus on the Nordic participation. Titled Industry Muscle: Five Scores for Architecture, the exhibition, commissioned by curator Kaisa Karvinen and curated by artist Teo Ala-Ruona in collaboration with both artist Teo Paaer and architect A.L. Hu critically examines the modernist legacy of Sverre Fehn’s pavilion. Specifically unfolding through “the five scores of architecture” the installation addresses issues of gender, body politics, and petromodernism.

In this episode of the Talks at the Venice Biennale, we are pleased to bring into conversation two national participations which include that of Denmark and The Holy See through the voices of Søren Pihlmann, curator of the Danish participation, & Marina Otero Verzier and Tatiana Bilbao, respectively curator and architect of The Holy See Pavilion. The two projects respectively titled ”Build of Site” and “Opera Aperta" explore the importance of the material, ecological and social repair of our built environment to ensure the creation of more sustainable and inclusive architectural interventions.Talks at the Venice Biennale is a podcast curated and produced by KoozArch Studio.Post-production: Khaled Nadim Graphics by KoozArch Studio.

In this third episode of the series, we focus on the Portuguese participation in the Biennale. Titled Paraíso, hoje. (Paradise, today), the exhibition is curated by Paula Melâneo, Pedro Bandeira, Luca Martinucci and deputy curators Catarina Raposo and Nuno Cera. Challenging nostalgic or utopian ideas of paradise, Paraíso, hoje proposes paradise as a present and active condition—something to be reclaimed through collective responsibility, critical optimism, and dignified action. Specifically, in this episode we tune into the voices of landscape architect and deputy curator of “Paraíso, hoje.”, Catarina Raposo, Director and Chief Curator of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Giovanna Borasi, The Architectural Review’s Editor-in-Chief Manon Mollard, and sound artist and publisher Nuno da Luz, moderated by curator, critic and communication strategist Julia Alban to discuss the concept of "paradise" in the context of environmental challenges and the importance of collective imagination in addressing these.Talks at the Venice Biennale is a podcast curated and produced by KoozArch Studio.Post-production: Khaled Nadim Graphics by KoozArch Studio.

In the first episode of Talks at the Venice Biennale, we sit down with the curator Carlo Ratti to indulge in his curatorial process and vision. Taking on the mantle of directorship for La Biennale di Venezia is no small feat; in this episode, recorded shortly before the opening, Ratti emphasises the chorus of voices brought together in his exhibition, from disciplines adjacent to and even seemingly removed from conventional architectural practice. By bringing together various forms of intelligence to inform the future of spatial practice, Ratti’s curatorial composition suggests ways in which architecture could foster a harmony of the spheres.Talks at the Venice Biennale is a podcast curated and produced by KoozArch Studio.Post-production: Khaled Nadim Graphics by KoozArch Studio.