Talks at the Venice Biennale | Episode 7. Hardbody: Industrial Muscle at the Nordic Pavilion

Talks at the Venice Biennale | Episode 8. Error Message: the Intelligence of Errors at the Croatian Pavilion

In this episode, we focus on the Croatian participation, curated by Ida Križaj Leko. Titled Intelligence of Errors, the installation draws on the potential of errors and the educational tool of 'error harvest', which Ida Križaj Leko and Marko-Luka Zubčić have been developing since 2018. Within the spaces of the Arsenale, the project takes the spatial form of the Institute of Errors, a nomadic pop-up research and design institution dedicated to examining and utilising spatial errors towards the collective good.

Talks at the Venice Biennale | Episode 7. Hardbody: Industrial Muscle at the Nordic Pavilion

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.

Talks at the Venice Biennale | Episode 6. Sitting Comfortably?

In this episode, we are delighted to bring into conversation Andrea Faraguna, curator of the Bahrain participation titled “Heatwave” winner of the the Golden Lion for Best National Participation - and Daniel A. Barber together with Dehlia Hannah, curators of the project “Terms and Conditions” presented in the context of the Main Exhibition curated by Carlo Ratti at the Arsenale. The conversation explores the role of architecture in adapting to changing climates, the ethical implications of comfort in a global context and the potential for cultural institutions to challenge traditional expectations of thermal comfort.

Talks at the Venice Biennale | Episode 5. Restoration, resurrection and redemption: the Holy See and Danish Pavilions

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.

Talks at the Venice Biennale | Episode 4. Land Lores: soil stories from Latvia and Lebanon

In this episode, we are delighted to bring into conversation two national participations which include that of Latvia and Lebanon through the voices of Liene Jākobsone, co-curator along Ilka Ruby, & Shereen Doummar as part of the Collective for Architecture Lebanon. The two projects respectively titled “Landscape of Defense” and “The Land Remembers" address the land and the impact that ongoing wars are having on this, from Lebanon’s devastating ecocide to the fortifications which are being erected on Latvia's eastern border with Russia. Talks at the Venice Biennale is a podcast curated and produced by KoozArch Studio. Post-production: Khaled Nadim  Graphics by KoozArch Studio.