| beginnings of scandal. some eyes in delhi are focussed
| on this event.
...Biennale Architecture... 10th International Architecture
Exhibition... Venice, September-November 2006...
Main features of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition
....
The Biennale has decided to dedicate the theme of the 10th Exhibition to
the meta-cities. The changes in the physical and social morphology of
the city now allow us to delineate the features of a new civilian
agglomeration: the meta-city, an agglomeration that extends beyond the
traditional form and concept of the city, that has come to exceed
traditional boundaries, defining new issues and needs concerning its
governance, and undergoing profound transformations in the composition
of its population, and in its working habits. The 10th International
Architecture Exhibition will deal with these issues to formulate, at its
conclusion, a programmatic document, offered to all those who bear
responsibility for the planning and governance of urban and territorial
systems.
cont'd....
http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/architecture/en/17133.html
| the british are in the midst of a controversy
| already. anyone got information on the indian politicing?
Architects row as London is left out of Venice Biennale
Hugh Muir and Will Hurst
Monday October 17, 2005
The Guardian
The pavilions at the 2006 Venice Biennale will showcase the finest
contemporary architects working in the great world cities. Except, that
is, London.
British Council officials, who will organise the UK exhibit at the
Biennale, have triggered a row between architects by announcing plans to
omit or, as they put it, "leave London behind" in next year's display.
Instead they are inviting curators to submit proposals for the British
pavilion that focus exclusively on the regions. London's best hope for
attention is to be featured as part of the biennale's wider theme, the
Meta City.
cont'd....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1593824,00.html