The 29th Bienal de São Paulo Brazil: Youturn Pavilion by UNStudio
Geschreven op 17-9-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Agenda, Bouwen-Klussen, Design
The 29th São Paulo Biennial from September 25 to December 12 2010, is being curated by Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias and a team of guest curators from various backgrounds: Fernando Alvim, Rina Carvajal, Yuko Hasegawa, Sarat Maharaj, and Chus Martinez.
The title “There is always a cup of sea to sail in” was inspired by a line by the poet Jorge de Lima (1895 – 1953) in his work Invenção de Orfeu (1952). Based on an interview of Universes in Universe with Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias in January 2010, follow-up email correspondence, and press releases of the organizer, we summarize here some of the most important aspects.
The exhibition will unfold six issues relating to political thought and action through art within a unique and integrated curatorial space. Each of the issues that order conceptual groupings in space will have an ambient art project to be developed for activation and public use within a program of corresponding events. These projects can occupy a maximum area of 120 m2 and are denominated terreiros, spaces that refer to the squares, terraces, temples, yards, open-air or enclosed areas, where throughout Brazil people dance, fight, play music and games, cry, talk, or ritualize the country’s hybrid religiousness. Source: Universe in Universe
UNStudio’s Youturn Pavilion is one of six ‘terrieros’ created for the 29th Art Biennale in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Located at the heart of the biennale, the pavilion operates primarily as a venue. Programmatically the pavilion invites the public to meet, orientate and observe. It provokes interaction between both participants and visitors to the biennale, creating a place for display, discussion, and debate.
The UNStudio Pavilion places itself between artwork, installation and architecture. The Youturn Pavilion forms the ‘I am the street’ terriero, one of six conceptual groupings of integrated curatorial spaces at the biennale. Events which occur within the space can range from intimate discussions to large group presentations. Source: UNStudio
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