Lisbon Architecture Triennale / Let's talk about Houses: When Art Speaks Architecture
15.10.2010 - 21.11.2010
Museu Nacional de Arte Contempor?nea - Museu do Chiado, Rua Serpa Pinto, 4, 1200-444 Lisboa, Portugal
At various times, in a world that has been successively destroyed by global conflicts, art has reflected the need to think about the meaning of dwelling, the affective construction of space, the cocoon, and the minimum conditions required for survival. In many ways, art seems to be speaking of architecture, constructing fields that are almost nameless in the place where sculpture, film, and architecture intersect.
The exhibition aims to present works which are located in this intermediate space, and which stem from the need to work with the deconstruction of space and the appropriation of architectural languages by artists in a way that also tries to find corresponding movements, with a diverse range of origins, in this interface.
Featured artists:
Angela Ferreira; Bruce Nauman; Carlos Bunga; Carlos Garaicoa; Carlos Nogueira; Catherine Opie; Cildo Meireles; Damian Ortega; Dan Graham; Ed Ruscha ; Elmgreen & Dragset; Fernando Brito; Fernanda Fragateiro; Gabriel Orozco; Gordon Matta-Clark; Hans Haacke; Jimmie Durham; John Bock; Jonas Dahlberg; Jorge Macchi; Jos? Bechara; Jose Pedro Croft; Juan Araujo; Juliao Sarmento; Julian Rosenfeld; Luisa Lambri; Marcelo Cidade; Marcius Galan; Marepe; Mark Dion; Mateo Lopez; Miguel Angelo Rocha; Miguel Arruda; Miroslav Balka; Nuno Sousa Vieira; Olafur Eliasson; Rita McBride; Rivane Neuenschwander; Robert Gober; Rodney Graham; Stan Douglas; Thomas Scheibitz; Thomas Schutte; Thomas Struth; Tom Sachs; Vangelis Vlahos; Wallid Raad/Atlas Group.
Curator:
Delfim Sardo About Triennale
The Lisbon Architecture
Triennale - the most significant architectural event in the Iberian
Peninsula - is now in preparation for its second edition. Based on the
high quality and development of Portuguese architecture, the Triennale
aims to establish itself as an outstanding forum for discussing issues
of contemporary architecture, starting from the principle that
architectural practice is a fundamental expression of the creation of
place, the construction of an integrating sense of citizenship, and
cultural affirmation.
The 2010 Triennale
The theme of the 2010
Lisbon Architecture Triennale is LET'S TALK ABOUT HOUSES, a phrase from a
poem by the Portuguese poet Herberto Helder. And its inherent urgency
is nowadays fully justified.
The idea is to debate the question of housing, both literally and in a broader sense of housing in the world.
For three months the
Triennale will be held at Lisbon's most important cultural venues,
centring on three exhibitions, one centre in Cascais and an
international conference about the relationship between architecture and
politics, or how architecture and politics are mutually represented.
A large number of
associated projects are spread among various Lisbon art galleries and
other cultural institutions, making the city the European capital of
architecture, its discussion and celebration.
The Triennale is above
all an architecture festival, besides being a platform for debate and
discussion about questions involving the social aspect of architecture,
its ethical component and the cultural importance of architecture today. |
October 2010
