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CANADIAN ARCHITECTS LEAD THREE EXHIBITIONS AT THE VENICE BIENNALE, TACKLING THE THEME: HOW WILL WE LIVE TOGETHER? Grove, by Philip Beesley and Living Architecture Systems Group, is an immersive installation that includes a cloud of liquid-filled glass vessels hovering above a pool-like projection of a film by Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.
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Natalia Woldarsky Meneses
A year late and amid pandemic restrictions, the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia opened this summer. The opening brought a muted version of the regular fanfare, and the exhibition’s theme—“How Will We Live Together?”—tackles a correspondingly serious set of questions. Canadian architects and designers have taken up the enormous task of responding to this prompt, in several different ways. Canada’s official entry to the Biennale, Imposter Cities, was commissioned by the Canada Council for the Arts and co-curated by McGill professor David Theodore and Montreal-based firm T B A / Thomas Balaban Architect. In addition, Canada also has a presence in the Central Pavilion, with the
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