Venice Biennale: photo
Before entering the exhibition hall of the Russian pavilion at the XI architectural Biennale in Venice written that the new Russia, which builds, the choice is between Western and Russian architects. The organizers of the exposition presented this choice in the form of chess parties - the two teams compete with each other for ensuring that work on the Russian market. A small "ceiling" Hall pavilion, built early last century on the draft Alexei Schuseva famous, turned into a chess board with white and red fields, which were separated models of buildings.
One of the curators of the exhibition Grigory Revzin said he has not understood that it will turn out from this idea, but what happened, he really likes. "I think that we have been able to show the audience that in our country has modern architecture, was able to show the image of a strong country," - said Mr. Revzin, showing the layout of the tower at the "Russia" architect Norman Foster, which appeared in the overall composition, of course , Queen. Revzin added that "such a dominant architecture in the city - is a strong move and the progress made this, of course, not so much an architect, but the developer", hinting at Mirax Group, which was among the nine major construction companies, sponsored the Russian exposition in Venice.
Russia at first showed no binnale "paper" is not conceptual projects, and real buildings, which are already built or will be built shortly. Because developers to show their desire to achieve no-cloth with the current Biennale titled "Out there. Architecture beyond building" (Not there. Architecture outside the building), curators decided to complement the exhibition of works remarkable demonstration of landscape painter Polisskogo Nicholas, who with the help of residents of the village of Kaluga Nikola - Lenivets, builds a semblance of architectural monuments from natural materials. Polissky came to Venice itself, and brought with him eight craftsmen who built the pavilion in the lower hall of wooden poles from the forest, they have done a makeshift arbor and arch at the entrance to the pavilion. If zhivenko, but looked in conjunction with the architecture schusevskogo "castle"
Prior to the opening of a small hall pavilion was beaten by people so tightly that it was hard to stay there. In the field of chess and red polatyami in two rows along the walls remained narrow passage where visitors closely.
Architects willingly posed in front of their works. Dutchman Erik van Egeraat, whose architectural design the buildings of the central district of Kazan and the National Library won at last year's contest, with its new hair and trousers with a stripe was like a pop star-80.
With American Thomas Lizerom designed museum mammoth and permafrost in Yakutsk, we'll find some common theme - the capital of the republic of Sakha and its residents. Someone said that the museum - the first "real", not on paper work Lizera.
Approximately one hour after the inauguration of the exhibition, which was made by Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev, the ceiling just repaired for a lot of money building failed and the top water polo, rather fun gathering. Everything that is happening, coupled with red polatyami along the walls, heat and heated bodies of people from architectural party was to remind bath. In a corner, which is filled, put two plastic buckets, which, incidentally, helped little. What, incidentally, does not exhibit for the exhibition of contemporary art?
Outside, it was all too easy: wishing to enter and exit in the lower pavilion, which was exhibited Polisskogo exposition, it was necessary to go through the chain rasstavlennym chairs - deep pudWere among visitors and those who spared no his shoes, preferring to go barefoot in the pavilion.dle at the entrance had not done it differently.
The Japanese have made absolutely shocking - at the white walls of the pavilion for two days grifelnym simple pencil were drawn architectural drawings, consisting of the smallest natural elements - flowers, leaves, grass.
The Polish architects showed interesting project "The Afterlife of Buildings" - the "other" life of buildings through fifty years.
Time on the part Biennale, which was shown in the Arsenale - old military warehouses, remade under the exhibition halls, almost was not. To carefully examine all exhibited there, you need a week at least. Therefore, further - in a format slide show, to just an idea about the exhibition:
Liza Panina, Moscow
Photo by Rustem Adagamov
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