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Installation OFF FENCE at the Biennale Architettura 2021
Installation OFF FENCE at the Biennale Architettura 2021
30, Via Forte Marghera, Venezia, Italy
Finalist, 2022 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Art
Project Featured on Jan 05, 2023
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Installation OFF FENCE at the Biennale Architettura 2021
30, Via Forte Marghera, Venezia, Italy
Finalist, 2022 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Art
Project Featured on Jan 05, 2023
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2021
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
Studio: SKULL studio, MOLO architekti
Author: Matěj Hájek [SKULL studio], Tereza Kučerová [MOLO architekti]
For the first time invited sculptor Matěj Hájek and architect Tereza Kučerová were invited to the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. In the section How will we play together?, in the freely accessible Forte Marghera fortress, they present the installation OFF FENCE.
A fence is a symbol of separation. Throughout all historical developments, society has been divided by various forms of walls, either physically, geographically, culturally or socially. If we ask ourselves the question How will we live together? (theme of Biennale 2021), it is necessary first of all to realize what divides us. What stands between us and the state we are striving to achieve?
The installation is placed in a radical location, cutting across the existing gravel path, thereby manifesting the phenomenon of separation. “We choose a confrontational tone. We cut across the path. We transform an obstacle into an impulse. An impulse for change,” states the author Matěj Hájek.
An obstacle is placed in the path for visitors to the Architecture Biennale – a wooden fence. If visitors wish to continue on their way, they are forced to address the situation. They have the option of giving up and turning back, or walking around the obstacle, or going through the installation. Within the context we have formulated, this physical act takes on a symbolic meaning: it enables visitors to enter the obstacle, and thereby to enter the problem. “Through the medium of play we take a bold step. We drive the dynamo of change through our own initiative. The game is an initiation of change. By entering the physical body of the obstacle, visitors overcome themselves,” describes Hájek.
Author: Matěj Hájek [SKULL studio], Tereza Kučerová [MOLO architekti]
For the first time invited sculptor Matěj Hájek and architect Tereza Kučerová were invited to the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. In the section How will we play together?, in the freely accessible Forte Marghera fortress, they present the installation OFF FENCE.
A fence is a symbol of separation. Throughout all historical developments, society has been divided by various forms of walls, either physically, geographically, culturally or socially. If we ask ourselves the question How will we live together? (theme of Biennale 2021), it is necessary first of all to realize what divides us. What stands between us and the state we are striving to achieve?
The installation is placed in a radical location, cutting across the existing gravel path, thereby manifesting the phenomenon of separation. “We choose a confrontational tone. We cut across the path. We transform an obstacle into an impulse. An impulse for change,” states the author Matěj Hájek.
An obstacle is placed in the path for visitors to the Architecture Biennale – a wooden fence. If visitors wish to continue on their way, they are forced to address the situation. They have the option of giving up and turning back, or walking around the obstacle, or going through the installation. Within the context we have formulated, this physical act takes on a symbolic meaning: it enables visitors to enter the obstacle, and thereby to enter the problem. “Through the medium of play we take a bold step. We drive the dynamo of change through our own initiative. The game is an initiation of change. By entering the physical body of the obstacle, visitors overcome themselves,” describes Hájek.
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