Homeland: News from Portugal
June 7–November 23, 2014
Preview: June 6, 17h
Arsenale
Venice
Hours: Daily 10am–6pm,
Friday–Saturday 10am–8pm (June 7–September 27)
Curator: Pedro Campos Costa
Organization: Secretary of State for Culture – The Directorate-General for the Arts
Production: Lisbon Architecture Triennale
Homeland: News from Portugal is a newspaper.
This newspaper is the Portuguese Pavilion, it aims to have an influence on the present Portuguese situation, to start a debate, to provoke some kind of response, to show possible paths, using examples from the past and speaking about the future.
An unconventional exhibition instrument that gathers original contents, specifically produced for the project by a multidisciplinary team which includes professionals from different areas, such as architecture, economics, sociology, geography, history, anthropology, photography, law and design. They all participate with their critical reflection on housing in various perspectives, having as raw material the architectural experimentation field per excellence, as well as decisive and primary element of urban and territorial construction social and cultural reflection of its inhabitants.
“We want to use the newspaper not only as a metaphor for modernity in architecture, materializing a kind of archaeological artefact that can represent itself as the history of modernity, but also as a tool of the ‘quotidian,’ ephemeral and political. This is an opportunity to speak about Home and Land, an attempt to engage with society, with the territory and with the political context.”
–Pedro Campos Costa, curator
For any media questions, please contact:
Maria Schiappa
Lisbon Architecture Triennale Campo de Santa Clara, 142-145 1100-474 Lisbon, Portugal
T + 351 21 346 7194 / 351 93 112 16 04 / maria.schiappa [at] trienaldelisboa.com / www.trienaldelisboa.com
Mónica Oliveira
The Directorate General for the Arts
Campo Grande, 83, 1º
1700-088 Lisbon
T + 351 211 507 010 / 351 919 281 468 / moliveira [at] dgartes.pt / www.dgartes.pt
