Congratulations to Decolonizing Architecture
Congratulations to Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti, & Eyal Weizman for the selection of Decolonizing Architecture in the upcoming Architectual Biennale di Venezia, Sept 14 - Nov 23 2008.
The project is sponsered and produced by Eloisa Haudenschild & Steve Fagin, partners in SPARE PARTS a division of the haudenschildGarage.
Decolonizing Architecture
Decolonizing Architecture is a collaboration between the haudenschildGarage and London-based architect and theorist Eyal Weizman and Bethlehem-based architects Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti. Giorgio Agamben is among the consultants for this project. The project takes the settlement of Psagot, overlooking Ramallah, and redesigns it for a post-evacuation time and context. A scale model, architectural plans and a public event will be produced around plans for turning the fabric of this settlement/suburb into a Palestinian public institution. Decolonizing Architecture was originally conceptualized and produced with the support of the haudenschildGarage, Spare Parts.
In 2008, the project was selected for the 11th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale and will be exhibited in Brussels at the BOZAR Center for Fine Arts.
The haudenschildGarage is a cultural platform that stands somewhere between a salon and an alternative space, the goal of which is to be a home away from home for cultural experimentation, play and conversation. It routinely presents symposia, lectures and film screenings to the public.
Whether international projects, dialogs or commissions, the haudenschildGarage collaborates with institutions, alternative spaces and emerging artists. The hope is that through providing a permissive context for opinion and production, new ideas and visions will have an opportunity to take shape.
In 2006, the haudenschildGarage launched SPARE PARTS, a renewable 3-year cycle of projects commissioned and produced by Director Eloisa Haudenschild and Commissioning Editor Steve Fagin that encourages the juxtaposition of the crucial, the trivial, and the arcane. Projects include A Crime Has Many Stories in Argentina, Decolonizing Architecture in Palestine/Israel and The Last Book in the US.
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