Wednesday, September 17, 2008

VENICE: 11th Biennale of Architecture: OUT THERE: ARCHITECTURE BEYOND BUILDING

“NUTRITION” # 3 - The Czech and Slovak Republic Pavilion. The Sideways, Parallel Ways and Worlds, installation in the Czech and Slovak Pavilion, created by Zerozero Untd, shows a row of identical fridges that contain various foods based on the social identity of the inhabitants of the apartment or houses. “In the last months, we have looked into the homes of our friends, their friends, and friends of their friends…finally reaching those totally unknown to us. We have been interested in the social, economic, and urban context of their lives, their customs, favorite foods, culinary recipes, etc. We have searched for the everyday and authentic. This survey probes into the lives of the people living around us, and contains information on diversity/similarity of lifestyle and attitudes, contexts and situations by introducing questions of local (Czech and Slovak) specificities in a global context as well as questions of tenability of such topics and the world as we know it today.” A statement by Zerozero Untd.

A detail. The inside of one of the refrigerators.