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Project Website: http://slought.org/content/11402/
The exhibition "Into the Open: Positioning Practice” to be presented in
the U.S. Pavilion for La Biennale di Venezia, 11th International Architecture Exhibition, from September 14 through November 23 in Venice, Italy
The exhibition Into the Open: Positioning Practice, the official U.S. representation at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, highlights the means by which architects reclaim a role in shaping community and the built environment, to expand understanding of American architectural practice and its relationship to civic participation. The exhibition has been organized by U.S. Commissioner William Menking, along with co-curators Aaron Levy, Executive Director and Senior Curator at Slought Foundation, and Andrew Sturm, Director of Architecture for the PARC Foundation. The exhibition is conceived in collaboration with architects Teddy Cruz and Deborah Gans.
Into the Open: Positioning Practice explores how architects, urban researchers, and community activists are meeting the challenges of creating new work in response to contemporary social conditions and addresses factors challenging traditional methods of architecture, such as shifting socio-cultural demographics, changing geo-political boundaries, uneven economic development, and the explosion of migration and urbanization. At the same time, it will advocate for an expanded conception of architectural practice and responsibility. The sixteen practitioners included, all of whom actively engage communities in their work, demonstrate multifaceted responses to social and environmental issues.
For more information: http://positiongpractice.us/
Installation photographs and blog: http://positiongpractice.us/blog/
Exhibition catalog: http://slought.org/files/downloads/exhibitions/VeniceExhibitionCatalog[Bilingual].pdf
Into the Open: Positioning Practice is organized by PARC Foundation, Slought Foundation, and The Architect’s Newspaper and presented by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. Generous support for the project has been received from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Robert Rubin and Stephane Samuel, and PARC Foundation.
Special thanks to Duggal Visual Solutions for generous assistance in the design and fabrication of exhibition display materials. Additional support for the exhibition and public programs has been provided by Oldcastle Glass, Pratt Institute, inSite San Diego/Tijuana, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Thornton Tomasetti, FXFOWLE Architects, Gwathmey Siegel and Associates Architects, Abe and Pat Levy, Perkins Eastman, the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Larry Levy, Weidlinger Associates, Kartell, Jack Stern, Jack and Bea Morton, the Bernice Gersh Foundation, Pilkington and Leggett, the Shimkin Foundation, Michèle Richman, and Deborah Levy.
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Media Contact:
For more information or to request an interview please contact:
Andy Cushman or Elizabeth Reina
Blue Medium, Inc.
T: 212-675-1800
andy@bluemedium.com
Project website: http://positioningpractice.us
U.S. Department of State Press Release:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/jun/105494.htm
For more information about the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
Programs, contact
Catherine Stearns at 202-203-5107 or StearnsCL@state.gov
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Press Conferences:
June 13, 2008; 10:00am
The Architectural League
457 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
September 12, 2008; 11:00am
U.S. Pavilion
Giardini della Biennale
Venice, Italy
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