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Afaina De Jong & InnaVisions with Space of Other at La Architecture Biennale di Venezia

Who is We?

Together with architect Afaina de Jong and artist Debra Solomon, Het Nieuwe Instituut presents Who is We? in response to the central theme of the Biennale, 'How will we live together?'

While 'we' seems to imply inclusion, it often represents a very singular perspective. At a time when social and ecological urgencies demand immediate care and action, it is fundamental to regard 'we' as an even more pluralised pronoun that encompasses all humans and non-humans such as soil, plants, animals, and microbes.

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Black Forest: a process of João JAS energetic alignment

Floresta Negra | JAS Exhibition

Floresta negra surge de uma forma precoce no sentido de tentar resolver uma ansiedade que permanecia constante. O ataque formou um disparo mais primitivo onde os pincéis deixam de ter importância e o gesto passa a sair diretamente de um tubo de tinta espessa e melada para um suporte áspero e castanho que simboliza a terra ou as cascas de uma árvore.

Black forest arose as a nascent way to solve a permeating anxiety. The attack formed a more primitive shot where the brushes no longer matter. The gesture starts to come straight out of a thick and honeyed ink tube to a rough and brown support that symbolizes the earth or the bark of a tree.

O objetivo passa por uma experiência semelhante a uma oração visual de repetição e organização modular, cujos elementos utilizam a tração e a compressão de forma a proporcionar uma estabilidade e resistência.

The objective goes through an experience similar to a visual prayer of repetition and modular organization, whose elements use traction and compression in order to provide stability and resistance.

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