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Events at the Politecnico
Constructing La Biennale | A Peek Behind the Narrative
As part of the GENS Public Program at the Venice Biennale 2025, a panel discussion titled “Constructing La Biennale. A Peek Behind the Narrative” will take place on July 20th at 15:30. The event will focus on the project “Constructing La Biennale” exhibited at the Giardini della Biennale di Venezia within the 19th International Architecture Exhibition and curated by the Politecnico di Torino / Department of Architecture and Design-DAD and Northeastern University. The event is also organized on the occasion of The International Workshop on Complex Networks, a satellite event of StatPhys29.
In the morning, participants are invited to join a guided tour of the installation at the Giardini della Biennale.
Biennales are crucial to architectural discourse, yet the ways in which ideas evolve within their complex ecologies are often overlooked and excluded from the dominant narratives. The event “Constructing la Biennale: a peek behind the narrative” will critically reflect on the position expressed by the installation “Constructing la Biennale” – exhibited at the Giardini - in revealing the “behind the scenes” of the exhibition. Experts in architectural history and network science will discuss with the curators of the installation: what does it mean to open - or attempt to open - the black box of la Biennale? How does it change our understanding of its contribution to disciplinary discourse? And how does it inform future curatorial experiments?
List of participants:
Event supported by Politecnico di Torino/Department of Architecture and Design-DAD and Northeastern University.
In the morning, participants are invited to join a guided tour of the installation at the Giardini della Biennale.
Biennales are crucial to architectural discourse, yet the ways in which ideas evolve within their complex ecologies are often overlooked and excluded from the dominant narratives. The event “Constructing la Biennale: a peek behind the narrative” will critically reflect on the position expressed by the installation “Constructing la Biennale” – exhibited at the Giardini - in revealing the “behind the scenes” of the exhibition. Experts in architectural history and network science will discuss with the curators of the installation: what does it mean to open - or attempt to open - the black box of la Biennale? How does it change our understanding of its contribution to disciplinary discourse? And how does it inform future curatorial experiments?
List of participants:
- Albert-László Barabási / BarabasiLab, Northeastern University
- Michele Bonino / Department of Architecture and Design-DAD, Politecnico di Torino
- Edoardo Bruno / Department of Architecture and Design-DAD, Politecnico di Torino
- Marco Buongiorno Nardelli / University of North Texas
- Guido Caldarelli / Università Cà Foscari
- Riccardo Covino / Department of Architecture and Design-DAD, Politecnico di Torino
- Christopher Hawthorne / Yale Architecture (online)
Event supported by Politecnico di Torino/Department of Architecture and Design-DAD and Northeastern University.