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Transformation Marathon

Agnieszka Gratza

This piece appeared in the “Conference Room” section of LEAP magazine, in Chinese translation: DATE: 2015.10.17-18 LOCATION: Serpentine Gallery and Serpentine Radio PARTICIPANTS: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Saskia Sassen, Bruno Latour, Gilbert & George and Victoria, Tino Sehgal, Alice Rawsthorn, Eyal Weizman, Etel Adnan, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Juliet Jacques, Kim West, Judy Chicago, François Jullien, Marcus du Sautoy, Jimmie Durham, Gabriella Coleman, Julieta Aranda, and many others. Now in its tenth year, the annual Serpentine Marathon at the close of Frieze Week has become a London institution. Initiated by Hans Ulrich Obrist in 2006, the inaugural 24-Hour Interview Marathon was co-curated … Continue reading Transformation Marathon

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14th Venice Architecture Biennale

Agnieszka Gratza

This report from the German, Austrian and Swiss pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale was posted on the frieze d/e blog: German Pavilion, all images courtesy: la Biennale di Venezia; photographs: Andrea Avezzù   In an unprecedented move, the director of this year’s Venice architecture biennale, Rem Koolhaas, proposed a single, admittedly capacious theme for all 65 national pavilions to grapple with: ‘Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014’. The thesis behind this – with the fraught concept of ‘modernity’ at its heart – seemed to be the contention that over the last century the distinctions between national architectural styles, once pronounced, have given … Continue reading 14th Venice Architecture Biennale