Book presentation in Venice

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Wednesday 4th June

“Architecture after Revolution”

17.00-20.00

S.a.L.E.-Docks, Dorsoduro 265, Venice

In occasion of the publication of their book “Architecture after Revolution” (Sternberg Press, Berlin 2013), members of DAAR (Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency) Alessandro Petti, Sandi Hilal and Eyal Weizman will conduct a workshop on Al Masha as a possibility to re-articulate the relation of common and public spaces in Palestine in relation and beyond the events and places of the Arab revolts. This panel brings together architects, artists, activist and researchers to discuss the the role of common spaces today in the struggle of justice and equality. In the second part, in occasion of the presentation of the installation of “Italian ghosts” at the Venice architecture Biennale, DAAR will use colonial modernist architectures as point of departure in order to start a public discussion on colonization, decolonization and revolution in Libya. The workshop will explore the afterlife of Italian colonial architecture, its embarrassing beauty and its implications with crimes committed during the Italian occupation, its role in the construction of Italian identity and its ongoing influence and legacy.

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