The installations, interior design and objects at the British Pavilion were so lavishly presented, stylish and nice-ish that i totally forgot to try to understand what was the point of the exhibition. So i had to do my little homework after the Venice trip.
Titled Echo City, the Pavilion examined the issues facing Britain’s regional cities, rather than London which gets plenty of attention in the Arsenale space anyway. The city chosen to illustrate the focus of the British Pavilion is Sheffield. Apparently, there is not one defining landmark of Sheffield, therefore the exhibition had to rely on soundscapes, a digital “warts and all” mural and photography of streetlife to convey the city’s essence.
Jeremy Till, curator of the pavilion, turned to a team immersed in theatre, music, art and design. These architectural “outsiders” developed an “urban register” describing several aspects of Sheffield at a variety of scales from 1:1 to 1:10 […]
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