{"id":3526,"date":"2022-05-07T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.r3b.it\/blog\/the-concert-swiss-pavilion-art-biennale-2022\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T07:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T07:24:35","slug":"the-concert-swiss-pavilion-art-biennale-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.r3b.it\/en\/blog\/the-concert-swiss-pavilion-art-biennale-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Concert\/ Swiss Pavilion – Art Biennale 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Commissioner: Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia Curators: Alexandre Babel, Francesco StocchiExhibitor: Latifa EchakhchProject Manager: Maud Ch\u00e2telet3D Design: Arch. Alessandra dal MosConstructions: Rebiennale R3B<\/p>\n\n

In the beginning is the end: the life cycle according to Latifa EchakhchThe exhibition of the Pavilion of Switzerland at the 59. International Art Exhibition – La Biennaleof Venice is entitled The Concert and was conceived by Latifa Echakhch, in collaborationwith percussionist and composer Alexandre Babel and curator Francesco Stocchi.Melancholy remnants of art fill the first space, where visitors begin a journey backwardover time. In each room the atmosphere changes – time runs backwards, from the living daylightTo the previous evening. Increasingly manifestly inspired by folkloric works and traditions, thelarge-scale sculptures appear increasingly veiled by a looming darkness.These are scenes of impermanence, of catharsis, with which artist Latifa Echakhch enchants visitors to theSwiss Pavilion at the Art Biennale 2022, scenes that highlight the life cycle in acomposite and multifaceted manner. Most of the materials used for the exhibition,recycled from previous Biennials, are themselves the result of transformation.<\/p>\n\n

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The process of reuse and construction<\/h2>\n\n

For the construction of the Swiss pavilion, the following materials from the Biennale 2021 installations were used– Chile: pine plywood panels 240x120cm, wooden morals 12x5cm of various lengths, poplar plywood slats h.10cm (used to build the partition wall of the main hall warehouse and most of the exoskeletons of the sculptures).– Thailand: 37x75mm fir strips of various lengths (used to make the supporting structures of exoskeletons)– Slovenia: no.523 40\/40\/500mm fir laths (used to complete the cross frames of wooden structures)– Brazil: sound absorbing panels 50x100cm sp.5cm, totaling 40sqm (used to insulate the main room), no.2 interior doors (used to access the storage room of the main room– Albania: no.15 rolls of black PVC H.120cm Ml.100 (used to create the walkable path later covered with gravel.– Materials from local suppliers: supply of ash veneer that is unusable in joinery because it has staining defects (used to create the ‘skin’ of sculptures)– Various wooden materials from our warehouse to complete the structures.<\/p>\n\n