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<p>Intro/Outro: “The Boys are Back in Town,” by Thin Lizzy</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://jeyifo.us/">Olalekon Jeyifous</a> – winner of the Silver Lion for “The African Conservation Effort”</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023/dangerous-liaisons/killing-architects">Killing Architects</a> + Buzzfeed + local Chinese journalists: “Investigating Xinjiang’s Network of Detention Camps”</p><p> </p><p>Wilson, Yoon, Howeler, Begley, Han – <a href="https://www.labiennale.org/it/architettura/2023/mnemonic/mabel-o-wilson-j-meejin-yoon-e-eric-h%C3%B6weler-collaborazione-con-josh-begley-e-gene-han">Unknown Unknown: A Space of Memory</a></p><p> </p><p>Albanian Pavilion: <a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023/albania">Untimely Meditations</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023/looty">Looty</a> – LIDAR scanning objects of art and selling NFTs against them – expand access to works of art that had been stolen = digital repatriation</p><p> </p><p>Liam Young – <a href="https://liam_young.artstation.com/projects/PeAvyy">The Great Endeavour</a></p><p> </p><p>Big Shovel – <a href="https://review.brunswickgroup.com/article/daniel-yergin-energy/">Daniel Yergin</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjqstS-q5v_AhX8kokEHUmEAIcQFnoECCUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnexusstudios.com%2Fwork%2Frobots-of-brixton%2F&usg=AOvVaw32LB4PBfilI-5Ms6AnJ2VO">Robots of Brixton</a> – Kibwe Tavares</p><p> </p><p>Forensic Architecture – <a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023/dangerous-liaisons/david-wengrow-and-eyal-weizman-forensic-architecture-and-nebelivka-project">The Nebelivka Hypothesis</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Everything-New-History-Humanity/dp/0374157359">The Dawn of Everything</a> – David Graeber & David Wengrow</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Yuval-Noah-Harari-audiobook/dp/B0741F3M7C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KSIHT4XQSFZQ&keywords=Sapiens+%E2%80%93+Ubal+Harare&qid=1685391523&s=books&sprefix=sapiens+ubal+harare%2Cstripbooks%2C92&sr=1-1">Sapiens</a> – Yuval Noah Harari</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Economy-Cities-Jane-Jacobs/dp/039470584X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1D2DG2FWDV3FA&keywords=the+economy+of+cities+by+jane+jacobs&qid=1685391582&s=books&sprefix=The+Economy+of+Cities+%2Cstripbooks%2C85&sr=1-1">The Economy of Cities</a> – Jane Jacobs</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023/dangerous-liaisons-outdoor-installations/sweet-water-foundation">Sweet Water Foundation</a> – “chaord”</p><p> </p><p>DAAR – winner of the Golden Lion for “<a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023/dangerous-liaisons/daar-alessandro-petti-and-sandi-hilal">Ente di Decolonizzazione — Borgo Rizza</a>” </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023/j-yolande-daniels">Black City Astrolabe</a> – J. Yolande Daniels</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://saudipavilion.org/architecture/2023-irth/">Saudia Arabia – “Irth</a>” – material focus</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://nationalpavilionuae.org/architecture/2023-2/?language=en">UAE – Aridly Abundant</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://bahrainpavilion.bh/">Bahrain – Sweating Assets</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://neomvenice.com/en">NEOM <> Zero-Gravity Urbanism</a></p><p>– Opening talk with Sir Peter Cook – Archigram</p><ul><li>What the Biennale criticizes is what NEOM is built on…</li><li>Parallel: Brasilia – 50 years of progress in 5</li><li>Contrast: <a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/tropical-modernism-architecture-and-power-in-west-africa">V & A’s exhibition on Tropical Modernism</a></li><li>Edifice Complex / The Myth of Tabula Rasa: You can’t build your way out of a lack of institutions – it leads to disastrous consequences. </li></ul><p> </p><p>Contrast with Canada Pavilion’s “<a href="https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2023/05/canada-s-official-exhibit-at-the-biennale-archittetura-2023">Not for Sale</a>!”</p><p> </p><p>Rating the Tote Bag Designs:</p><p> </p><p>No. 5 – Saudi Arabia</p><p>No. 4 -- Hungary</p><p>No. 3 – UAE</p><p>No. 2 – Switzerland (“Neighbors” with Venezuela)</p><p>No. 1 – Canada – AAHA!</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/may/19/the-toxic-landscape-of-colonialism-venices-architecture-biennale-spotlights-africa">Oliver Wainwright’s review for the Guardian</a></p>