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Indonesian pavilion among highlights of Venice Architecture Biennale: Metropolis
The Indonesian pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale received praise for its breathtaking simplicity.
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A woman visits the Indonesian. (AFP/Filippo Monteforte)
The 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale kicked off on Saturday in Venice, Italy, and is slated to run until Nov. 25.
Themed “Freespace”, the festival features 71 works from across the globe, including works by Indonesian architect Andra Matin, and 63 national participants.
The Indonesian pavilion showcases an installation by main curator Ary Indrayanto of architecture firm Aboday, along with five other curators, namely David Hutama Setiadi, Adwitya Dimas Satria, Ardy Hartono Kurniawan, Jonathan Aditya Gahari and Johanes Adika Gahari, and it was made out of 21-meter long paper.
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According to Metropolis, the Indonesian pavilion was among the 10 best national pavilions, describing its simplicity as breathtaking.
“Strips of paper hang from frames long curves across of the Arsenale’s cavernous rooms. Visitors can walk amidst the paper or observe the curve in profile. Titled Sunyata: The Poetics of Emptiness, the pavilion breaks architecture down to its basics, organizing space and people around it. Sometimes all you need is a piece of paper,” it stated in the website.
An Indonesian representative who attended the event said in a statement that Indonesian architecture was rooted in the emptiness concept. In regard to the pavilion, Sunyata (silence) was placed as a dialogue between human and space.
Kompas.com reported that the concept would be applied in Taman Sari Water Castle in Yogyakarta, the colonial building of Jakarta Kota Station (formerly known as BEOS station) in Jakarta, Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh and Jonas Studio in Bandung, West Java. (jes/kes)
