The World Around & SMAC present The World Around On Site: Venice

The World Around & SMAC Present: The World Around On Site: Venice 

The World Around, the leading curatorial platform for global architecture, and SMAC San Marco Art Centre, a new institution in the heart of Venice, will be on site on the occasion of the vernissage days of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia with an open-to-all breakfast roundable event, sharing hot takes and early insights into this year’s edition of the seminal architecture exhibition and global convening.

Bringing together the Biennale’s most exciting contributors and observers, the early-morning conversation, including coffee and light breakfast, will include an animated discussion, offering insider takes on the show ahead of its official opening to map the most critical ideas in global architecture and design today.

The World Around On Site: Venice will take place Thursday, May 8, at, Procuratie in Piazza San Marco, which houses SMAC on the second floor and The Home of the Human Safety Net on the third floor. The event will be hosted at the Auditorium of the Human Safety Net on the third floor. Doors will open at 8:30am for coffee & breakfast with the discussion starting at 9:00am and concluding with an audience Q&A. Seats at the venue are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The event will be followed by a curator-led tour of SMAC’s exhibitions “Migrating Modernism: The Architecture of Harry Seidler” and “Jung Youngsun: For All That Breathes On Earth”.

Panelists will include The World Around’s founder and director Beatrice Galilee; Stephen Burks and Malika Leiper, from the design team of this year’s US Pavilion; Aric Chen, general and artistic director of the Nieuwe Instituut, the commissioner of the Dutch Pavilion; architect Eva Franch i Gilabert, co-curator of the Catalan Pavilion; Béatrice Grenier, director of strategic projects & international programs at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain; Fundación Organizmo’s Ana María Gutiérrez whose “We are all Woven” installation will be on show in the Arsenale exhibition; Kieran Long, director of Helsinki’s Amos Rex museum; Tosin Oshinowo, architect and designer whose “Lagos Marketplaces” is being presented in the Arsenale; and landscape architect Bas Smets, co-curator of the Belgian Pavilion.

About The World Around
The World Around is the leading curatorial platform for architecture, championing the work and ideas of architects and designers who are addressing the global challenges of our time. With a commitment to social and ecological justice, The World Around collaborates with international institutions to curate and commission live programs, exhibitions and educational initiatives including its all-day Annual Summit in New York City, its itinerant In Focus series, and its Young Climate Prize.
theworldaround.com | @theworldaround

About SMAC
SMAC is a new centre for the Arts in the heart of Venice. Every year SMAC presents a dynamic and vibrant programme of exceptional exhibitions across all of visual culture. Situated in one of the most iconic locations in the world, SMAC is located on Piazza San Marco inside the Procuratie, recently restored by Pritzker-prize winning architect David Chipperfield. SMAC presents an ambitious programme across art, architecture, design, fashion and film, offering opportunities for discovery for specialists and the general public alike. SMAC focus on content that sheds light on the unexpected, that challenges conventions and poses rigorous questions. Through research, dialogue, and experimentation, SMAC critically examines contemporary visual culture and its relations with history, science, philosophy, and society.
smac.org | @smac_venice

About The Human Safety Net
The Human Safety Net mission is to unlock the potential of people living in vulnerable circumstances, so that they can transform the lives of their families and communities. Our programs support vulnerable families with young children (0-6 years) and integrate refugees through work and entrepreneurship. To do so, we bring together the strengths of non-profit organizations and the private sector, in Europe, Asia and South America. We are an open net and we welcome working with companies, organizations and foundations who share the same goals. We are a global movement of people helping people.
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