The Time Space Existence exhibition, an extension of the Venice Architecture Biennale, promoted by the European Cultural Centre, invites us to reflect on the Space-Time binomial, on the issues of our contemporary human condition, sustainability, living conditions, resource management and the necessary social balance.
Starting from architectural thinking and the role that architecture can and should play in the social sphere, we are encouraged to rethink new forms and concepts of inhabiting and co-habiting, the concept of community, between man and man, between man and the environment.
Our presentation materialises in a collection made up of 5 moments, in which we promote a reflective conversation with the observer, an invitation to discuss the theme of sustainability in architecture and construction. As a very common, present and sensitive topic, we intend for the concept of sustainability to be apprehended and discussed in a broader way, less immediately, somehow releasing this concept from a mere counting of carbon footprints, material properties or resource consumption; rather, we are interested in approaching this concept in the field of space, identifying it as Spatial Sustainability.
The observer is invited to reflect on Spatial Sustainability, in this case on excess space. The work is presented as a 2.00m x 2.00m canvas where the excess space absorbs the largest material and spatial resource.
In the centre of this space, we present Useful Space, a work by artist Rafael Oliveira, measuring 0.20m x 0.20m. There is a centralised visual induction in the piece, which forces us into an unconscious abstraction of surplus space, of the superfluous, of Non-Space.
The light on the void takes us back to a visual and sensory exploration of the excessive consumption of energy resources. The light is projected onto the raw wall, without a defined or identifiable purpose.
The set of 4 canvases, entitled expectant space, presents itself as a criticism of Non-Space as something functionally questionable. The formal and regular repetition of the shape and its dispositive randomness impel us to search for elements that allow us to decode its purpose in space. The post-it notes, centred on these random moments, aim to provide an answer, describing decorative moments that often, due to information overload, eliminate the spatiality of the place.
The indecision of the space takes the viewer back to spatial indefinition. It aims to expose the sense of ‘not belonging’ to a place, due to its lack of spatial and functional identity. The search for the correct positioning of the ‘complete canvas’ reflects the quest for spatial definition and optimisation, which intends to maximise useful spaces to the detriment of ‘non-spaces’.
The door, as an element that subdivides space, is in this case de-materialised, fragmented. We encourage the observer to reflect on this commonplace, the element that opens or closes something, that defines the public from the private. We are trying to think about this element which, following conventional concepts, forces an absolute and uncompromising definition of space, becoming a blocker of it.
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Seg. Sex
8:30 – 13:00
14:00 – 17:30
