In The Fence substack writing about the Venice Biennale preview days – here.
“Carlo Ratti’s title, ‘intelligens’ is memed to death. WiFi intelligens. Bollard intelligens. I find this kind of collective irony depressing. Everyone assumes it’s Italian too, but my Latin GCSE begs for its moment. Gens: populus. Intellegere: not intelligence, more understanding. Have I just spotted a critical nuance? I add it to my notes, which so far just say: ‘Poland YES’.
The exhibits are spread across two sites and around the city. The Giardini: architectural Eurovision, big national exhibition pavilions. Arsenale: IT dept throws a warehouse party, hairy igloos, immersive Jean Michel Jarre. It’s a lot. I try to care about robots.”
https://thefence.substack.com/i/164008693/the-vernissage-virgin
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