Home to Contemporary Statements: TBA21 Pavilions
September 9, 2006 | Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice
September 9, 2006 | Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice
A panel discussion hosted by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary on the occasion of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition.
The Your black horizon Art Pavilion is a collaborative project between Olafur Eliasson and David Adjaye situated on the Venetian monastery island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni. Art, architecture and the natural landscape come together to embrace the visitor and create a viewing experience of sublime intimacy.
The project in Venice represents the first in a series of Art Pavilions that Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary intends to establish in carefully selected locations around the world. The climatic and geographical conditions of each site will inform its own particular architectural solution, and determine the spatial relationship between architecture and landscape. A broad study of existing museum and gallery spaces has led to a reconsideration of how contemporary art might be displayed, and the proposal (incorporating both single, multi-purpose structures and modular, interconnected clusters) of an alternative model for an arts institution for the 21st century.
The endeavor has a number of closely-related objectives: to develop a new and innovative approach to the presentation of contemporary art; to advance the practice of creative association through an ambitious, long-term program of commissioning and building; to serve as a trigger for the creation of new centers of contemporary art in often remote locations of remarkable natural beauty; and to meet new audiences in places of broad geographical diversity, places for contemplation, excitement and a reconsideration of what art and architecture are and what they can together achieve.
The Your black horizon Art Pavilion is a collaborative project between Olafur Eliasson and David Adjaye situated on the Venetian monastery island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni. Art, architecture and the natural landscape come together to embrace the visitor and create a viewing experience of sublime intimacy.
The project in Venice represents the first in a series of Art Pavilions that Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary intends to establish in carefully selected locations around the world. The climatic and geographical conditions of each site will inform its own particular architectural solution, and determine the spatial relationship between architecture and landscape. A broad study of existing museum and gallery spaces has led to a reconsideration of how contemporary art might be displayed, and the proposal (incorporating both single, multi-purpose structures and modular, interconnected clusters) of an alternative model for an arts institution for the 21st century.
The endeavor has a number of closely-related objectives: to develop a new and innovative approach to the presentation of contemporary art; to advance the practice of creative association through an ambitious, long-term program of commissioning and building; to serve as a trigger for the creation of new centers of contemporary art in often remote locations of remarkable natural beauty; and to meet new audiences in places of broad geographical diversity, places for contemplation, excitement and a reconsideration of what art and architecture are and what they can together achieve.
