The show, called ?Re:orient ? Migrating Architectures?, runs from September 10 until November 19 as part of the architecture section of the Venice Biennale.
To reflect the theme of this year?s International Architecture Exhibition ? ?Cities, Architecture and Society?, a broader subject which addresses the interactions between cities, their built form and their inhabitants ? the group of architects have constructed an alternative contemporary architectural experience built from thousands of functioning networked Chinese toys.
To create the installation, the architects examined, with the assistance of sociologists and sinologists, the impact of Budapest?s growing population of Chinese, many of whom are involved in trade, on Hungarian culture, Attila Nemes, the project?s chief coordinator, told a press conference unveiling the plans for the installation.
The architects have chosen to focus on the system, rather than form, on do-it-yourself methods, instead of authored design. And in place of high tech materials, they have re-appropriated cheap and ubiquitous technologies.
Among these are an array of pink and black plastic walkie-talkie penguins which will hang over visitors? heads, a pond of LED lilies, a ?mist kitchen? with images of Chinese food and a wall of tiny toy cars moving forward, then falling back again. All of the objects in the installation were purchased in Budapest?s famous and colourful District VIII Chinese Market.
The exhibition sends an emphatic message to the modern world: migration enriches the culture of the host country, said undersecretary at the Ministry of Education and Culture Márta Schneider at a press conference to show plans for the exhibition.
For more information on the installation visit
http://www.reorient.hu/catalogue_en.html
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
