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IC: This links up with a subject that comes
up often of late: the danger of falling on a
povera aesthetic, an aesthetic of ruin, on
something more banal. At the beginning we
wanted to bare the walls to expose the brick,
but now, months later, we feel it would have
been a mistake, don’t you think?
CQ: It would have been a mistake, and a
fiction: jeans are best worn out by use, not by
trying to make them look used.
Powerful and intuitive thanks to is syn-
thetic and direct character, the exhibition of
photographs and drawings might seem a bit
succinct, but in fact the information physi-
«The selection of works
documents a very harsh
reality, but also one
that is filled with
suggestive visions»
cally presented in the artistic installation
is only the tip of the iceberg, and there is
actually a huge amount of data and works
gathered after an open selection process that
can be explored on the pavilion’s website, so
there are several reading levels.
IC: We wanted the message to be read at
different speeds: some people want a clear
message from the beginning, graspable in
less than thirty seconds, but others prefer to
delve into the works and learn from them.
I am quite pleased with the three levels of
perception, which begin at the pavilion and
end on the website.
CQ: There was a lot of information, that
is true, and we had to be very generous with
that information. That is why we have to
analyze how the website has worked over
these days, to understand how the exhibition
has worked.
IC: There are controversial and tough sub-
jects, perhaps without a clear answer. While
visiting the pavilion Rafael Moneo pondered
on an issue that had been very important
for us from the beginning: finding a format
in which all the works are displayed at the
same level. We chose a photograph and an
axonometric drawing. He wondered to what
extent this information could be enough to
understand a project, and we on the other
hand had not doubt that overall unity was
more important than hierarchy.
CQ: Exactly, feeling that there was a shared
course of action.
IC: We didn’t want to show a specific
architect or school, but to convey a message:
a positive message, open to our present time
and to the complex future ahead.
