Results of the competition for the curator’s project of an exhibition at the Polish Pavilion at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice in 2027
The Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Marta Cienkowska, has qualified the winning project for the Polish Pavilion at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice in 2027, as nominated by the competition jury, The World’s Priciest Plot of Land, submitted by curators Artur Jerzy Filip and Grzegorz Laszuk.
On 14 October, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art hosted the jury sitting for stage two of the curator’s project competition for the exhibition at the Polish Pavilion during the 20th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, 2027. The jury, assembled by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, included: Michał Duda, Donata Jaworska, Aleksandra Kędziorek, Michał Krasucki, Maciej Kuryłowicz, Marcin Kwietowicz, Grzegorz Piątek, Agnieszka Pindera, Ewa Porębska, Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak, Bolesław Stelmach, Małgorzata Tomczak and Olga Wysocka.
The jury substantiated their verdict as follows:
‘The World’s Priciest of Land, submitted by curator team Artur Jerzy Filip and Grzegorz Laszuk, with Barbara Kinga Majewska, Julek Płoski, Adrian Cognac, Wiktor Malinowski, Grzegorz Laszuk, Artur Jerzy Filip, Bogna Świątkowska and Ewa Ziajkowska, is a brilliant show of understanding for the values a city should represent. According to the curators’ description, this performative exhibition and multimedia cantata aim to prompt questions about the criteria that decide on the role of the plot of land as the start of a piece of architecture. The exhibition takes an ironic look at the real estate market, undercutting the primacy of economic criteria in favour of social values. It does so in an interdisciplinary fashion that is artistic and beyond the local.’
Up for Grabs, curated by Zuzanna Mielczarek, was chosen as the reserve project.
The jury substantiated their verdict as follows:
‘The reserve project is Up for Grabs, submitted by curator Zuzanna Mielczarek, collaborating with TŁO architecture studio (Michał Sikorski, Marta Wiśniewska), Zuzanna Skurka, Bartek Buczek, Zofia Jaworowska, Zofka Kofta, Gabriela Nikorzewska, Jarosław Nikorzewski, Kuba Rodziewicz, Aga Beaupré and Rafał Ziemiński. The project takes an original approach to the reuse of materials in architecture. It subversively joins universal issues and local specifics, developing the idea of reuse based on a particular example – a house slated for demolition. The jury appreciated the coherent and consistent aesthetic, corresponding to the theme it raises. The work is an apotheosis of ordinariness, pointing to the potential in everyday materials. The value of this submission is how it shows a new cycle of the parts made for the exhibition – their return and reuse in their place of origin, in the Polish countryside.’
As stated in the regulations, all the projects accepted for the competition will be made public on the Polish Pavilion web site by a deadline of one month after the competition verdict is announced. These will include the exhibition concepts and script summaries of all the projects submitted to the competition, while the full scripts and visualisations will only be made available with the curators’ permission.
The caretaker of the Polish Pavilion and organiser of exhibitions at the Polish Pavilion at the Art Biennale and Architecture Biennale in Venice is Zachęta – National Gallery of Art.
Poland’s participation in the 20th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice is financed by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
20th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia
8 May–21 November 2027
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