20 May – 26 November 2023, _docks_cantieri cucchini

A Fragile Correspondence

The  Scotland + Venice partnership is delighted to announce that A Fragile Correspondence is one of the collateral events for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia at the Arsenale Docks, S. Pietro di Castello, Venice. Curated by the Architecture Fringe, -ism, and /other, A Fragile Correspondence responds to Biennale curator Lesley Lokko’s theme of The Laboratory of the Future.

About the Exhibition

Team image by Matthew Arthur Williams. The creative team – from left to right: Amy McEwan, Aoife Nolan, Carl Jonsson, Neil McGuire, Mia Pinder-Hussein, Kristina Enberg, Alissar Riachi, Alyesha Choudhury and Andy Summers. Representing each collective is: Neil McGuire and Andy Summers for the Architecture Fringe, Kristina Enberg, Amy McEwan, Aoife Nolan, Alissar Riachi for ism magazine, and Alyesha Choudhury, Carl C.Z. Jonsson and Mia Pinder-Hussein for /other (pronounced: slash other).

Representatives of Architecture Fringe, ism magazine and slash other stand in a high ceilinged, light filled room

A creative team consisting of the Architecture Fringe, ism and /other has been invited to prepare a project for the International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2023

Commissioned by the Scotland + Venice Partnership The  Scotland + Venice partnership is delighted to announce it has commissioned a creative team consisting of the Architecture Fringe, ism and /other to develop new work. Read more

PDP Reflections: Maxwell Wilson

Maxwell Wilson formed part of the Professional Development Programme, during the summer. From Lhanbryde, Moray, he was a Stage 6 student at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture in Aberdeen, graduating in July. Read more

Invitation to tender for a review of the Scotland + Venice project

Established in 2003, Scotland + Venice is a significant, flagship project that promotes the best of contemporary art and architecture from Scotland on the world stage at La Biennale di Venezia (La Biennale). Read more

Biennale Follows New Path

Photograph of the exhibition with a blurry person walking through the space

A Fragile Correspondence – Work on display in Loch Ness section – photo by Daniele Sambo

LET’S START with a word: opportunity. Scotland’s chance to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale, the biggest and most prestigious festival of architecture in the world. In the canal-side venue used by the Scotland + Venice Partnership since 2019, close to the Biennale’s main spaces, the show is ideally placed to catch visitors from all over the world. Read more

Open Call: Successful Proposals Announced

The Scotland + Venice partnership has announced two selected proposals, responding to the open call for a creative promotional response to A Fragile Correspondence. The open call invited a range of creative responses to the themes of A Fragile Correspondence. Read more

A Fragile Correspondence exhibition opens at 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

Alyesha Choudhury, member of the curatorial team for Scotland + Venice commission ‘A Fragile Correspondence’, with birch trees from the Ravenscraig section of the exhibition in Venice. The exhibition opens to the public in Venice on Saturday 20 May. Read more

A Fragile Correspondence: New Trailer

How can a closer relationship between land and language help architecture be more attuned to the environment in which it operates? Highlighting cultures and languages that have a close affinity with the landscapes of Scotland, A Fragile Correspondence explores alternative perspectives and new approaches to the challenges of the worldwide climate emergency. Read more

Open Call: A creative promotional response to the themes of A Fragile Correspondence

We are looking to commission a writer or creative of any medium to create a promotional response to the themes of A Fragile Correspondence, a collateral event for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia created by the Architecture Fringe, ism magazine and /other, and commissioned by the Scotland + Venice partnership. Read more

National Galleries of Scotland acquire two major installations by acclaimed artist Alberta Whittle, ahead of her solo exhibition opening this Saturday

A large tapestry composed of imagery of snakes, water, diamonds and hands, suspended on a green gate

Pictured: Entanglement is more than blood by Alberta Whittle. Credit: Neil Hanna Photography

The National Galleries of Scotland has announced the acquisition of two major works by the celebrated Barbadian-Scottish artist, Alberta Whittle. The artist’s extraordinary installation with tapestry, Entanglement is more than blood (2022), and thought-provoking film, Lagareh – The Last Born (2022), will form an integral part of Alberta Whittle: create dangerously. Read more