The São Paulo Biennial Foundation announces the title and concept of the curatorial project for the
Brazilian participation in the 19th Edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale –
La Biennale di Venezia. Architect Luciana Saboia and architects Eder Alencar and Matheus Seco, from the Plano Coletivo group, are the curators of the exhibition "
(RE)INVENTION", which will occupy the Pavilion of Brazil
from May 10 to November 23, 2025. The project is inspired by recent
archaeological discoveries of ancestral infrastructures in the Amazon territory, thus promoting a critical reflection on the contradictions and socioenvironmental challenges faced by contemporary cities. To construct a narrative that traverses time and territories, (RE)INVENTION is presented in
two acts. In the first act, the exhibition shows how, over 10,000 years ago,
indigenous peoples transformed the landscapes around them by developing sophisticated infrastructures that combined
technical knowledge and strategies for adapting to the natural projects. The second highlights
contemporary Brazil through the relationships between architecture and infrastructure, as well as the possibilities of reinterpreting the city through a curation of research, processes, and practices in architecture. One of the strategies presented in the exhibition is the
Platform-Garden: a linear structure that, originally dependent on continuous irrigation, was reinvented by incorporating native plants adapted to the climate of Central Brazil. The exhibition space was designed by the curatorial team to utilize the structure of the Pavilion of Brazil as a support to reconfigure its internal spaces. Thus, all installation elements rest on the floor of the first room, while in the second, the installation is built from the balance of CLT panels, stones used as counterweights, and steel cables that form a system that, traversed by forces of action and reaction, remains suspended and stable. Thus, the materials used in the installation have the flexibility to be reorganized or repurposed in distinct ways after the exhibition ends.
Venice Biennale: Intersection of Natural and Artificial Intelligence
With the general theme
"Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.", this edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale invites participating countries to reflect on the intersection between natural and artificial intelligence, and is curated by the Italian
Carlo Ratti. The goal is to promote understanding of these two axes as part of an expanded sphere integrating art, engineering, biology, data science, social and political sciences, planetary system sciences, and other disciplines. Additionally, an
educational program will be offered, including proposals aimed at audiences of the Biennale exhibitions and festivals, such as university students and faculty members, schools, families, art and architecture enthusiasts, and more.
