SPAIN LAB, Biennale di Venezia and LONG LIVE INDIVIUALISM!!

Some differences for explain:

- The curator of the Biennale, David Chiperfield has titled this year's exhibition as "Common Ground". One of the Spanish Pavilion commissioners declared a few days ago, «Individualism is the architectural heritage of Spain.».(¿?)

- The curators Anton Garcia Abril & Deborah Mesa say they want to claim the vital importance of research processes in architecture, the vocation of innovation rather than the submission of samples of the great achievements of past years of economic boom and what is presented are seven studies whose career has been consolidated during the economic boom. (¿?)

"La muestra abre una ventana indiscreta a cada uno de estos mundos, revelando los procesos científicos que buscan el equilibrio entre las ideas y su necesaria materialización; y trascendiendo los productos acabados para dar acceso a las razones y emociones que los han hecho posibles, a las versiones incompletas, a las referencias de las que se nutren, a  los hallazgos y por qué no, a los errores también. Las obras aparecen entonces como cristalizaciones puntuales de procesos continuos de investigación que se exhiben  como información en crudo, sin aderezo, reunida en un espacio en construcción, como lo es un laboratorio o un estudio de arquitectura; que invita al visitante a leer entre líneas y busca provocar el aprendizaje." ¿Provocar qué aprendizaje el individual o el colectivo? o ¿la burbuja inmobiliaria no la hicieron individualidades diversas por todos lados? Además si como se declara por los comisarios no se defienden ideolgías ni metodos, ¿para qué presentar estas individualidades?

On July 10 the newspaper ABC in an interview with Anton Garcia Abril collected the following statement: "Something that a priori might seem wrong, but has become an important sign of identity:" Individualism is the architectural heritage of Spain, " says the commissioner."

With this economic situation, is it time to defend every man for himself? ¿to defend individualism? And this is the international reference of Spain requesting financial support to its European partners?. Yes, this will happen in the next Biennial, in which Spain shows 4 pavilions, why no one is able to empathize with others, to find a "COMMON GROUND"? This seems to be a clear reflection of how the things said and do, not match.

Finally it is emphasized that all will continue on a digital platform in a virtual network. Well, how many of these institutional platforms reminds the reader that were created and run?

Of course nothing to say to selected offices that have a remarkable career, but a great sadness to ideas, way and the intended result, because one gets the feeling that the economic crisis, identity, values​​, architecture and architects ... will be extended, because whatever is coming is more individualism.

The exhibition opens on August 27 and will run until November 25. The Venice Biennale of Architecture is an international exhibition in which the Ministry of Public Works has been around since 1998.

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini.

Commissioners: Gobierno De España. Ministerio De Fomento. Dirección General De Arquitectura, Vivienda Y Suelo with ACE (Acción Cultural Española), AECID (Agencia Española De Cooperación Internacional Para El Desarrollo). Collaboration: Fundación Caja de Arquitectos.

Curator: Antón García-Abril,Débora Mesa.