Belgian Pavilion promotes a "more interesting" Europe to counter rising nationalism
Belgium's Venice Biennale pavilion is being used as a forum for debate about the future of Europe, in a bid to prevent the continent becoming further divided.
For the duration of the Venice Architecture Biennale, visitors are invited to take a seat within the bright blue amphitheatre that fills the building and consider the various issues facing the European Union ? not only Brexit, but also the rising nationalism in countries including as Greece and Italy.
The curators ? architecture trio Traumnovelle and fellow architect Roxane Le Grelle ? see the space as a sanctuary where people can come to imagine "a new Europe". They call the project Eurotopie.
"I really don't want to imagine a Europe divided again, even if it's the direction being taken everywhere in Europe," said Jonny Leya, one third of Traumnovelle. "So let's try to be more involved."
Although Brussels is the capital of the EU, the curators claim that the European Quarter ? where many of its institution are based ? has little in the way of a transnational European identity. Brussels residents don't feel a close connection to it either, they suggest.
One of their biggest issues with the area is that it has no civic space, so they decided to build one in Venice.
"We decided to do something to be more involved in common projects, to try to find a way to make Europe more interesting," said Leya. "We need to build something for this Europe. And we are architects, s...
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