The third and final installment of the Biennale Breakdown is at hand: We speed-ran the national pavilions so you don’t have to. Here’s the rundown on our 16 most notable national showings, complete with two interviews of the curators of Latvia and Canada pavilions, all in less than 50 minutes.


 


Intro/Outro: “Natural’s
Not in It,” by Gang of Four


 


Discussed:


 


Austria: Partecipazione / Beteiligung


Switzerland: Neighbors


South Korea: 2086: Together How?


The Netherlands: Plumbing the System


USA: Everlasting Plastics


Bahrain: Sweating Assets


UAE: Aridly Abundant


Applied Arts Pavilion: Victoria & Albert Museum – Tropical Modernism


Australia: Unsettling Queenstown


Germany: Open for Maintenance


Uzbekistan: Unbuild Together


Czech Republic: The Office for a Non-Precarious Future


Latvia: T/C LATVIJA (TCL): Interview with curator Ernests Cerbulis


            Intro/Outro:“Lost in the Supermarket,” by The Clash


Estonia: Home Stage


Canada: Not for Sale!!: Interview with curators Matthew Soules and Adrian Blackwell


            Intro/Outro: “New Home” by Toro y Moi


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