Kengo Kuma. Onomatopoeia Architecture

From 14 May 2023 to 26 November 2023
Venice
Place: ACP - Palazzo Franchetti
Address: San Marco 2847
Responsibles: Chizuko Kawarada e Roberta Perazzini Calarota
Ticket price: intero € 10, ridotto € 8 / € 4. Gratuito Giornalisti muniti di tesserino - Bambini fino ai 5 anni - Persone con disabilità e accompagnatori - Tessera ICOM - Guide turistiche autorizzate di Venezia - Soci Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
Telefono per informazioni: +39 041 2689389
E-Mail info: tickets@acp-palazzofranchetti.com
Official site: http://www.acp-palazzofranchetti.com
With onomatopoeia, the act of creating or using words that include sounds associated with what is named, as a starting point, Kengo Kuma gives form to a physical sensation which expresses his dea of sustainable architecture, where materials are recovered and people and physical things are reconnected. Taking Japanese traditions and its preferred materials - wood, paper and metal – he
applies them in his own unique and contemporary manner. In his vision, surfaces engage not only with sight, but also with the senses of smell and touch. The exhibition consists of the models for some of his most significant buildings, encouraging visitors to discover the sonority behind the different materials.
«Every time I go to Venice and feel close to the water as a "material", I think about the dialogue between man and material. In this exhibition at Palazzo Franchetti in Venice, I would like to show how I create a dialogue with materials. In this dialogue, I don't often use a language influenced by logic. And when I use it, it is impossible to make people understand me. That is why always use Onomatopoeia. The material and the body are talking to each other, and they resonate when using this primal language».
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