The British Council’s commission Dancing Before the Moon at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 confronts the UK’s history, but sets out an optimistic vision for its future
, who wrote: “There is a reason, after all, that some people wish to colonise the moon, and others dance before it as an ancient friend.” It speaks to the two diametrically-opposed relationships we can choose to have with the world: one defined by domination – by abuse, exploitation, extraction – and one defined by friendship.
that hangs above the entrance. Exploring his ancestral links to the islands of Trinidad and Cyprus , the piece is made using steel hammered into shape, a nod to both the pastimes of Trinidadian steel pan-playing and Cypriot cooking. From there, they are met with a film that looks at the rituals performed by the global diaspora in Britain – from archive footage of Notting Hill Carnival to new footage from a pub in Nottingham and a hair salon in Streatham.
Elsewhere at the Biennale, countries sought to reckon with their pasts and lay out radical visions for the future, with space – architecture – at the heart of these solutions. Walking around, I was struck by
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