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The Luxembourg pavilion of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale was inaugurated on 18 May 2023 in the presence of HRH the Grand Duchess the Minister of Culture Sam Tanson and H.E. Michle Pranchre-Tomassini Ambassador of Luxembourg in Rome. The exhibition Down to Earth marks Luxembourgs 10th participation in the Architecture Biennale which takes place in 2023 under the theme The Laboratory of the Future.Conceived by curators Francelle Cane and Marija Mari the installation Down to Earth offers a critical analysis of space mining i.e. the mining of space through the prism of resources on which questions are based focused on the relationship between the logic of capitalism and its environmental and social effects. the privatization of space as well as the role of the architect as a critical mediator around the ramifications of these material fictions anchored in current growth paradigms.In her speech the Minister congratulated the curators for having succeeded in inviting visitors to their exhibition to engage in a reflection on the impact left by Man on the territories he intends to appropriate whether terrestrial or space.For this edition the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg has delegated the curatorship of the Luxembourg pavilion to Kultur lx Arts Council Luxembourg in collaboration with luca Luxembourg Center for Architecture.The 18th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia will be held from 20 May to 26 November 2023. The Luxembourg pavilion will be to be discovered at the Arsenale Sale dArmi 1st floor.
