OMA to realize the chinese pavilion for 2015 venice art biennale
image © OMA

 

 

 

international studio OMA has been commissioned by the beijing contemporary art foundation to design the chinese pavilion at the 56th international art exhibition of la biennale di venezia. under the theme of ‘other future’, the exhibition brings together tan dun, liu jiakun, lu yang, wu wenguang / caochangdi work station and wen hui / living dance studio. for the event, OMA has designed an immersive environment where the artworks are juxtaposed in a field of projections and stages, connecting the interior and exterior works.

OMA chinese pavilion venice art biennale 2015 designboom
the immersive environment contains artworks juxtaposed in a field of projections and stages
image © OMA

 

 

 

the installation follows OMA’s recent involvement with la biennale di venezia, in which rem koolhaas directed the 14th international architecture exhibition, ‘fundamentals’, in 2014. the exhibition was designed by OMA asia in collaboration with curatorial advisor kayoko ota. the design team is led by dongmei yao, wanyu he, long yu, and michael kokora. the 56th international art exhibition runs from may 9, to november 22, 2015.