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UK-Malaysia team set to bring Festival of Hungry Ghosts to British Pavilion at 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale

Dezeen·Tom Ravenscroft·about 2 months ago
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The  British Council  has announced that the British Pavilion at the next  Venice Architecture Biennale will be curated by a team of UK-based curators in collaboration with a trio of Penang-based artisans. Planned to mark "70 years of diplomatic relations" between UK and Malaysia, the curation of the pavilion will be led by Grymsdyke Farm founding director Guan Lee and IDK founder Mike Lim, supported by writer and lecturer Maria McLintock and curator and sound artist Ben Swaby Selig. The UK-based curation team will collaborate with artisans Ng Chi Wang, Lee Shao Chin and Koh Eng Keat to create the Festival of Hungry Ghosts with the pavilion. Top: Ng Chi Wang, Lee Shao Chin and Koh Eng Keat with Guan Lee. Photo by Lim Chun Huang. Above: Lee with Mike Lim, Maria McLintock and Ben Swaby Selig. Photo by Liz Seabrook Described as a "festival within a festival", the space will focus on impermanence and the "living traditions" that travel with migration.…

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