{"id":3568,"date":"2024-01-13T04:04:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T04:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/2024\/01\/13\/african-architects-challenge-venice-exhibition-to-decolonise-and-start-new-conversations\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T04:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T04:04:57","slug":"african-architects-challenge-venice-exhibition-to-decolonise-and-start-new-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/2024\/01\/13\/african-architects-challenge-venice-exhibition-to-decolonise-and-start-new-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"African architects challenge Venice exhibition to decolonise and start new conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/biz-file.com\/c\/2305\/699310-208&#215;117.jpg?3&#8243; width=&#8221;208&#8243;  height=&#8221;117&#8243;  alt=&#8221;African architects challenge Venice exhibition to decolonise and start new conversations&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented since 1979, the &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.labiennale.org\/en&quot;&gt;Venice Architecture Biennale&lt;\/a&gt; (La Biennale di Venezia) is possibly the most influential architecture exhibition in the world. For the first time, this year&apos;s edition is curated by an African architect, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.africanfuturesinstitute.com\/lesley-lokko&quot;&gt;Lesley Lokko&lt;\/a&gt;. She has ensured that a strong African presence is the central feature of the show. Indeed, the 2023 exhibition is part of an undeniable shift towards a more just representation in global architecture.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.bizcommunity.comhttps:\/\/www.bizcommunity.africa\/Article\/410\/492\/238717.html&#8221;&gt;Read more&#8230;&lt;\/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=492&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=238717&#8243;&gt;Send to a friend&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;clear:left&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/biz-file.com\/c\/2305\/699310-208&#215;117.jpg?3&#8243; width=&#8221;208&#8243; height=&#8221;117&#8243; alt=&#8221;African architects challenge Venice exhibition to decolonise and start new conversations&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presented since 1979, the &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.labiennale.org\/en&quot;&gt;Venice Architecture Biennale&lt;\/a&gt; (La Biennale di Venezia) is possibly the most influential architecture exhibition in the world. For the first time, this year&apos;s edition is curated by an African architect, &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.africanfuturesinstitute.com\/lesley-lokko&quot;&gt;Lesley Lokko&lt;\/a&gt;. She has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[79,80],"class_list":["post-3568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design","tag-architecture","tag-design"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3570,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions\/3570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}