[txt] Venice 2008 - www.frieze.com
"International exhibitions are based on an outdated principle which obliges every country to feature its showcase accomplishments," argues Pia;tek - "we have created a perverse antithesis of national promotional activities abroad." And in their dark dystopian scenarios, in which the forces of cultural change inevitably supercede the sluggish mechanisms of architectural production, there is a challenge to Betsky and his cronies; that architects need look not beyond building, but beyond their own navels.
[video] Venice Biennale 2008 - Aaron Betsky [youtube=http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=IrlPCRK57Hs]