A Study on the Trends of Venice Biennale of Architecture Exhibition

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Venice Biennale of architecture has been a living archive of displaying modern architecture since 1980. The purpose of this study is to investigate the trends of the characteristics of winning exhibitions of Golden Lion for National Participation at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, in the belief that it will provide useful insights to the international and regional trend in architectural culture. This research summarizes and analyzes the main exhibition and Golden Lion winning exhibitions in terms of their exhibition directions and presentation media. The scope of the study is from the sixth exhibition held in 1996 to the sixteenth exhibition held in 2018. The method of research was analysis of previous research related to the trends of Venice Biennale of Architecture and studies on exhibition presentation. First, exhibitions were categorized into two types based on their direction: Contextual (social, cultural, political, geographical, environmental) and Conceptual (re-imagining architecture, defining architecture, predicting architecture). The Contextual direction refers to themes that revolve around internal issues of a particular national participant. The Conceptual direction refers to the themes that present a vision or an ideology of an architect or group architects. Secondly, as choosing the appropriate medium for their exhibition is a crucial part of being selected as the Golden Lion for National Participation, winning exhibitions were labeled using three main exhibition media types: Visual art, New media, and Ambient installation. The results of the analysis are as follows. In the main exhibition, conceptual direction was favored while contextual direction was favored in the Golden Lion winning exhibitions. There is a tendency that winning exhibitions and main exhibitions having the same direction. Visual art was the most utilized exhibiting media among winning exhibitions. In conclusion, these results not only show the trend but also the interrelations between Golden Lion winning exhibitions and the main exhibition. These results support the purpose and value of this research.

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