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Lithuanian Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale Ventures into a Fictional Outer Space

Dima Stouhi — Wed, 19 May 2021 04:00:00 +0000

Titled "Planet of the People", the Lithuanian pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, brings cosmic imagination to the picturesque Renaissance church Santa Maria del Derelitti. Curated by Jan Boelen, the pavilion will be on display from May 22nd until November 21st, 2021.

"A School of Schools": Interview with Jan Boelen, Curator of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial

David Basulto — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 02:00:00 +0000

Design, in all forms, is a fundamental part of our daily lives; it's even at the core of the new economy. As a result, design education is such an important topic for discussion that design curator and educator Jan Boelen puts at the center of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial.

Jan Boelen and Deniz Ova, Curators of the 2018 Istanbul Design Biennial, Discuss the Future of Design Education

Niall Patrick Walsh — Wed, 23 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000

“Today, design has become a form of inquiry, power, and agency,” say Jan Boelen and Deniz Ova, curator and director of the 2018 Istanbul Design Biennial. “It has become vaster than the world itself, permeating all layers of everyday life.” Their curatorial statement for the 4^th Istanbul Design Biennial, which opens later this year themed with the title “A School of Schools,” seeks to explore how design education, and education in general, can evolve and adapt in a new age of artificial intelligence.

2018 Istanbul Design Biennial, "A School of Schools", Launches Open Call

AD Editorial Team — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:00:00 +0000

A School of Schools, the theme for the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, will "use, test, and revise a variety of educational strategies to reflect on the role of design, knowledge, and global connectedness" in Istanbul and around the world. Two calls for ideas—one for "schools" and one for "learners"—have been opened to interested parties.

Jan Boelen Appointed As Curator of the 2018 Istanbul Design Biennial

AD Editorial Team — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts have announced that Jan Boelen has been appointed as Curator of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennale. This follows the 3rd—Are We Human?—which opened in September 2016 and was curated by Mark Wigley and Beatriz Colomina with a powerful, wide-reaching exploration of design and architecture in relation "the design of the species."