Knowing and Unknowing: The Lives of Repair is the catalogue for an exhibition presented at La Biennale di Venezia that asks what it means to attend to a plant community reduced to just one per cent of its original extent — and what architecture's role might be in that reckoning.
About This Book
With only one per cent of a particular plant community remaining — claimed entirely for human use — this exhibition catalogue makes the case that looking again at the ground itself is an act of both ecological and architectural urgency. Mauro Baracco and Louise Wright, with artist Linda Tegg, presented the work through La Biennale di Venezia, one of architecture's most scrutinised platforms. The publication extends that inquiry beyond the exhibition's walls: into seed collection already underway, and into relationships being built with European research institutes. For architects and designers concerned with landscape, ecological thinking, and the ethics of site, this is a document of an investigation that continues to unfold.
Key Features
- 50 pages of exhibition documentation and ecological inquiry
- Authors: Mauro Baracco and Louise Wright with Linda Tegg
- Presented at La Biennale di Venezia
- Published by Actar, ISBN 9781948765794
What You'll Discover
- How a plant community reduced to one per cent of its former presence becomes a lens for rethinking human occupation of land
- The role of a major cultural institution — La Biennale di Venezia — in amplifying ecological and architectural arguments beyond disciplinary boundaries
- How the exhibition's legacy is being carried forward through active seed collection and partnerships with European research institutes
- The intersection of artistic practice, architectural thinking, and environmental repair as a mode of inquiry rather than a resolved position
About the Author
Mauro Baracco and Louise Wright are the authors of this investigation, collaborating with artist Linda Tegg. Their work, as presented through this publication, positions architectural practice within questions of ecological displacement, ground, and what is lost when land is claimed entirely for human use.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover with dust jacket
- Pages: 50
- Dimensions: 288 x 240 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781948765794
- Publisher: Actar
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, landscape practitioners, and design researchers engaged with ecological thinking, the ethics of site, and architecture's responsibilities toward nonhuman environments.