"The Korean Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia marks its 30th anniversary with "Little Toad, Little Toad: Unbuilding Pavilion," an exhibition commissioned by Arts Council Korea (ARKO) and curated by Curating Architecture Collective (CAC), composed of Chung Dahyoung, Kim Heejung, and Jung Sungkyu. Bringing together architects and artists Kim Hyunjong, Heechan Park, Young Yena, and Lee Dammy, the exhibition critically revisits the pavilion as both a physical structure and a symbolic space, tracing its trajectory since its completion in 1995."
"Over the past three decades, the Korean Pavilion has served as a platform for cultural and national representation, while also engaging with the shifting political and environmental contexts of the Biennale. Little Toad, Little Toad: Unbuilding Pavilion takes the pavilion itself as the subject of inquiry, exploring its layered histories and its evolving role within the Giardini. At this milestone, the curators frame the pavilion as a house, at once literal and metaphorical, that embodies shifting perspectives on space, history, and memory."
The 30th‑anniversary exhibition "Little Toad, Little Toad: Unbuilding Pavilion" revisits the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale as both built form and symbolic site. The project brings together architects and artists to trace the pavilion’s trajectory since 1995 and to speculate on its possible futures. The curatorial concept draws on the Korean folk song Dukkeoba, Dukkeoba, using motifs of old house, new house, and a house on fire to evoke building, transformation, crisis, and climate vulnerability. The toad functions as a conceptual guide linking architectural presence to metamorphosis, regeneration, and ecological concerns within the Giardini context.
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