Ole Bouman has been appointed co-curator of the Finnish pavilion for the Venice Biennale, due to open on June 7. Together with director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki Juulia Kauste, he presents Re-Creation, a two-part installation based on a concept by Anssi Lassila. One part of the installation was constructed by a Finnish master carpenter and his team, and the other by a Chinese team. Together the two parts of the installation strike up a subtle and complex dialogue between the architects and local builders. Presented in the famous pavilion designed by Alvar Aalto in 1956, it takes a stand on our relationship with the modern legacy and its tradition of international dialogue. The presentation of Re-Creation in Venice has been realized by the Museum of Finnish Architecture in collaboration with the Architecture Information Centre of Finland and the Shenzhen BI-CITY Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture (UABB). 

> via olebouman.com