The Terra [Earth] project for the Brazil Pavilion at the Biennale starts from a reflection on Brazil of the past, present and future.
The installation takes into consideration the earth both as a poetic element and as a concrete element in the exhibition space.
To put the public in direct contact with the tradition of indigenous territories, the homes of Quilombola and the candomblé ceremonies, the entire pavilion will be filled with earth.
Brazil as a land
The curators say: "Our curatorial proposal is based on thinking of Brazil as earth. Earth as soil, fertiliser, ground and territory.
But also earth in its global and cosmic sense, as planet and common house of all life, human and non-human.
Earth as memory, and also as future, looking at the past and at heritage to expand the field of architecture in the face of the most pressing contemporary urban, territorial and environmental issues"