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FOREIGN PAVILION AT THE VENICE ART BIENNALE 2024


BAMBINI OVUNQUE - CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

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CHILDREN EVERYWHERE IS AN ART AND RESEARCH PROJECT CARRIED OUT BY CHILDREN WHO
ARE FOREIGNERS, MIGRANTS, AND REFUGEES. ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO HIGHLIGHT
AND INVESTIGATE THE CHALLENGES FACED BY CHILDREN IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY,
OFFERING THEM A PLATFORM TO VOICE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND CONCERNS ARTISTICALLY.

A group of the Architectural Thinking School students, accompanied by Venetian
children, will perform their newly designed street games publicly as part of the
0+ HAPPENING at the Venice Art Biennale 2024 opening.
The happening is preceded by a research and design program that focuses on
street games, exploring them as a generic language understood by all. The new
games will be featured in the Game Collection Catalog for the Venice Art
Biennale 2024.
Venice Art Biennale 2024
Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere
Address: Calle Nuova, 2061-2047, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy


DIALOGUE
INSTEAD OF A MANIFESTO

Characters

Mat: Mat. Child
Tim: Tim. Child
Peter: Peter. Child
Zoia: Zoia. Child
Alexander: Alexander Novikov. Curator of the BAMBINI OVUNQUE
Elena: Elena Karpilova. Curator of the BAMBINI OVUNQUE
Adriano: Adriano Pedrosa. Curator of the 2024 Venice Art Biennale
Aristotle: Aristotle. Greek philosopher
Campanella: Tommaso Campanella. Italian philosopher and theologian
Golding: William Golding. British novelist and playwright
Rousseau: Jean-Jacques Rousseau. French-Swiss philosopher and writer
Socrates: Socrates. Greek philosopher
Ariès: Philippe Ariès. French medieval historian
deMause: Lloyd deMause. American psychoanalyst and social historian
Huizinga: Johan Huizinga. Dutch historian
Kohl: Soleil Kohl. Founder of Big Kid Kindergarten — kindergarten for grown ups
Gadamer: Hans-Georg Gadamer. German philosopher
Postman: Neil Postman. American writer and educator
Fink: Eugen Fink. German philosopher
Bourriaud: Nicolas Bourriaud, author of the concept of Relational art
Wolf: Wolf Rilla, режиссер
Bruegel: Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Dutch artist
Alexander Novikov
Curator of the BAMBINI OVUNQUE
Elena Karpilova
Curator of the BAMBINI OVUNQUE
Adriano Pedrosa
Curator of the 2024 Venice Art Biennale
Aristotle
Greek philosopher

Tommaso Campanella

Italian philosopher and theologian

William Golding

British novelist and playwright

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosopher and writer

Socrates

Philosopher

Philippe Ariès

French medieval historian

Lloyd deMause

American psychoanalyst and social historian

Johan Huizinga

Dutch historian

Soleil Kohl

создательница Big Kid Kindergarten — детского сада для взрослых в Шотландии

Hans-Georg Gadamer

German philosopher

Neil Postman

American writer and educator

Eugen Fink

German philosopher

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Part I. Article 1



Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Dutch artist
Mat
Child

Tim

Child
Aristotle:
It is clear to me. Children are "underdeveloped" beings who, due to their
underdevelopment, cannot think correctly or logically. Therefore, they cannot be
happy. What children are we talking about?!

Campanella:
Right, right, a child is just the beginning of the development of a "normal"
human, and they fully belong to the state. Once they grow up and are raised,
they will become outstanding citizens who contribute to the welfare of their
state.

Peter Brook
«‎Lord of the Flies»
1963 г.

Golding:
Oh come on, children are capable of creating their own state. Not worse... but
not better than the real one.

Rousseau:
If only we could turn children into adults faster... Why is that? You constantly
seek an adult in a child, without considering what they were before becoming
adults. Humanity has its place in the universal order, and childhood also has
its place in the universal order.

Aristotle:
Oh, leave it be, they cannot, I tell you, they cannot be full-fledged
individuals and citizens!

Socrates:
Not only that, they have become tyrants! They don't stand up when an elderly
person enters the room, they talk back to their parents. In simple terms, they
are very naughty...

Аries:
Oh, of course, it's children we're talking about. How many such adults are
there? Why do you, philosophers who lived 2000 years ago, still have an
influence? Why even divide society into children and adults? Everything is
relative, dear Socrates and Aristotle, much has changed after you. Throughout
all times following you, the concept of "childhood" has been perceived very
differently...

deMause:
I confirm. Moreover, not only society, but parents have always treated their
child differently, from the desire to get rid of them, continuing with the idea
of strict discipline through punishments, and ending with the approach of
assistance, which is relevant today. Today's child is fortunate: their parents
listen and understand them, encouraging their interests!

Wolf Rilla
«‎Village of the Damned»
1960 г.

Аlexander:
Yes, but at the same time, the image of a child in culture is almost always the
image of an alien. At best. And if we remember cinema: "Bad Blood," "The
Exorcist," "Children of the Corn"... Adults, due to their lack of understanding
of the child, seem to want to give them the image of something otherworldly and
frightening.

Плум:
And when did we actually start calling a child a child?

UN
Ladies and gentlemen, let me intervene, it's all very simple. We settled this
long ago, 30 years ago to be precise. A child is defined as every human being
below the age of 18 unless, under the law applicable to the child, they attain
majority earlier. We represent over 190 states from all over the world, so we
believe our opinion on this matter is indeed correct.

Postman:
Really? Are we equating it to a specific age of 18? It seems to me that
childhood is a social artifact rather than a biological category. Consider this:
our genes do not contain clear instructions on who is a child and who is not.

Плум:
I agree, we are indeed not talking about biology, but something broader here.
Let's go back 400 years, for example, there was no such convention, but children
still existed. However, there was no separate world of childhood then. Children
and adults had the same games, toys, and stories. They lived together, never
separately. On one hand, of course, all those iconic images of the Virgin Mary
with the infant in her arms, where we definitely won't confuse who the child is.
On the other hand, the crowded paintings of Bruegel, in which the real reality
is reflected. Just look closely: children dance, have fun together with adults,
do absolutely the same things as adults. A child-"not-yet-an-adult" is the same
as an adult.

Аries:
Yes, yes! By the way, I also studied the iconography of the Middle Ages and am
convinced that in those times, a child was considered a little adult.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
«‎Children's Games»
1560

Postman:
Truly, wonders indeed! You look at it, and they are all alike.
But the differences between an adult and a child are internal. One can say that
an adult knows about certain aspects of life - its secrets, contradictions,
cruelty, tragedies, while children do not, and it is considered better for them
not to know about it.

Fink:
Oh, the reality of adult life... Moral and political decisions, the burden of
work, the intensity of the struggle, responsibility for oneself and loved ones.
It's as if only a child has the right to play, spend hours in carefree joy, and
squander time in vain...


Kohl:
Oh no, Mr. Eugene, come visit me at my kindergarten. I created it especially for
adults. You can play there, draw, and build towers with blocks.

Мat:
Oh, I wish my dad could go there, he's always working... He has two jobs, and
even when he eats, he's always on the phone! Maybe we should send him to the
kindergarten...


Big Kid Kindergarten

Gadamer:
I would even say that play is a way of being a work of art! And the highest
level of human play, its "culmination," is the achievement of an ideal state,
which is art.

Мat:

Aha, aha ...

Fink:
Oh, no, my boy, playing truly and in the real sense of the word is only for
children. In adult life, there are only hints of childhood, unattainable
attempts at "recreation"... Or is play still the main phenomenon for other ages
as well?

Huizinga:
I see, they started talking about play here! But this is my domain. Play, my
dear Eugene, is undoubtedly for all ages; it is a function imbued with meaning.
It is older than culture; it precedes culture; it creates culture!


Elena
So, is play an art then? And do adults master this language?

Tim:
Yes! Adults often come up with games for me, for example, once we were driving
for a long time in the car, and dad suggested that I count windmills, while he
counted watermills.

To be continued ...
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ARCHITECTURAL THINKING SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN

The project is undertaken by the Architectural Thinking School, a think tank
composed of children and an interdisciplinary team of professionals. The school
operates at the intersection of experimental pedagogy and a wide range of
disciplines, using architectural thinking as a tool to promote a child as a
full-fledged participant in the adult world.

The School was founded in 2016 in Minsk by architect Alexander Novikov and art
historian and designer Elena Karpilova as an institution of supplementary
education with an innovative approach to teaching. In 2022, due to the onset of
the war, the school relocated to Portugal and now and works in Lisbon with
children aged 5 to 15, the majority of whom are migrants.

In 2022, the School was awarded with the Inspire Future Generations Award
(Thornton Education Trust) as the Best International Organisation for its
contribution to architectural education and work with migrant communities.
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Foreign Pavilion is an unofficial pavilion at the Venice Architecture and Art
Biennales. It was funded and is curated by the Architectural Thinking School for
Children. The main idea is to promote children's vision on the issued Biennale
themes. First edition of the Foreign Pavilion will take place at the opening of
the Art Biennale 2024 with the BAMBINI OVUNQUE happening.
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