African Cities in Motion
On the occasion of the 56th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale,AS.Architecture-Studio invites the Centre National des Arts Plastiques to exhibitAfrican Cities in Motion.
Located in CA’ASI, the exhibition continues the discussions initiated by AS.Architecture-Studio on African cities, launched in 2014 with the “Young Architects in Africa” competition. The Climat de France project by Stéphane Couturier open this exhibition.
A series of photographs and videos filmed on location in Alger in the housing project designed by Fernand Pouillon, this body of work explores the life inherent in modernist collective housing. A collection of videos supported by the Centre national des arts plastiques complements this exhibition. The films of Nicolas Boone, Safia Benhaïm, Frédérique Lagny, Ange Leccia and David Yon offer a poetic vision of urban Africa today and tomorrow.