Fondazione Prada's Venice Show Recreates Philosophers' Homes

Fondazione Prada in Venice presents 'Machines à penser,' a radical exhibition curated by Dieter Roelstraete that reconstructs the physical spaces where Martin Heidegger, Theodor Adorno, and Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote their seminal works. The show features full-scale replicas of Heidegger's hut in Todtnauberg, Wittgenstein's cabin in Skjolden, and Adorno's Los Angeles exile home, alongside first editions of their books displayed in a 1480 studiolo. Contemporary artists including Paolo Chiasera, Goshka Macuga, and Joseph Semah respond to these philosophical environments. The exhibition coincides with the Venice Architecture Biennale and draws on the concept of the 'machine à habiter' by Le Corbusier. Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli frame it as a continuation of 'Post Zang Tumb Tuum,' exploring the cultural and spatial contexts of intellectual activity. The show runs at Ca' Corner della Regina.