Uzbekistan Pavilion at 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale Examines Past and Future

The 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Lesley Lokko and titled The Laboratory of the Future, serves as the overarching framework for exhibitions across Venice's Giardini, Arsenale, and national pavilions. This edition emphasizes Africa and the African Diaspora while encouraging experimental approaches to envisioning possible futures. National pavilions, including Uzbekistan's, employ a language of experimentation that frequently contrasts historical and contemporary perspectives. The Uzbekistan pavilion specifically engages with this theme of contrasting past and present within the biennale's broader focus on future possibilities. The event takes place in Venice's six sestieri, with central exhibitions located in the Giardini and Arsenale. Each national pavilion independently explores experimental concepts while contributing to the biennale's collective examination of future trajectories.