Indonesian Architect Association (IAI) is participating in the Venice Architecture Biennale (VAB) for the second time this year. After going with the “Craftsmanship” theme four years ago, this time they have chosen “Sunyata” to respond to “Freespace”, the main theme of VAB 2018. This year, the attendance of Indonesia Pavilion is fully supported by the Indonesian Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf), which is represented by its vice chairman Ricky Joseph Pesik as one of the commissionaires. Indonesia Design was invited to Venice, Italy to see the installation.

VAB is one of the most celebrated architecture exhibitions in the world. This event does not merely showcase what have been designed and built, but it also challenges current topics within the architecture space and widens the discourse for the future. This year, curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara picked the theme of “Freespace” with hope to burrow into the aspirations, ambitions and generosity of architecture.