Jun 1, 2021
The Majlis at San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice,
Inspired by nomadic architecture, the Majlis structure is designed by bamboo architects Simón Vélez and Stefana Simic.
It is wrapped in textiles handwoven in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco by a women’s collective from Ain Leuh, and the Boujad Tribe of Morocco.
Installed in a wildflower garden at the Abbazia of San Giorgio Maggiore, imagined by landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, that will remain once the biennale is over, the Majlis was commissioned by Caravane Earth Foundation and is curated by Dr. Thierry Morel, currently the Director and Curator-at-Large to the Hermitage Museum Foundation (USA), as well as Trustee of the Sir John Soane's Museum (London).