#robabecciah

[ilnida]

Roba Bec-ciah #egyptianpavilion #egyptianpavilion2018 #egyptpavilion #padiglioneegitto #robabecciah #biennalearchitettura2018 #biennale #biennalearchitettura #biennalearchitecture2018 #biennaledivenezia #biennalevenezia #biennale2018 #venice #venezia https://www.instagram.com/p/BqFqM3vhxjv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xjvvurewzlg9

[maverickmarion-blog]

“Roba Becciah” – borrowed from the Italian Robba Vecchia, which means “old clothes” – for Egyptians, it means a traditional form of recycling involving a vendor wheeling around the city with a cart collecting unwanted clothes, appliances, or furniture, fixing them before re-selling. To the curators of the #EgyptianPavilion at the 2018 Venice #ArchitectureBiennale, “roba becciah” represents a “metaphor of the anthropological-urban condition of the contemporary world.” #RobaBecciah #TheInformalCity #Venice (at Giardini della Biennale)