TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS
Failure and Success
Historical Heritage
Today the national and international exhibitions and games, listed below, often only reinforce the nostalgic visions of the historical heritage rather than proposing actual innovations.
Culture Politics
The monopolisation of culture by these organisations favours the culture politics of Western cultures.
These institutions curate events in the city with no urban strategy nor long term vision.
Architects and Urbanists finally need to complement these cultural institutions.
European Capital of Culture
The project takes as precedent the European Capital of Culture, financed by the Creative Europe Programme.
It proposess a department for architecture and urbanism which could complement, rather than radically subvert, the existing institution.
Proposal for a New Institute
This department for architecture and urbanism is a an appendix to ECCC and pilot satellite project which aims to:
1) reinsert a culture of production in secondary cities
2) make shrinking cities attractive and compact
3) build an urban imaginary and collective knowledge of each city.
Please note that the European Capital of Culture Programme is abbreviated ECC or ECOC throughout this document!
International and National Games and Exhibitions
List of precedents (ordered by foundation date)
| MA | Cologne Carnival, Cologne, Germany, 11.11.2015 |
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| 1851 | The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, London, United Kingdom, 1851 |
| 1889 | Exposition Universelle, Paris, France, 1889 |
| 1895 | Venice Biennale 14 Fundamentals, Venice, Italy, 2014 |
| 1896 | Olympic Games, London, United Kingdom, 2012 |
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| 1903 | Tour de France, France, 1903 |
| 1924 | Winter Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia 2014 |
| 1939 | New York World’s Fair, New York, U.S.A., 1939 |
| 1951 | National Festival of Britain, London, United Kingdom, 1951 |
| 1955 | dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany, 2012 |
| 1958 | Brussels World’s Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 1958 |
| 1964 | New York World’s Fair, New York, U.S.A., 1964 |
| 1967 | Montreal World’s Fair, Montreal, Canada, 1967 |
| 1985 | Athens European Capital of Culture 1985, Athens, Greece, 1985 |
| 1986 | Burning Man 2012, Black Rock Desert, Nevada, founded in San Fransisco, California |
| 1988 | Berlin European Capital of Culture 1988, Berlin, West Germany, 1988 |
| 1992 | Seville World’s Fair, Seville, Spain, 1992 |
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| 2000 | Serpentine Gallery Pavillion, Herzog and de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, London, United Kingdom, 2012 |
| 2000 | Bologna European Capital of Culture 2000, Bologna, Italy, 2000 |
| 2000 | Brussels European Capital of Culture, Brussels, Belgium, 2000 |
| 2007 | Luxembourg European Capital of Culture 2007, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 2007 |
| 2010 | Shanghai World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China, 2010 |
| 2013 | Marseille European Capital of Culture 2013, Marseille, France, 2013 |
| 2015 | Mons European Capital of Culture 2015, Mons, Belgium, 2015 |
| 2015 | Milan Expo 2015, Milan, Italy, 2015 |
| 2015 | Paris Photo 19 Grand Palais Paris, Paris, France, 2015 |