2024-12-22T02:45:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150025577/dimensions-of-citizenship-curators-of-the-us-pavilion-for-2018-venice-architecture-biennale-announced Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-08-30T21:33:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/mr/mrizmqjgpfh7a6tc.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Months later than usual, the US&nbsp;State Department Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs has finally announced that the exhibit for the 2018 Venice Biennial will be put together by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. Titled &ldquo;Dimensions of Citizenship&rdquo;, and organized by <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/4069531/the-university-of-chicago" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UC</a>'s Niall Atkinson, <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/6087533/school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SAIC</a>'s <a href="https://archinect.com/annlui" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ann Lui</a> and the Los Angeles-based independent critic <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150017630/listen-to-next-up-arroyo-seco-weekend-mini-sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mimi Zeiger</a>, the show will tackle the controversial question of what it means to be a citizen.&nbsp;</p> <p>The pavilion will present both&mdash;newly commissioned projects&nbsp;created in response to the subject and already existing work, featuring entries from theorists, historians, and artists in addition to architects and designers. Commenting on the choice of the theme, Lui noted, &ldquo;We thought that citizenship was a very urgent topic right now, both within national and global conversations. We noticed that architecture was often squarely in the center of these conversations, whether it was the border wall, or about mor...</p>