[spectre] The Nomadic World Pavilion - Intervention during 51st Biennale of Venice [u]

[Geert Lovink [c]]

> From: Allard van Hoorn <info at allardvanhoorn.com>
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> Allard van Hoorn
>  7 - 17 June 2005
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> The Nomadic World Pavilion
>  Intervention 51st Biennale Venice
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>  Mobile research for DSSL and the
>  UN Millennium Development Goals
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> http://www.bfi.org/summerlab/
> http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
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> Not invited by María de Corral and Rosa Martínez but self-organized 
> the Nomadic World Pavilion is a mobile research facility presented by 
> Allard van Hoorn during the 51st Biennale of Venice. The Nomadic World 
> Pavilion is representing approximately 852 million people worldwide 
> who cannot obtain enough food to live healthy and productive lives 
> (FAO 2004). Cutting the amount of people who suffer from hunger in 
> half by 2015 is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) that 
> came into being when 147 Heads of State signed the Millennium 
> Declaration at the United Nations (UN) in September 2000.
>
> Allard van Hoorn will be part of the Design Science Summer Lab (DSSL) 
> being held at the UN building and UN University in New York from June 
> 24 until July 1. The DSSL is a design program engaging in design 
> science methodology inspired by Buckminster Fuller and others. The 
> program will run for 10 years in a row addressing different Millennium 
> Development Goals each year. This year the DSSL will focus on the 
> development of a comprehensive strategy for reaching one of the 
> Millennium Development Goals: Reduce by half the proportion of people 
> who suffer from hunger. The Buckminster Fuller Institute organizes the 
> DSSL in cooperation with the United Nations.
>
> The Nomadic World Pavilion (NWP) is a mobile platform collecting input 
> for reaching the goal of reducing by 50% the people who suffer from 
> hunger by 2015. The NWP's main focus is gathering information that 
> will help the DSSL and the UN achieve its goals. The NWP will travel 
> around the world during the 51st Biennale of Venice discussing with 
> the public what role art can have to help reduce hunger in our world.
>
> The NWP will journey widely, starting in Venice from June 7 through 
> 17, to assess what will have to be done to fight food shortage on a 
> global scale. Progress and input from the public will be updated and 
> can be followed continuously on 
> http://www.allardvanhoorn.com/biography_nwp.asp. Next stops will 
> include Barcelona June 17 through 22, New York June 23 through July 4 
> and Amsterdam July 6 through 12. Further itinerary will be announced 
> on the same Internet location.
>
> For more information on the Design Science Summer Lab and the United 
> Nations Millennium Development Goals click the following links:
>
> http://www.bfi.org/summerlab/
> http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
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