A collaboration with artist, master potter and author Edmund de Waal CBE to design a temporary pavilion, the Library of Exile, housing more than 2,000 books in translation written by exiled authors.
The panelled timber pavilion was originally housed at Ateneo Veneto in the San Marco district of Venice, as part of the Psalm exhibition which opened to coincide with the Venice Biennale 2019. Since Venice, the pavilion has been exhibited at Japanisches Palais in Dresden and the British Museum in London.
See https://libraryofexile.infoteca.it/start for more details.
"....the design and realisation of my Library of Exile for the Venice Biennale 2019 was an extraordinary feat as the Library had to be created in London, shipped to Venice, and subsequently re-erected in Dresden and then again in the British Museum. In each case the Library had to be installed in historic interiors. From our very first conversations around the project Matt and Camilla have proved to be sensitive interlocutors- asking questions, coming up with proposals, following-up ideas and suggestions. They have an iterative way of researching and thinking that is very positive. I felt they had the confidence to connect with me on my ideas and the knowledge and skill to interpret them.
Whittaker Parsons are a remarkable practice."
Edmund de Waal CBE
A collaboration with artist, master potter and author Edmund de Waal CBE to design a temporary pavilion, the Library of Exile, housing more than 2,000 books in translation written by exiled authors.
The panelled timber pavilion was originally housed at Ateneo Veneto in the San Marco district of Venice, as part of the Psalm exhibition which opened to coincide with the Venice Biennale 2019. Since Venice, the pavilion has been exhibited at Japanisches Palais in Dresden and the British Museum in London.
See https://libraryofexile.infoteca.it/start for more details.
"....the design and realisation of my Library of Exile for the Venice Biennale 2019 was an extraordinary feat as the Library had to be created in London, shipped to Venice, and subsequently re-erected in Dresden and then again in the British Museum. In each case the Library had to be installed in historic interiors. From our very first conversations around the project Matt and Camilla have proved to be sensitive interlocutors- asking questions, coming up with proposals, following-up ideas and suggestions. They have an iterative way of researching and thinking that is very positive. I felt they had the confidence to connect with me on my ideas and the knowledge and skill to interpret them.
Whittaker Parsons are a remarkable practice."
Edmund de Waal CBE
