Observation, silence, restraint, humility, and hesitancy are often cast as weaknesses in an action-oriented society—seen as shortcomings rather than strengths.
In the group exhibition Slow Down, we offer an architectural defense of these unappreciated dispositions, tracing the new rhythms, frictions, and imaginaries of the great dizzying deceleration that lies ahead.
Tuning into planetary systems and reconsidering urban rituals, we reimagine infrastructural alternatives: an architecture of signal-jammers forms silent sanctuaries, a mobile pavilion performs rainwater harvesting as public event, and a deep dive into Køge Bugt, uncovering the slow violence of marine sand extraction.
Selected from several hundred international applicants, the exhibitors are:
- Rosy Wing Nga Tam / Zhuo Chen, "Community Maintenance Club"
- CENTRALA
- Dark Matter Labs
- E.B Itso
- Elin Brissman
- Iwar Agger
- KOGL
- Polymorf
- The Yalla Project (AbdalRahman Kittana and Alessandra Gola) in collaboration with Runa Johannessen and Tomà Berlanda
- Stefan Uhlinder
- Tonia Carless
- The Architect has left the building (TAHLTB)
- Kristiane Fenger and Panuela Aasted (Stadia)
- David A. Garcia
- Pablo Castillo Luna
- Jana Pressler
- Tonda Budszus
- Studio Tideland + Emma Helene Rishøj
- Lauge Floris Larsen
The group exhibition represents a joint effort between Copenhagen Architecture Biennale and Form/design Center, covering two venues—Halmtorvet 27 in Copenhagen and the Form/design Center in Malmö—thereby deepening the exploration of the theme.