Collateral Event of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
“NON-Belief: Taiwan Intelligens of Precarity”

Organizer   | National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

Co-organizer | Ministry of Culture of Republic of China (Taiwan )

Supported by | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of China (Taiwan),

                National Land Management Agency,Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China (Taiwan),

                Taipei Representative Office in Italy

Executor | National Cheng Kung University

Sponsors |
National Cheng Kung University, E Ink Holdings Inc. , YFY Inc., HONGSEN Intelligent Technology Co.,Ltd., The Hex Company, Lu Yu-Jun Research Center for Architecture and Urban Design, Advanced Developers Association, Kindom Development Co., LTD., Tian Tan, Tang Gong Temple, Taiwan Mazu Fellowship, Parsons School of Design, NCKU Architecture Alumni Association, NCKU Architecture Culture and Education Foundation, NTMOFA Patrons Circle

Exhibition Dates: May 10, 2025 – November 23, 2025
Exhibition Venue: Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venice, Italy
(please visit the official website for the opening hours:
 https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/information)

Exhibition Introduction:
Taiwan’s representation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia will feature the theme, “NON-Belief: Taiwan Intelligens of Precarity.” A curatorial project by National Cheng Kung University, the theme responds to the title of this year’s Biennale,“Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective”and explores the role of “Intelligens” in contemporary architecture and environment, while also re-examining Taiwan's spatial strategies in the context of globalization and fluctuating geopolitics. The curatorial concept is inspired by Robert Smithson’s theory of “Non-sites” and highlights the absence, displacement, and binary dialectics of landscape, reflecting on the relationship between architecture, the physical environment, and representation through abstract structures. The “NON” also echoes the binary dialectic found in the Eastern philosophical concepts of "absence" and" presence."

The exhibition seeks to identify and construct a gray area within the binary dialectic of “belief” and “not belief” unique to Taiwan, uncovering various expressions of “Intelligens” and its impact on spatial governance. The exploration will focus on three aspects: Efficiency, Technology, and Control. The concept of “island” is adopted for the design of the exhibition space, presenting the tensions between “belief” and “non-belief” through the relationship between “island – archipelago – peninsula” with the complex relationship between technology, environment, and social space examined.

 

Curatorial Team
Curator: Cheng-Luen HSUEH
Co-curator：Ping-Sheng WU, Meng-Tsun SU, Sung-Chang Leo CHIANG
Project Architect | Yen-Chang HUANG, Yi-Jou LIN

Project Manager | Wei-Shun WANG, Cheng-Yun TSAI

Exhibition Consultant | Wei TSENG

International Collaborator | Brian McGRATH
Exhibition Execution | Yen-Chang HUANG, Yi-Jou LIN, Wei-Shun WANG, Cheng-Yun TSA, Yu-Chun YEH, Hsing-Chih CHIEN, Yi-Chien LEE, Po-Tsang HUANG, Ting-Wen YANG
Lighting Design | Interactive Spatial Computing Lab, Hsuan-Cheng LIN, Zi-Yan LIN, Zih-Yun JHENG
Visual Design | Path & Landforms Szu-An YU
Exhibition Administration | I-Hsuan WANG, Chia-Ching YEN
Research Involvement | H2O Studio