Scotland + Venice: Dispatch 1 of 12

Introduction: Morag Bain

The Happenstance was a three-phased project that took place in Scotland, Venice and Scotland. This is the first in a series of twelve publications or ‘dispatches’, exploring the themes of, and learning from the project.

Dispatch one begins with the back story of Scotland + Venice since 2004. It then introduces the work of the artists and architects before summarising the three phases:

Phase 1 The Happenstance with young people in Scotland

Phase 2 The Happenstance in Venice

Phase 3 The Happenstance return to Scotland

Through the twelve dispatches the story unfolds… the reasons, inspirations, people, places, connections, legacy…

The Happenstance / Scotland + Venice: Scotland’s critically acclaimed contribution to the 16th International Architecture exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia 2018. Curated by WAVEparticle.

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The image shows Peter McCaughey, Curator and Lead Artist from WAVEparticle up a ladder with a brush cleaning the vast screening wall in the garden at Palazzo Zenobio. The words read The Happenstance: Scotland’s Collateral Event at the Biennale Architettura 2018

Posted 16 September 2020