"Often, the answer comes through lines, arrows, and boxes: the seemingly simple language of diagrams. Conceived by AMO/OMA, the research arm of Rem Koolhaas' studio, the project explores how diagrams shape the way we understand, communicate, and even manipulate knowledge. Spread across the 18th-century Palazzo Ca' Corner della Regina, the exhibition, which runs alongside the Venice Architecture Biennale, assembles more than 300 objects, from medieval manuscripts to contemporary digital graphics, that cross centuries and cultures."
"AMO/OMA arranges the show around nine core themes: Built Environment, Health, Inequality, Migration, Environment, Resources, War, Truth, and Value. Each is presented in vitrines that resemble unfolding thought processes, aligned in parallel throughout the palazzo's central hall. The experience feels less like a traditional display and more like an active tool for speculation, inviting visitors to view diagrams not as neutral or objective devices but as cultural artifacts with the power to clarify, persuade, or distort."
Fondazione Prada's Venetian venue stages an exhibition that examines diagrams as instruments shaping understanding, communication, and manipulation of knowledge. The show occupies the 18th‑century Palazzo Ca' Corner della Regina and assembles more than 300 objects spanning medieval manuscripts to contemporary digital graphics. AMO/OMA organizes materials around nine themes: Built Environment, Health, Inequality, Migration, Environment, Resources, War, Truth, and Value. Vitrines are arranged like unfolding thought processes aligned in the palazzo's central hall, framing diagrams as cultural artifacts rather than neutral tools. The project connects archival materials to urgent issues including public health, war, climate change, and inequality.
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