Alongside the São Paulo Art Biennial and the Venice Biennale, Kassel Documenta was founded in 1955. It takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.

After the 13th Shanghai Biennale in 2021, 1U1V team was once again invited to give lecture for the “Water System School Workshop” organized by lumbung artists Cao Minghao and Chen Jianjun in this documenta. The team shared their extensive knowledge of the new rammed earth technology developed from post-disaster reconstruction practices and discussed how this technology to respond to today’s global climate change, industrial technology development, disasters, political and economic related connections. In this exhibition project, the team shared the soil test result for an earthquake site in Wenchuan, earth construction documentation, and an earth project video among other materials. Please click here for more details.

(Images are provided by Cao Minghao and Chen Jianjun. Photo: Cao Minghao and Yao Huizi)