Foodscapes
Spanish Pavilion
18th Venice Biennale, IT
2023
Foodscapes is the project representing the Spanish Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Eduardo Castillo and Manuel Ocaña. It invites visitors to explore the architectures that feed us—from domestic kitchens to the vast operational landscapes that sustain our cities. The pavilion features contributions from architects, researchers, and videomakers, examining the intersections between food production and space. Our contribution is titled Drinking Forests: A Metabolic Recipe of Wine. Wine production relies on a dual system: each vineyard producing grapes depends on forests that make this production possible. Drinking a glass of wine is the culmination of metabolizing wood and grapes along a complex value chain. The ingredients—wood from pine, oak, and eucalyptus, cork oak bark, and grapes—are transformed into barrels, stoppers, and ultimately the wine itself. Without forests, there is no wine. These ingredients also create a cultural, sensory, and cognitive link to the Spanish territories where production occurs. The project takes visitors on a trans-scalar journey upstream—from glass to forest—revealing the landscapes, ecologies, and challenges behind this everyday pleasure.
Curators:
Eduardo Castillo-Vinuesa
Manuel Ocaña
Contributors:
Daniel Ibáñez, Vicente Guallart, Manuel Bouzas
Photographer:
Pedro Pegenaute
In collaboration with:
MITMA Government of Spain, AC/E, AECID, Arquia Foundation, TBA21, European Climate Foundation
