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14. Venice Biennale | Moroccan Pavilion
Sahara - first prize
The word “desert” derives from the Latin word “desertum”, comoposed of the particle “de” that assigns a negative sense to the verb “serere”, that means to connect, to tie, stating an entity that doesn’t have a connection point, empty, uninhabited. The triangular shape’s iconicity, that recall strength and stability’s characteristic in relation to the desert’s power, performs a landmark’s function and, at the same time denies itself letting disclose an unexpected feature. It’s an enclosure that embrace the desert, allowing the it to permeate itself and to be modified by it, the depth of which become space of life. It is a monument to the sky and to the sun, evocation of the passing of the seasons and time. A vantage point of infinity. With Omar Benchekroun.