Isabelle Regnier writes at Le Monde about La Biennale di Venezia awarding ‘XHOLOBENI YARDS’ by Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation with her personal Golden Lion
"This installation, to which we take the liberty of awarding our personal Golden Lion, links the luxury housing towers of the Hudson Yards district [...], in Manhattan, and the village of Xolobeni in South Africa. [...] It is very beautiful" On the Media
Oliver Wainwright reviews ‘XHOLOBENI YARDS. Titanium and the Planetary Making of Shininess/Dustiness’ for The Guardian
"Spanish architect Andrés Jaque, working with a group of South African activists, picks up similar themes in an immersive, narrated installation in the Arsenale, challenging what they call architecture’s “problematic addiction to shininess”. On the Media
