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It ’ s the first time a UK pavilion has been designed by a woman since the inception of Expo in 1851
material . Sourced from sustainably managed European forests in Austria and Italy and championed by engineers as a sustainable alternative to concrete and steel , the cross laminated timber was crafted around LED tiles engineered in Belgium and manufactured in China , and then installed by local British and UAE teams .
Meanwhile , the poetry generated algorithm was developed by creative technologists in California . The pavilion was conceived as an expression of cultural inclusivity .
Devlin ’ s exploration of machine generated poetry began with PoemPortraits at the Serpentine Gallery in 2016 in response to Hans Ulrich Obrist ’ s invitation to consider the idea of a ‘ social sculpture ’. In 2017 she continued her explorations at the Victoria & Albert Museum , turning their annual artist-conceived Christmas tree into a ‘ collective carol ’. In 2018 , visitors fed words into the mouth of one of the lions in Trafalgar Square and watched the collective text projected up the length of Nelson ’ s Column .
Guest captures the bespoke poetry installation on the UK Pavilion
The captivating word wall inside the UK Pavilion in partnership with www . esdevlin . com
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