Vinciane Despret

Examining and questioning our relationship with animals is at the heart of her work. Her numerous publications include Quand le loup habitera avec l’agneau (2004), Penser comme un rat (2009), Le Chez-Soi des animaux (2017), Que diraient les animaux… si on leur posait les bonnes questions? (2018) and Habiter en oiseau (2019). With the Bento association of architects, Vinciane Despret has curated the Belgian pavilion for the 2023 edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale.

 

In May 2023, to coincide with the publication in Italy of Autobiographie d’un poulpe, Vinciane Despret invited Emanuel Coccia and Paolo Pecere to Villa Medici to talk about the environment, the relationship between living species and architecture. This exchange was also a prelude to the third edition of Villa Medici’s Festival des Cabanes.