Anna Freiesleben — The Glasswork: Crossing Boundaries

During a time of increasing hostility towards ‘the other’, evidenced by responses to the global refugee crisis and discussions surrounding Brexit and the US/Mexico border, this urban intervention aims to reconnect people across mental, social and environmental boundaries.

Occupying the site of a former power station and projecting into the layered landscape of Holes Bay, The Powerhouse District exists as a permanent and integrated ‘alternative Venice Biennale’, in which pavilions are organised by artistic medium rather than by nation-state. This shift in focus allows both locals residents and visiting artists to identify with one another through an alternative lens.