Art and nature in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion

Caio Reisewitz's 'Suspendre el Cel' exhibition occupies the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion with an intervention that unites art, activism and environmental awareness. Inspired by the thoughts of indigenous leaders Davi Kopenawa and Ailton Krenak, this work invites us to rethink our relationship with nature. Based on the Yanomami worldview, which narrates that the earth emerged from a fragment of the sky, Reisewitz warns about the destruction of the planet and the consequences of disconnecting ourselves from ancestral knowledge, underlining the fragility of the balance between beings humans and the natural world.

The intervention, which can be visited until October 10, transforms the pavilion into a green space with nearly 600 plants that integrate within the structure, blurring the boundaries between the inside and the outside. The plant arrangement includes a selection of tropical and Mediterranean plants, creating a dense and vibrant landscape that dialogues with the glass walls of the pavilion, evoking the work of Lina Bo Bardi and her famous 'Casa do Vidrio'.

Casa do Vidrio, Lina Bo Bardi

This integration of nature and architecture also reflects the sensitivity of Brazilian modernism, represented by figures such as Roberto Burle Marx and Oscar Niemeyer, who knew how to merge built spaces with the natural environment. Reisewitz's proposal in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion is not just a visual installation, but a call to action in the face of the destruction of the Amazon and the cultural genocide of indigenous communities. The artist reminds us that the Amazon needs to be protected not only as a natural resource, but as a cultural heritage. In addition, his work denounces the disappearance of public environmental protection policies in Brazil and calls for a more harmonious vision between humans and nature.

On October 1st, Caio Reisewitz, together with the urbanist architect Isabella Lenzi and the curator Claudia Segura, will offer a public conversation about the interaction between nature and architecture, the protection of the environment and the fight for the preservation of cultures indigenous

“To suspend the sky is to expand our horizon; not the future horizon, but the existential one. It is to enrich our subjectivities.” A. Krenak

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