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Venice Biennale 2006: The Gulf
The Gulf is the current frontline of rampant modernization: a feverish production of urban substance, on sites where nomads roamed unmolested only half a century ago. The Gulf – its initial development triggered by the discovery of oil – is undergoing hyper-development to ready for oil's imminent depletion.
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