Australia’s entry to the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale hits the ‘No’ Referendum vote head on

A First Nations creative team has been selected for the Australian national pavilion in Venice with an 'Indigenous education amphitheatre'.
Render of ‘HOME’, Australian Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale.

A First Nations team of Creative Directors comprising Dr Michael Mossman, Emily McDaniel and Jack Gillmer-Lilley has been selected to represent Australia at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, known as the ‘Olympics of Architecture’.

Their design concept, HOME, is a response to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, which was rejected by a majority in every state and left a mark on the history of First Nations advocacy.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_