A Constructed World is a collaborative project founded in 1993 by Australian artists Geoff Lowe and Jacqueline Riva, currently based in Paris. Their work focuses on the idea of collectivity and the exploration of the multiple narratives we use to construct and understand the world. Influenced by post-structuralism and relational aesthetics, they encourage the exchange of ideas and embrace the concept of chaos, examining how reality is perceived through cultural models.
In 2000, they participated in the fifth edition of Arte all'Arte, invited by curators Roberto Pinto and Gilda Williams, with the video installation History 3 in a room overlooking one of the city's most touristy streets, the local headquarters of the Centro Studi sul Classicismo in Via San Giovanni in San Gimignano, creating a place where visitors are invited to enter and linger.
The work of A Constructed World is characterised by a broad project that challenges conventional structures while maintaining an interactive attitude towards matter, materials and the way meaning accumulates. Their interest in creating vocal material, proceeding without knowledge and using the ready to hand is reflected in their performances, installations and events. They enjoy the company of others and often invite friends and colleagues to participate in works and conversations in an attempt to counter the restrictive discourses and boring processes that currently pervade the space of culture and politics. In 2018, édition Mix published Idéologie & A Constructed World, a language book of their complete writings. The more than forty texts make clear the artist's overall ideology, providing a background context to their broader project of inclusion, collaboration and uniting people. A Constructed World continues to explore the dynamics of collectivity and communication, creating works that challenge convention and invite the audience to reflect on the narrative and cultural structures that influence our perception of reality.