Episode 4: Antarctic architecture in Venice

Fitting that an episode with a Venetian setting just has water running all through it. Fintan describes how Antarctic architecture became a feature of this year's Venice Biennale, including a description of a soundscape that frankly sounds terrifying. Meanwhile, Joseph describes political shenanigans in newly populist Slovenia concerning water policy and tells the story of the dynamic Frisian coastline and its Google Doodle.

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Sources:
https://www.fgg.uni-lj.si/stalisce-fakultete-za-gradbenistvo-in-geodezijo-v-zvezi-z-novelo-zakona-o-vodah/
https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/novela-zakona-o-vodah-za-svet-za-varovanje-okolja-pri-sazu-nesprejemljiva/
https://www.rtvslo.si/okolje/referendum-2021/zagovorniki-in-nasprotniki-novele-zakona-o-vodah-tudi-pri-predsedniku-trdno-na-svojih-bregovih/585992
https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/aljosa-petek-sprememb-tako-pomembnega-zakona-se-je-treba-lotiti-preudarno-in-s-pravocasno-vkljucitvijo-stroke-556045
Text of the 2002 Water Act: http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO1244
https://www.slovenec.org/2021/04/21/37-clen-zakona-o-vodah-razdvaja-drzavljane/
The river Fintan refers to as the "Amazon of Europe" is the Mura. http://www.amazon-of-europe.com/en/mura-news/
https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2021
https://www.corriere.it/cronache/21_giugno_20/per-prima-volta-l-antartide-biennale-venezia-mente-progetto-italiana-d5010852-d18d-11eb-8606-3988c0360a13.shtml
https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2021/across-borders/giulia-foscari-and-unless
Giulia Foscari's book Antarctic Resolution: https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/antarctic-resolution
https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-the-wadden-sea
Map of the Frisian coast in 1240 (with the modern coastline in red): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Nordfriesland_um_1240.jpg/1024px-Nordfriesland_um_1240.jpg