The 2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen) is officially open!
The exhibition consists of two sections, namely “Eyes of the City” and “ Ascending City”, which explores the evolving relationship between urban space and technological innovation from different perspectives. The exhibition is at the Futian High-Speed Railway Station and Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning. Selected by the UABB organizing committees as the main venue for the “ Eyes of the City” section, the Futian High-Speed Railway station might seem at first like a challenging location for a Biennale exhibition. It represents one of China’s leading mobility hubs and it is part of one of the world’s most extensive underground spaces. The exhibition reacts to this unusual setting by pursuing a design strategy that aims to attract an audience not necessarily accustomed – or even interested – in visiting a Biennale about urbanism and architecture. By mimicking the flamboyant visual language of duty-free shops ( developed by the Dutch graphic designer Mieke Gerrotzem), the exhibition aims to expose station users to the ambiguity of “Eyes of the City” scenarios. The station becomes a space where visitors cannot escapes the exhibited works – and where functions and experienced get hybridized.