Feb '14 - May '14
"The Los Angeles Biennale in Shenzhen is an experimentation in creating a nomadic biennale on urbanism, hosted by the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture. It is not possible to holistically represent Los Angeles in Shenzhen, but as a frontier-city, L.A. is constantly growing, seeking and evolving, manufacturing its progressive self. Why curb our physical boundaries, when Shenzhen and Los Angeles are partners in the traffic of a global economic network, and images of Los Angeles populate the world under all types of alternative names? Fiction is everything when every snapshot is fleeting, and we do not presume L.A. to have a sole reality. Through a hodgepodge of presentations, discussions, art pieces and interactive opportunities, the Biennale will perpetuate a generative study and performance of Los Angeles."
The Los Angeles Biennale is an experimentation in creating a nomadic biennale on urbanism, hosted by the International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam. This blog will cover the preparation, activities and findings from this experiment.
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Quondam, the biennale event was born in a particularly right moment when everything fell into place. I pitched it to Ole Bouman when I was in Shenzhen, they funded it because the idea was creative. With the initial help of Sarah Lorenzen we quickly curated 8 other highly creative executive producers and additional participants with the right chemistry and temperament. We are going to Shenzhen to start designing L.A.'s first biennale/biennial with an open forum of sorts, critique what's on the ground and aim to generate a useful framework we will be able to continue. We purposefully b-lined a lot of the usual suspects.
The idea is very compact and we will be producing all kinds of conversations and works.
Visit next Friday Saturday and partially Sunday. We will be here via Value Factory.
But then I couldn't tell you the whole story S. :)
VALUE FACTORY PROGRAM, FEB. 21-23
FRIDAY 21 //
10:00-18:00 Los Angeles Biennale of Architecture / Urbanism STUDY|PERFORMANCE One City Hosting Another, L.A. Biennale Testing Itself in Shenzhen.
An experimentation in creating a nomadic biennale on urbanism, hosted by the UABB Shenzhen.
With Orhan Ayyuce, Karen Lohrmann, Paul Petrunia, Amelia Taylor-Hochberg, Andrew Wilcox, Sarah Lorenzen, Brain Todd Mann, Marcos Sanchez and Aris Janigian.
16:00-17:00 Architects in Residence Lecture: Ruta Leitanaite
SATURDAY 22 //
10:00-18:00 THNK School for Creative Leadership WORKSHOP Creative Concepting Flow
With Gunter Wehmeyer.
10:00-18:00 Los Angeles Biennale of Architecture / Urbanism STUDY|PERFORMANCE One City Hosting Another, L.A. Biennale Testing Itself in Shenzhen.
An experimentation in creating a nomadic biennale on urbanism, hosted by the UABB Shenzhen.
With Orhan Ayyuce, Karen Lohrmann, Paul Petrunia, Amelia Taylor-Hochberg, Andrew Wilcox, Sarah Lorenzen, Brain Todd Mann, Marcos Sanchez and Aris Janigian.
12:30-18:00 Studio-X Shenzhen SYMPOSIUM| SCREENING: Of Sites and Contexts: engaging locality and the cultural networks of the Pearl River Delta.
With Jianxing He, Keith Lam, Marina Otero Verzier, Eric Schuldenfrei, Zheng Guogu, Ole Bouman, Lu Hong, Carol Yinghua Lu, Koon Yeewan, Eddie Lui Fung-Ngar, Qinyi Lim, Marisa Yiu, Lydia Chan and Chantal Wong.
14:00 Guided Tours
15:30 Kids Architects
16:00 Riptide PRESENTATION| DEBATE Coaster Raid!
Coaster Raid, is a Creative City Exploration inviting to (re)discover the unique identity of Shekou through creativity. Coaster Raid aims to create a popular and open reflection about the city's identity and development.
SUNDAY 23 //
10:00-18:00 THNK School for Creative Leadership WORKSHOP Creative Concepting Flow
With Gunter Wehmeyer.
10:00-18:00 Los Angeles Biennale of Architecture / Urbanism STUDY|PERFORMANCE One City Hosting Another, L.A. Biennale Testing Itself in Shenzhen.
An experimentation in creating a nomadic biennale on urbanism, hosted by the UABB Shenzhen.
With Orhan Ayyuce, Karen Lohrmann, Paul Petrunia, Amelia Taylor-Hochberg, Andrew Wilcox, Sarah Lorenzen, Brain Todd Mann, Marcos Sanchez and Aris Janigian.
14:30 Shenzhen Design Center: 10*10*100 Jury Meeting
15:30 CZC Symposium
17:00 Mies van der Rohe Foundation EXHIBITION| DEBATE Europe: on Borders, Value and Quality - The Identification of Quality in Architecture
With Antoni Vives, Giovanna Carnevali, Willy Muller, Weiwen Huang, Zhang You Xing, Xiaodu Liu and Ole Bouman. Moderated by Albert Civit.
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