2024-05-03T07:57:02-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/98105950/out-of-shenzhen-catalog-1-of-the-los-angeles-biennale-of-architecture-urbanism Archinect 2014-04-24T12:42:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e6/e6ssc355kdjkzg26.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em>Was it:</em></p> <p><em>Possible for a group of architects, artists, educators, writers, publishers to fly to Shenzhen and start a dialog and call it a Los Angeles Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, a.k.a. LAB A/U? (Yes)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>A first for architecture and urbanism for Los Angeles? (Yes)</em></p> <p><em>Possible to bee line the assumptions, suspicions, silent treatments and doubts? (Yes)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>Real? (Yes)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>Possible to talk about the aura of a city via on the road biennale? (Yes)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>And...</em></p> <p><em>Could the nomads' opinion be harnessed? (No)</em><br>&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p><br><em>LAB A/U did not happened in a vacuum even though it seemed that way. The participants, hosts and audience have thought so.</em></p> <p><em>Is this a one time deal? (No)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>Can I join when it convenes again? (No , you need to be curated)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>Does it cost to participate? (No)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>Will LAB A/U continue indefinitely (Yes, there are no plans to shut it down at the moment)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>Will it be always nomadic? (Yes, even when it is in LA)</em></p> <p><em>Is its nomadism in spirit or action? (Both)&nbsp;</em><br>&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p><br><em>Will it be critical and threatening? (Yes, but ...</em></p>