Bonus Session: "Now, There: Scenes from the Post-Geographic City"
Back in December of last year, the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture launched in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, featuring an exhibition curated by Los Angeles-based critic Mimi Zeiger and designer Tim Durfee. Their show, \u201cNow, There: Scenes from the Post-Geographic City,\u201d winner of the Biennale\u2019s Bronze Dragon, reconsiders what makes up today\u2019s idea of a \u201ccity\u201d, specifically regarding our digital and virtual presences, as well as contemporary issues of globalized economies.
\nMimi and Tim joined Paul and I in Archinect\u2019s podcasting studio to talk about the exhibition, and introduce a discussion recorded in Shenzhen among the participants of \u201cNow, There" and one of the Biennale\u2019s curators, Aaron Betsky. Their conversation, \u201cWhere is now; When is then\u201d makes up the meat of this Bonus Session.
\nThe exhibition features work by Besler & Sons,\xa0Walton Chiu, Tim Durfee and Ben Hooker (with Jenny Rodenhouse), John Szot Studio, m-a-u-s-e-r, and Metahaven, as well as texts by Joanne McNeil, Enrique Ramirez, and Therese Tierney.