Podcasts Arts Archinect Sessions Bonus Session: "Now, There: Scenes from the Post-Geographic City"

Bonus Session: "Now, There: Scenes from the Post-Geographic City"

Published: Feb. 3, 2016, 2 p.m.

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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.

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Mimi 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.

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The 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.

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