“EYES OF THE CITY” OPEN CALL OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
Published
APRIL 1, 2019
UABB 2019 Credits
Chief Curators: Carlo Ratti, Meng Jianmin, Fabio Cavallucci
Academic Curator: South China-Torino Lab (SCUT – Sun Yimin, Politecnico di Torino – Michele Bonino)
Co-Curator: Science and Human Imagination Center of Southern University of Science and Technology (Wu Yan)
Executive Curators: Daniele Belleri [CRA], Edoardo Bruno, Chen Qiufan, Manuela Lietti, Wang Kuan, Xu Haohao, Zhang Li
Curator of GBA Academy: Politecnico di Milano (Adalberto Del Bo)
“Eyes of the City” Section
Chief Curator: Carlo Ratti
Academic Curator: South China – Torino Lab (SCUT – Sun Yimin, Politecnico di Torino – Michele Bonino)
Executive Curators: Daniele Belleri [CRA], Edoardo Bruno, Xu Haohao
Curator of GBA Academy: Politecnico di Milano (Adalberto Del Bo)
“Ascending City” Section
Chief Curators: Meng Jianmin, Fabio Cavallucci
Co-Curator: Science and Human Imagination Center of Southern University of Science and Technology (Wu Yan)
Executive Curators: Chen Qiufan, Manuela Lietti, Wang Kuan, Zhang Li
On the afternoon of April 1, 2019 the curatorial team formed by Carlo Ratti and South China -Torino Lab (South China University and Politecnico di Torino) has officially launched his “EYES OF THE CITY” OPEN CALL to participate in the next Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture in Shenzhen.
The Call has been launched during the First Press Conference held at the Shenzhen Civic Centre, where Chief Curators Carlo Ratti, MAE Academician Meng Jianmin and Fabio Cavallucci have been presented to Chinese media.
The presence of Politecnico di Torino, appointed as Academic Curator of the next Shenzhen Biennale together with South China University of Technology during the event, is coordinated by China Room, offering a research centered point of view on the topics selected for the 2019 edition.
The press conference officially announced that the theme of 2019 UABB (Shenzhen) is “Urban Interactions”. The exhibition consists of two sections, namely “Eyes of the City” and “Ascending City”, which will explore the evolving relationship between urban space and technological innovation from different perspectives. The exhibition is scheduled to open at the Futian Railway Station and the surrounding areas, the Main Venue, in Shenzhen in December 2019. At the same time, several sub-venues will be set up in other districts of the city to interconnect with the Main Venue, completing an organically interactive network throughout the city.
The aim of the OPEN CALL launched for the “Eyes of the City” section, is to invite international architects, planners, designers, philosophers, thinkers, scientists, companies, educational institutions, research laboratories, think-tanks and students to submit their proposals from April 1st to May 31st, 2019.
The Open Call will accept proposals for design projects, research projects and critical essays that will form the core of the “Eyes of the City” exhibition, that will be hosted in UABB’s main venue. After selecting the proposals for the exhibition, the curatorial team will further discuss and develop them along with the candidates in light of the main exhibition as a whole.
With the “Eyes of the City” Open Call, the objective of the Carlo Ratti | South China – Torino Lab is to gather proposals that can help frame the discussion around one or more of these issues:
- How will the new technological scenario change people’s behavior in the city? How will this articulate the relation between human body and urban space?
- How can ongoing interact with re-appropriate new technology?
- How do design practices in this context? What is the relation between creativity and increasing automation?
- What are the most relevant spatial, social and ethical consequences of innovation processes driven by AI?
- How can designers and citizens harness the power of real-time data in novel ways– especially to foster architecture’s ability to respond to people’s needs?
At the “Eyes of the City” exhibition in UABB 2019, the Curatorial Team aims to collect hypotheses and suggestions – imaginative, ironic, practical, visionary – so as to reflect on what kind of city we want to build tomorrow.
Apply for the OPEN CALL: eyesofthecity.net
UABB website: www.szhkbiennale.org/En/default.aspx
