Urbanism & Architecture Bi-City Biennale | UABB*HK
Urban Edge | Ideal City

Hong Kong

Colin Fournier/ Joshua Lau + © URBANUS  

Joshua Lau, Executive Curator for Culture
Completion Year 2013

Beyond the edge of the city we know lies the city we dream of, the city we long for but never reach, the "ideal city". Our proposal for the Hong Kong side of the Biennale will be grounded in its polarity with Shenzhen, within the broader contexts of the PRD and mainland China, but it will be international in its scope: it will be informed by the singularity of Hong Kong but it will not be primarily about Hong Kong, just as the Venice Biennale is not about Venice: it will be about the cities of the world, making use of the unique bi-city setting of the Biennale as a platform to address global issues in a visionary and critical way. It will be site-specific, with a pivotal physical presence in Hong Kong, and transcend this specificity by establishing its presence in virtual space. It will be here and everywhere, topic and un-topic, manifested through publications, radio, television, web sites, blogs and various social media, drawing inputs from a broad spectrum of participants and aiming to reach a wide audience.

城市建筑双城双年展*香港 

城市边缘|理想之都

 香港 

傅轲林/ 刘柏坚+ © URBANUS

刘柏坚为文化执行策展人

竣工年份 2013  

在城市边缘存在一个我们梦寐以求却从未涉足的“理想城市”。我们倡导双年展的香港方面立足于深圳的对立面，在珠三角和中国大陆的大环境下，而更具有国际视野：它将体现香港的单极性但不只关于香港，正如威尼斯双年展不只关心威尼斯——而关心世界上的所有城市，运用双城双年展的背景作为平台，以一种理想而批判的视野来分析全球议题。似此地也似任何地方，有主题也无主题，藉由刊物，电台，电视，网站，博客和广泛的社交媒体吸引更广泛的参与者和受众。