Reflections on the Biennale Theme and Exhibition
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HKIA journal: the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (香港建築師學報), no.51, 2008, pp. 28-31
Abstract
With the original intention to re-use vacated buildings of an appropriate character and size for the Biennale venue (to complement our Shenzhen counterpart at the OCT Loft), the choice of the Central Police Station Compound proved a masterstroke - in its extremely central location, its significance as an assemblage of listed monuments now imminent for renewal, but most invaluable of all in the opening up of a previously impenetrable cultural heritage to citizens. That we developed our biennale theme from Hong Kong's self-made urban vernacular and its remarkable ability to continually transform and remake itself seems, in hindsight, also to have allowed the exhibition design and content to engage well enough with the historical site.
(1) Exhibit design and content
(2) Critical issues
(3) Curating the venue
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2008
Language
en