Shenzhen Noted: 观察| 城中村，拆迁还是握手？
A visitor’s thoughts on the Handshake 302 project. 观察| 城中村，拆迁还是握手？.
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Yesterday I had the honor and pleasure of participating Shenzhen: From Factory of the World to World City, a conference hosted by the International New Town Institute. What did I learn? From INTI...
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The expression “a friend is a means of getting something done (一个朋友一条路)” is a concise description of the Shenzhen labor market. It is, of course, also a description of “relationship-ology (关系学), the...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: “evolution” in progress
Lei Sheng and I have worked together with a team of craftsmen from a Shenzhen factory to create “Evolution”, a site specific installation for the Shenzhen Public Sculpture Exhibition. The show opens...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: “this time, this place”: these concerns
The balmy days of installation gave way to cold winter rain for the opening of “This Time, This Place” in Shenzhen’s Central Park. Our brief as participants was to respond to the site, and in this...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: floating desires
Desire ravages Baishizhou. Last night at Handshake 302, Fu Honghong discussed her wall, “Floating Desires (漂浮的欲)”, the fifth installation of the series, My White Wall Compulsions (墙迫症). Fu Honghong is...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: shekou redux
For those following the shifts in Guangdong structure, you noticed that yesterday Shekou, along with Qianhai, Nansha, and a bit of Zhuhai was designated a self-governing trade zone (自贸区). Inquiring...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: self governing trade zone, thoughts from
Speculation about what the 自贸区 (self governing trade zone) continues to shape all sorts of conversations. On Monday I participated in a public planning forum for the OCT, where comparisons between...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: fishermen’s wharf, shekou
First day of 2015, I walked Fishermen’s Wharf, Shekou where they’re still selling fish. The oysters cultivated on the Hong Kong side of Shenzhen Bay are sold in Dongguan and Guangzhou. Impressions,...
View ArticleShenzhen Noted: shajing oysters
Today I learned about cultivating oysters. I also visited Shajing, the town that oysters built even though oysters are no longer cultivated here. Instead the oyster babies are sent to Taishan where...
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