Skip to content
1981
  1. Home
  2. A-Z Publications
  3. Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
  4. Volume 7, Issue 1
  5. Article
Volume 7, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2051-7041
  • E-ISSN: 2051-705X

Abstract

The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) has been hampered in achieving a ‘co-construction’ between Shenzhen and Hong Kong since its debut. The twin exhibitions have distinct organizational structures, funding resources and curatorial strategies. The reasons for the frictions or disconnections within UABB can be roughly divided into three levels: the organizational level, the intercity governmental level and the societal level. Both organizers have made efforts to integrate the two into a real bi-city biennale, but the exhibition has tended to diverge and develop more towards two independent biennales. In a situation in which UABB is increasingly open to international participants, it has reached a stage in which it is constrained by the financial, administrative and political boundaries, and the outlook of the bi-city vision remains worrying.

© 2020 Intellect Ltd
Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1386/jcca_00020_1
2020-08-01
2025-03-17
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

References

  1. Anderson, L., and Gene, K. K.. ( 2014), Learning from Tri-ciprocal Cities: The Time, the Place, the People, catalogue of 2011–12 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Hong Kong) , New York:: ORO Editions;.
     [Google Scholar]
  2. Bing, Z.,, Jia, L., and Ming, Z.. ( 2011;), ‘ Strategic goals and spatial countermeasures for better cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. ’, City Planning Review, 35:8, pp. 77–82.
     [Google Scholar]
  3. Binqing, Z.,, Bingquan, C.,, Jian, X., and Jing, P.. ( 2014;), ‘ Community participation and community evaluation of heritage revitalization projects: A case study of the former NKM Building in Hong Kong. ’, City Planning Review, 36:5, pp. 58–64.
     [Google Scholar]
  4. Bon-sin, T.. ( 2017;), ‘ Is the distribution of public open space in Hong Kong equitable, why not?. ’, Landscape and Urban Planning, 161, May, pp. 80–89.
     [Google Scholar]
  5. Dingxin, Z.. ( 2017), Politics of Legitimacy: The State–Society Relations in Contemporary China, Taipei:: National Taiwan University Press;.
     [Google Scholar]
  6. Jane, J.. ( 1961), The Death and Life of Great American Cities, New York:: Vintage Books;.
     [Google Scholar]
  7. Jian, S., and Fan, W.. ( 2017;), ‘ An interview with Wang Fan. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume B, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 58–63.
     [Google Scholar]
  8. Jian, S., and Feng, X.. ( 2017;), ‘ An interview with Xue Feng. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume B, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 68–77.
     [Google Scholar]
  9. Jian, S., and Ning, O.. ( 2017;), ‘ An interview with Ou Ning. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume B, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 16–27.
     [Google Scholar]
  10. Jian, S., and Qingyun, M.. ( 2017;), ‘ An interview with Ma Qingyun. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume B, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 10–15.
     [Google Scholar]
  11. Jian, S., and Weijen, W.. ( 2017;), ‘ An interview with Wang Weijen. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume B, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 122–31.
     [Google Scholar]
  12. Jian, S., and Weiwen, H.. ( 2017;), ‘ An interview with Huang Weiwen. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume B, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 78–95.
     [Google Scholar]
  13. Jian, S., and Xiao, H.. ( 2017;), ‘ An interview with Hu Xiao. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume B, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 174–79.
     [Google Scholar]
  14. Jian, S., and Yung Ho, C.. ( 2017;), ‘ An interview with Yung Ho Chang. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume B, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 4–9.
     [Google Scholar]
  15. Jianfa, S.. ( 2013;), ‘ Cross-boundary urban development and integration: A case study of Hong Kong and Shenzhen. ’, City Planning Review, 37:6, pp. 20–25.
     [Google Scholar]
  16. Jones, C. A.. ( 2015), Lost in China: Law, Culture and Identity in Post-1997 Hong Kong, Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press;.
     [Google Scholar]
  17. Jun, J.. ( 2017;), ‘ Urban curation. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume A, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 324–49.
     [Google Scholar]
  18. Kit, C. C., and Him, A. F. Y.. ( 2018;), ‘ Disarticulation between civic values and nationalism: Mapping Chinese state nationalism in post-handover Hong Kong. ’, China Perspectives, 3:114, pp. 41–50.
     [Google Scholar]
  19. Ku, A. S.. ( 2004;), ‘ Negotiating the space of civil autonomy in Hong Kong: Power, discourses and dramaturgical representations. ’, The China Quarterly, 179, September, pp. 647–64.
     [Google Scholar]
  20. Kui-Wai, L.,, Tung, L.,, Hoi Kuan, L., and Liang, W.. ( 2011;), ‘ Economic integration of mainland China and the Hong Kong SAR: An analysis of growth attributes. ’, Chinese Economy, 44:4, pp. 92–114.
     [Google Scholar]
  21. Legislative Council Panel on Development ( 2008;), ‘ The work of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Joint Task Force on Boundary District Development. ’, LC Paper No. CB(1)1273/07-08(06) , https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr07-08/english/panels/plw/papers/dev0422cb1-1273-6-e.pdf. Accessed 27 May 2008.
  22. Ma, N.. ( 2005;), ‘ Civil society in self-defense: The struggle against national security legislation in Hong Kong. ’, Journal of Contemporary China, 14:44, pp. 465–82.
     [Google Scholar]
  23. Ning, O.. (ed.) ( 2013), South of Southern: Space, Geography, History and the Biennale. Documenting 2009 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Beijing:: China Youth Publishing Group;.
     [Google Scholar]
  24. Shenzhen Government ( 2007;), ‘ The 11th Five-Year Plan for the reconstruction of urban villages in Futian District. ’ (futian qu chengzhongcun gaizao shiyiwu guihua), Shenzhen China , 15 June, http://www.sz.gov.cn/ftq/ghjh/zxgh/200809/t20080903_1563.htm. Accessed 15 June 2007.
  25. So, A. Y.. ( 2011;), ‘ “One country, two systems” and Hong Kong–China national integration: A crisis-transformation perspective. ’, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 41:1, pp. 99–116.
     [Google Scholar]
  26. Tao, Z., and Weijen, W.. ( [2007] 2010;), ‘ Dialogue with lead curator Wang Weijen. ’, in W. Weijen, and C. Thomas. (eds), Refabricating City: A Reflection, catalogue of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture , New York:: Oxford University Press;, pp. 20–29.
     [Google Scholar]
  27. Terence, R.. ( [2011] 2014;), ‘ Introduction [to the biennale]. ’, in Z. Yuxing,, Z. Hongmei,, H. Weiwen, and S. Zhenhua. (eds), Architecture Creates Cities. Cities Create Architecture: Catalogue of 2011 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 16–35.
     [Google Scholar]
  28. Yuhua, X.. ( 2008;), ‘ Shenzhen is granted the “City of Design” by UNESCO. ’ (lianheguo jiaokewen zuzhi shouyu Shenzhen sheji zhidu chenghao), China News , http://www.chinanews.com/cul/news/2008/12-07/1477102.shtml. Accessed 7 December 2008.
  29. Urban Renewal Bureau of Luohu District ( 2018;), ‘ The renovation proposal of Kingway Brewery industrial relic. ’ (jinwei pijiuchang chengshi gengxin danyuan gongye yiji baohu fang’an), Luohu Government Online , http://www.szlh.gov.cn/xxgk/zwxx/tzgg/content/post_5193948.html. Accessed 15 June 2018.
  30. Weiwen, H.. ( 2014;), ‘ Invisible cities: Nine perspectives of UABB in a decade. ’, Time + Architecture, 4, April, pp. 48–56.
     [Google Scholar]
  31. Xiaoyu, L.. ( 2019;), ‘ Art as a method? Debating the urban renewal policy in Shenzhen. ’, Beijing Cultural Review, 4, August, pp. 48–56.
     [Google Scholar]
  32. Xinhua News Agency ( 2019;), ‘ Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on supporting the advance construction of demonstration zones of socialism with Chinese characteristics in Shenzhen. ’, The State Council/The People’s Republic of China , 18 August, http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2019-08/18/content_5422183.htm.
  33. Yan, M.. ( 2017;), ‘ Possible urban buildings. ’, in H. Weiwen. (ed.), (In)Visible Cities: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen). A Decade in Review: Volume A, Beijing:: China Architecture & Building Press;, pp. 278–319.
     [Google Scholar]
  34. Xianmei, Luo. ( 2020;), ‘ One biennale, two systems: On the Shenzhen–Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture. ’, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, 7:1, pp. 73–102, doi: https://doi.org/10.1386/jcca_00020_1
     [Google Scholar]
/content/journals/10.1386/jcca_00020_1
Loading
One biennale, two systems: On the Shenzhen–Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture
Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 7, 73 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1386/jcca_00020_1
/content/journals/10.1386/jcca_00020_1
/content/journals/10.1386/jcca_00020_1
Loading

Data & Media loading...

  • Article Type: Article
Keyword(s): Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture; cultural censorship; curating the city; nomadic exhibition sites; political trust; Shenzhen–Hong Kong Metropolis; societal resistance; urban revitalization

Most Cited Most Cited RSS feed

This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a success
Invalid data
An error occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error
Please enter a valid_number test