Curatorial Statement
After Jane Jacob’s “eyes on the street,” we are now entering the era of the “Eyes of the City.” What happens, then, to people and the urban landscape when the sensor-imbued city is able to gaze back? Full Curatorial Statement
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Exhibitions
From the beginning of the Biennale(Mar. 2019), I has begun my position as Assistant Curator under the supervision by Chief Curator Prof. Carlo Ratti and Execution Curator Daniele Belleri. The “Eyes of the City” exhibition consists of eight sub-sections, each of them exploring a different way in which new technologies are impacting urban life.
- THE WORLD’S URBAN LAB
- MOBILITY LANDSCAPES
- SILICON PUPILS
- DIGITAL SOCIETY
- DESIGN INTELLIGENCE
- ARTIFICIAL ECOLOGIES
- RESISTING TECHNOLOGIES
- CURATING THE CITY
The following is the word cloud I analyzed for each section.
Installation
View of the World from Futian Railway Station
Where is Shenzhen in relationship to the rest of the world? Developed through a special logarithmic scale, this 3D model of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) focuses on Shenzhen and Hong Kong and gradually expands to include large swaths of the planet, although its scale becomes increasingly smaller and distorted as you move away from the center.
©steinberg newyorker
This visual approach is inspired by the Romanian-American illustrator Saul Steinberg’s drawing “View from 9th Avenue”. Since 1976, when it was featured on the cover of The New Yorker magazine, Steinberg’s illustration has come to symbolize New York City’s self-perceived centrality in world affairs. It is perhaps inevitable that with centrality - new or old - comes a degree of distortion.
View of world skewed
View of world sketches
View of world from Shenzhen
Data Visualization
Prior to the the exhibition, I setup a data visualization system to collect the data from the open call.
Open Call Data
Workflow is of tremendous importance to mega project with mass data. So setup a well-organized tangible data control platform makes easier for us to manipulate data and tasks. The data visualization is powered by Wolfram Mathematica.
Geolocation of Applicants
Selected and Rejected Applications
Applicants gender and age distribution
Selected exhibitors on each section
Graph and Network of Selected Exhibitors
Graph and Network of Section Descriptions
Promotional program on Archdaily
Archdaily promotional program
As curators of the “Eyes of the City” section, our aim is to investigate the way digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence will impact both urban life and architectural practices. In the months leading up to the opening of UABB, we have started a global discussion on our curatorial statement on ArchDaily. During my internship, I coordinate this program and try to collect a critical contribution in response to the theme of our curatorial statement from our invited contributors like Yungho Chang, Antoine Picon, Kees Kaan, Daan Roosegaarde,Jeanne Gang, etc.