Great Exhibit at the Tate Modern in London
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Global Cities There is a great exhibit that just opened at the Tate Modern in London today. It’s called Global Cities and is a must see for everybody who cares about the future of our planet. Global Cities explores the impact that urban growth has on people and the environment and comments on the link between architecture and social dynamics. “More than 50% of us now live in cities and, according to the United Nations, this number is set to rise to 75% by 2050. A century ago only 10% of the planet’s population lived in cities.” Global Cities puts in perspective the scale and pace of this change and encourages us to consider its consequences on the way we live and the decisions that we make. It examines the social and spatial conditions in ten large, dynamic cities spread across the globe: Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. Drawing on comparative socio-economic and geographic data originally assembled for the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale, the exhibition explore s these cities through five thematic lenses: size, speed, form, density and diversity. To compliment this material, the Global Cities exhibition incorporates a range of existing films, video and photography by artists who come form, or have relationships with, one or more of the ten focus cities. By exploring the resonances between our individual experiences of everyday life and our physical environment, the exhibition challenges us to thing again about the connections between art, architecture and society at the heart of the contemporary city. The is a powerful exhibit and even for those who already know about the world’s dramatic urban growth, Global Cities provides you with crucial new angles with which to view a very important issue. Featured Artists & Architects: - Nigel Coates, Zahad Hadid & Patrik Schumacher, Fritz Haeg, Nils Norman, OMA*AMO/Rem Koolhaas, and Richard Wentworth. Practical Information: -Exhibit is Free and runs from June 20th –August 27th. For more Info visit: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/globalcities/default.shtm |
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More than 50% of us now live in cities
Sounds cool...is this a permanent fixture, or a one-time exhibit? I won't be in London for at least another year.
Do they encourage everyone to move to a farm house and form small communities? It would make a heck of an argument for telecommuting any job that was capable of such. :)
"No, boss, I should telecommute everyday...you know, saving the world and such"
-JB