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| Totalstadt. Beijing Case The urban growth of China is being carried out with an expenditure of energy, land and material that is inconceivable to us. More than 40% of the people in the most populous country on earth live now in cities; by 2020, it will be 60%, i.e. 800 million people. Conventional city planning approaches run up against their limits in Beijing because of the rapid development, while the official master plan plays, in reality, only a peripheral role. Lucrative construction plans take the limelight, while the total urban context is frequently ignored. Internationally famous architectural firms like Rem Koolhaas, GMP (von Gerkan, Marg und Partner) and Herzog & de Meuron are now making station in Beijing and contributing decisively to its reshaping. New landmarks are arising in the cityscape the best known is surely Rem Koolhaas's CCTV Tower. The face of Beijing is changing rapidly. Entire city districts are disappearing, new ones arising, resettlements taking place in grand style. Under the sign of high-speed urbanization During a four-month working stay in Beijing, twelve Chinese and German artists studied the effects of urban development on art and culture. They produced works in various genres that dealt with, mainly from a personal angle, with aspects of subjects like everyday material culture, socio-political change and new concepts urban construction and architecture. In addition to the works of the Beijing-Case scholarship holders Heike Baranowsky, Thomas Bayrle, Cao Fei/Ou Ning, Christine de la Garenne/Via Lewandowsky, Echo Yinsin Ho, Mara Kurotschka, Ma Yingli, Ingo Niermann, Susanne Röckel und Xi Chuan, the exhibition totalstadt. beijing case will be enriched by further artistic positions from China and Germany by Helke Bayrle, Sunah Choi, Ebru Erülkü, Jiang Jian, Waszem Khan, Barbara Klemm, Daniel Kohl, Antje Majewski, Ottjörg A.C., Harald Pridgar, Wang Shugang, Wang Wei, Miao Xiaochun, Xing Danwen, Kexin Zang und Martin Zeller. Curators: Gregor Jansen, in collaboration with Anne Däuper, Birgit Hopfener and Yvonne Ziegler. Exhibition catalogue: published by Prestel Verlag, Munich, with contributions by more than 30 authors. totalstadt. beijing case is a project of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation) in collaboration with the Goethe Institute in Beijing. Opening hours: Wed-Fri 10 am 6 pm Sat, Sun 11 am 6 pm Thur 12.10. / 09.11. / 14.12.: 10 am 9 pm Mon, Tue closed More information: ZKM | Center for Art and Media Lorenzstr. 19 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany phone: +49(0)721/8100-1200 info@zkm.de More info www.zkm.de/totalstadt www.beijingcase.org/ |
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