Jiang Jun & Benjamin Godsill on the changing nature of Chinese cities

Jul 01, 2009

Jiang Jun, editor of Urban China magazine, and curator Benjamin Godsill of the New Museum introduce a dynamic multimedia presentation on the history of Urban China as well as the exhibition Urban China: Informal Cities. Godsill and Jiang will discuss the rapidly changing nature of Chinese cities and what these alterations of space mean for forms of social control and organization in contemporary China. Never before seen photographs, maps, and diagrams from Urban China's extensive collection will accompany the talk.

Co-presented with the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House Urban Future Initiative. In conjunction with the exhibition Urban China: Informal Cities.