A dialogue between two cities in the Pearl River Delta—Shenzhen and Hong Kong—the Bi-City Biennale (BYOB) questioned the past to aspire for a unique future.Instant Culturedocuments and evaluates the biennale and envisions possibilities for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong and its neighboring communities. The expansive forty-hectare site of the future West Kowloon Cultural District not only provides a green open space for art, culture, and leisure, but also creates a paradigm shift towards a new urban strategy for Hong Kong, possibly becoming a model city by emphasizing low-density planning with a low-carbon footprint.
Eric Schuldenfrei: Architects-designers Eric Schuldenfrei and Marisa Yiu are co-founders of ESKYIU, a design collaborative integrating culture, community and technology in New York and Hong Kong. They won the prize for young architects and designers in the Architectural League 2010.
Marisa Yiu: Architects-designers Eric Schuldenfrei and Marisa Yiu are co-founders of ESKYIU, a design collaborative integrating culture, community and technology in New York and Hong Kong. They won the prize for young architects and designers in the Architectural League 2010.
Complete information on the biennale featured at the official website http://hkszbiennale.org/news
An open forum will be scheduled in parallel with the book launch at the Hong Kong Arts Centre. Participating parties include art critics, architects, artists and professors
Series of promotional activities will be organized by Marisa and Eric with contributors in the book and partners in the Biennale after the book launchNotes from the Editors
Eric Schuldenfrei and Marisa Yiu
Our Bi-City Biennale Participation
Raymond Fung // foreword
West Kowloon from Above
Mutual Adjustment: Preservation of Instant Culture within the Pearl River Delta
Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten // fls(
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