Announcement, News
21.10.2009
2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture - Open Call for Exhibitors
The Curatorial team is now pleased to announce two more open calls for the submission of proposals to the Hong Kong portion of the 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture that respond to the theme of City Mobilization: BYOB (Bring Your Own Biennale).
OPEN CALL 4: Bring Your Own Botanist
An open call for submissions focused on the greening of a standard shipping container. The aim of this open call is to examine ecology and botany within the cityscape by encouraging the growth of vertical plantscapes as an integral component of the exhibition space for the HKSZ Biennale. [See Appendix 1]
OPEN CALL 5: Bring Your Own Banner
An open call for the submissions of creative large scaled art banners with visuals highlighting issues of ecology, cultural education, exchange, sustainability, or community and heritage. The banners will be collected together to form a unique three dimensional installation along the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade. [See Appendix 2]
Please download the curatorial statement for the 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\ Architecture and detailed requirements for submission as stated in [Appendix 1] and [Appendix 2] accordingly.
hkszbiennaleopencall-oct-eng (English version)
hkszbiennaleopencall-oct-chi (Chinese version)
The information pack is also available via: http://hkszbiennale.org/pr/HKSZBiennaleOpenCall-Oct-ENG.pdf
Submission deadline: 5:00 pm, 2 November 2009 (by post)
In the interim, please also email your questions to info@hkszbiennale.org and tara@hkia.net
The 2009 Hong Kong - Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture is organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) in association with The Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP), The Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), and the Shenzhen Planning Bureau, with support from the Home Affairs Bureau of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
