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Ατομική έκθεση Θάνου Ζακόπουλου
HARMONIOUS FUTURE URBAN BLUEPRINT
solo exhibition by T H A N O S Z A K O P O U L O S
Opening 12th of November 2007 h18:00
STUDIO B, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT)
En' ping road, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China
exhibition viewing on appointment only / info: (+86) 15814698973
Chinese cities occasionally grant the foreigner a little of the 'Blade Runner' thrills they fantasise about. Hong Kong is an obvious example. But most parts of the perpetually new megacities in mainland China— like Shenzhen, Hong Kong's conjoined twin— are more akin to the counterfeit Chinese Louis Vuittons and fake Chinese Rolexes that litter their streets and tumble from their little stalls. They're dishonest duplicates, visibly coming apart at the seams. There's a peculiarly Chinese form of accelerated entropy. The moment anything is built by China's vast army of manual labourers, it begins a rapid descent into a state of grimy disrepair. Meanwhile many urban citizens live provisional, precarious and strangely rural lives under the feet of the brand-new high rise ruins whose interiors they'll never see. The cities of China have grown up fast, but the other part of the deal is that they plan to fall down again the moment everyone's backs are turned.
Catalogue credits:
curated by: Huang Yang & Thanos Zakopoulos; text: Alistair Gentry; translation: Chen CaiXia
