Cities on the move:
urban chaos and global change, East Asian art, architecture and film now
Curated by: Hou Hanru and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Venues & Dates:
Secession Vienna, Austria
26 November 1997 to 18 January 1998.
CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
5 June to 30 August 1998
MoMA PS1, New York City, USA
18 October 1998 to 10 January 1999
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
29 January to 21 April 1999
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
13 May to 27 June 1999
Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
5 November to 19 December 1999
Cities on the Move was a seminal traveling exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru. The exhibition toured to multiple locations from 1997 to 1999, exploring the cultural influence of East Asia’s meteoric urban development in the late twentieth century through the lens of visual art, architecture, and film. The exhibition included more than 150 architects, artists, filmmakers, and designers. Asia Art Archive describes Cities on the Move was “a landmark event in contemporary exhibition-making for its extensive use of urbanism theories, its strong involvement of architects, and its attempt to recreate an ever-evolving city within an exhibition space.”
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Cities on the move:
urban chaos and global change, East Asian art, architecture and film now
Curated by: Hou Hanru and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Venues & Dates:
Secession Vienna, Austria
26 November 1997 to 18 January 1998.
CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
5 June to 30 August 1998
MoMA PS1, New York City, USA
18 October 1998 to 10 January 1999
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
29 January to 21 April 1999
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
13 May to 27 June 1999
Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
5 November to 19 December 1999
Cities on the Move was a seminal traveling exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru. The exhibition toured to multiple locations from 1997 to 1999, exploring the cultural influence of East Asia’s meteoric urban development in the late twentieth century through the lens of visual art, architecture, and film. The exhibition included more than 150 architects, artists, filmmakers, and designers. Asia Art Archive describes Cities on the Move was “a landmark event in contemporary exhibition-making for its extensive use of urbanism theories, its strong involvement of architects, and its attempt to recreate an ever-evolving city within an exhibition space.”