Lecture
Urban China
July 01, 7:00 PM
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024
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.
More info: hammer.ucla.edu
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