Shenzhen-ness

by Kristin Feireiss

Shenzhen is a city full of vitality. With its twelve million inhabitants it is a dense migrant city that was built randomly in a short period. Its history of development is a linear intersection of occasion and inevitability. Called into existence in 1979 with the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the city became a place where export-oriented manufacturers have been producing and assembling an enormous amount of goods. The exhibition 'SHENZHEN-ness: Space in Mutation' demonstrates the urban transformation on the basis of five cases: Shenzhen-Hong Kong Entry and Exit...