POWER -
Producing the Contemporary City


24 May - 2 September 2007
 
Power
Image: Caracas, George Brugmans

With two-thirds of the world's population living in cities by 2050, the twenty-first century will be the urban epoch. How then will the city - the stage where numerous global forces play with and against each other - further develop? And who will bear responsability for its future?

 

POWER stakes out a role for a vigorous architecture by refocusing attention on the city's future.


"Power lies in the hands of the solemnly veiled and invisible. . . in order for us to deal with it, we have to unmask and expose those that are hidden, those that hold the power. Power requires transparency. (Solam Mkhabela, 2007)