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TIMEZONE 8 PRESS RELEASE
Urban China: Work in Progress Book Launch and Talk with Jiang Jun and Brendan McGetrick
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009
Time: 16:30-17:30
Venue: Timezone 8 (798), No 4 Jiu Xian Qiao Rd
Timezone 8 is pleased to announce the book launch of Urban China Work in Progress. This members only event will take place at Timezone 8 (798) 4:30-5:30pm, Sunday November 15. Speaking at the launch will be the books Editors Brendan McGetrick and Jiang Jun. Canapes and refreshements will be served prior to the talk.
Published by Timezone 8, Urban China: Work in Progress will be available for sale and signing on the night.
Urban China: Work In Progress is a groundbreaking publication that brings together many of China's most influential contemporary writers, photographers, and critics. Drawn from the pages of "Urban China," a monthly magazine that combines politics, sociology, mass media, architecture, art, and literature, the book provides an intimate view to a century of radical modernization in China. Organized around three basic themes - society, family, and education - the book fans out to cover an expansive range of topics, offering personal perspectives on a culture that is influential, often discussed, but little understood. Presented here for the first time in English, the essays, photos, maps, diagrams, and illustrations that comprise "Work In Progress" establish a new paradigm for the study of Chinese cultural construction.
“An excellent magazine... Every month Urban China attempts the seemingly impossible - to construct a coherent narrative about a landscape that is changing by the minute.” - Rem Koolhaas
“I have been a fan of Urban China for a long, long time. It is a great example of how a magazine can be a laboratory and also a time capsule.” - Hans Ulrich Obrist
“Urban China has done a great job to become a really unique magazine on urban issues.” - Hou Hanru
About the Editors/Speakers:
Brendan McGetrick is an independent writer, editor, and designer. His work has appeared in publications in over twenty countries, including Wired, Art Review, Domus, and casa BRUTUS.His recent projects include the books Becoming (Ivory Press and Timezone 8, 2008)and MAD Dinner (Actar, 2008), as well as 桌志I Eat Up, a magazine about consumption formatted as a table cloth. From 2002-2006, he served as head writer at the research studio AMO.
Jiang Jun is a designer, editor and critic, who has been working on urban research and experimental study, exploring the interrelationship between design phenomena and urban dynamics. He founded Underline Office in late 2003 and has served as the editor-in-chief of Urban China magazine since the end of 2004, and in the meantime has been working on the book Hi-China.Please RSVP by email jack...@yeah.net or by phone 5978 9076. To purchase a copy of the book, visit www.timezone8.com
新书发布会《城市中国进行时》
时间：2009年11月15日周日16:30-17:30
地点：北京798东八时区（酒仙桥路4号）
东八时区(798)荣幸宣布城市中国杂志精选集《城市中国进行时》新书首发。在首发式上，本书编辑Brendan McGetrick和姜珺两位先生将作精彩发言
《城市中国：行进中》是一本汇集了众多中国最具影响力的当代作家、摄影师和批评家的极具突破性的出版物。它是从《城市中国》这份囊括了政治学、社会学、大众媒体、建筑、艺术和文学等多样元素的月刊杂志的海量内容中精选而成，向读者提供了一个透视中国激进的城市化进程的亲密视角。围绕着三个基本主题：社会、家庭以及教育，本书覆盖了极其广泛的话题，提供了资深的专业人士们关于文化—一个经常被论及但却极少被真正理解的现象—的个人见解。作为第一个英文版本，书中大量的论文、照片、地图、图表以及插图建构了一个研究中国文化建设的新的典范。
这是本极其出色的杂志……每个月《城市中国》都试图完成一个看似不可能的任务—持续而连贯的叙述着一个关于随时都在发生变化的城市风景的故事。”—瑞姆.库哈斯（Rem Koolhaas）
“长久以来我一直都是《城市中国》的忠实读者，它是一个伟大的榜样，告诉我们要怎么做才能让一本杂志成为一个实验室以及我们时代中那些具有重要代表性的文物的保存器。”—汉斯.乌尔里希.奥布里斯特（HansUlrich Obrist）
“《城市中国》通过卓越的工作已经成为了一本独一无二的关于城市问题的杂志。”—侯瀚如
关于作者：
马斌(Brendan McGetrick)，撰稿人和编辑，独立杂志《单元》(UNIT)创办人之一。他的作品曾在美国的Wired , 英国的Art Review, 意大利的Domus和日本的Casa BRUTUS发表。2002至2006年担任AMO主编，参与编撰《Content》、《The Image of Europe》等书。两人合作的参展作品《桌志》把杂志与桌布相结合，发明了一种新的媒体形式，把媒体与生活中的某种消费品特别是中国巨量的饮食消费结合起来，将媒体渗入到人们的日常生活中。
姜珺，《城市中国》主编，著名青年设计师，曾在哈佛、普林斯顿、哥伦比亚等多所大学演讲，先锋媒体的代表，中国民间图库的缔造者。长期从事城市研究和试验创作。2003年下旬在广州成立并组织下划线课题策划；2004年着手主编《城市中国》杂志，并撰写编辑《超中国》一书。
此次活动需提前预约，详情请拨打东八时区预约电话：59789076。
November 15, 2009
15日.11月.2009Time/时间:
16:30-17:30Venue/场地: Timezone 8 (798), NO 4 Jiu Xian Qiao Road
东八时区(798)
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