A few weeks ago I was touring the Tate Modern, to discover an exhibition that connects with the world like few others: GLOBAL_CITIES. . Be sure to visit it on their website, explore it and discover it.
Here is a time-lapse of the installation:
Global Cities focuses on presenting the dynamics of 10 cities: Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo, from the perspective of 5 thematic filters: speed, size, density, diversity and form. In its urban introspection, Global Cities presents a reality of chaos, conflict, deprivation and pressure. Likewise, it proposes the city as the way to cohabit in harmony, effectiveness, efficiency, fulfillment and development.
In our distant proportion, it invites us to think about the absurd expansion of urban centers in our countries, the absence of order and the urgency for regulation that makes sense. London, for example, has limited its expansion, and therefore, only has the option to grow vertically and in the search for efficiencies in density. The solutions are difficult and require politicians determined to stop playing politics and concentrate on development that can be sustained.
In our micro-world in San Jose, Costa Rica, for example, we have one of the most impressive demonstrations of collective and political incapacity, given the uncontrolled expansion of our urban center. From Curridabat to Santa Ana, the extension we are experiencing makes no sense and could well lead to an immediate halt.
I invite you to visit this exhibition by clicking here: GLOBAL_CITIES_AT_TATE_MODERN.
