3rd I - 第三只眼睛

The world is urbanizing fast. According to a UN report, more than half the global population already lives in cities. Cities will continue to grow, but what does the ideal city look like? How might it look in twenty years?

Better City, Better Life

In 3rd I, artists, architects, students and pupils from China and the Netherlands present their views of the future of their cities. They have built models of their ideal cities and talk about the future in video portraits. They are responding to the motto of the World Expo 2010 currently taking place in Shanghai: “Better City, Better Life”.

Shanghai–Rotterdam 

Models of future and imaginary buildings will be exhibited in Shanghai. Special robots, equipped with small video cameras, will move down the streets between the models. These “third eyes” can be steered by audience members in Shanghai, in Rotterdam and by visitors to this website. The Chinese and Dutch visitors will be able to use “telepresence furniture” to communicate with each other.

Control a robot in Shanghai over the Internet at the exhibition in Rotterdam’s MKgallery. 

Meet visitors in Shanghai using special “telepresence furniture.” 

Visit in the morning, since the time difference means the live link with China is only available from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Central European Time).

Participants from Shanghai and Rotterdam publish their research and projects on http://3rdeye2010.wordpress.com.

Visit the program website: http://www.the-third-eye.org 

Dutch Culture Centre

The DCC has been created specially to showcase Dutch culture in China parallel to the World Expo 2010. Six exhibitions and performances will take place over six months, with an emphasis on collaboration and dialogue between Dutch and Chinese artists. The exhibitions will be organized by various Dutch institutions that have worked regularly with Chinese artists and institutions in recent years. The Netherlands China Arts Foundation expects that work will be able to go into greater depth at the DCC than at the bustling World Expo pavilion.

http://www.2010dcc.com

The exhibition Adaptation: Designing the Future City will also feature B.A.R.C. , a project by Dynamic City Foundation. 

The following partners are involved in the development of Adaptation: Designing the Future City:

• eArts Festival, an annual event in Shanghai focusing on contemporary art in the context of technological culture;
• workshop partners including Tongji University in Shanghai, Cybercity Ruhr, Delft University of Technology, the artists Angelika Oei and René Verouden, and Rotterdam University;
• Video robot development partners Mohammed Abdelghany of the Rotterdam University media and IT department; Aadjan van der Helm of the industrial design master’s program at Delft University of Technology; and the Canadian inventor and media artist Graham Smith, affiliated with Cybercity Ruhr;
• Virtueel Platform 
• Couscous Global, Amsterdam;
• Cybercity Ruhr, which developed the concept for 3rd I and is coordinating the workshops.

The 3rd I project has received support from:

• ACER Ltd., China (main sponsor)
• The City of Rotterdam
• The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
• The Netherlands China Art Foundation