(Ou Ning, Venice, June 6, 2009. Photograph by Xiao Quan.)

Founder and creative director of CDR, New Architecture special correspondent, William Hailiang Chen has recently interviewed Ou Ning who is the chief curator for 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture. Full article of interview is in Chinese and will be featured in December issue of Chinese magazine – New Architecture. There will be an English version available after the translation process is finished. Curator Ou came to London for biennale’s European preview at the Architecture Foundation on 27th/28th. Due to his busy schedule in London, the final interview was realised on Skype online on 8pm London time 10th November when he was in Shenzhen. Special thanks to Gangyi Tang and Hua Li’s assistance.

(Source from: http://www.alternativearchive.com/ouning/article.asp?id=736)

城市动员- 2009年深圳香港城市\建筑双城双年展总策展人欧宁访谈
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采访人：陈海亮(William Hailiang Chen)，《新建筑》杂志伦敦特约通讯员
被采访人：欧宁，2009年深圳香港城市\建筑双城双年展总策展人
采访时间：2009年11月10日晚 8 点（伦敦时间）
采访地点：Skype在线采访，伦敦-深圳

编者按：早在2009年2月，本刊通讯员刘思即对本次深圳/香港建筑城市双年展的主策展欧宁先生进行了采访，这次本刊伦敦通讯员陈海亮的访谈是对这一活动的持续追踪，刘思的访谈见欧宁的博客，其联接地址为：http://www.alternativearchive.com/ouning/article.asp?id=669 。同时感谢李华为采编提供的帮助。

陈海亮：首先，欢迎您再次来到伦敦。能否请您简要谈谈为2009年深圳香港城市\建筑双城双年展来“伦敦动员”的目的? 您已到威尼斯艺术双年展动员过了，为什么还来伦敦而不选择纽约?

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