It’s hard to believe, but Expo 2010 [Shanghai World’s Fair] has a mere three weeks of life left in it. No surprise, the wrap-ups, the obituaries, and the tributes are beginning to appear (I’m starting work on mine). I’d like to point readers to an early entry, by my new friend Scott Knowles, an Assistant…
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China Pavilion Architect Celebrates in his Underpants
He Jingtang, architect of the China pavilion at Expo 2010 (Shanghai World’s Fair), on how he celebrated the crowds that turned out to view his building on October 1: “I especially chose underwear with the China Pavilion logo today to express my happiness.” As quoted (quote of the Expo, if you ask me) in Shanghai…
Those Expo 2010 Lines? Blame the Foreigners.
I realize that Expo 2010 (Shanghai World’s Fair) is getting a bit long in the tooth, but … I’d like to share with my Expo readers an interesting note that I received from someone involved in the design of an Expo 2010 pavilion. The topic is Expo lines (or queues, my British friends), and who…
Expo 2010 Counterfeits: The Walls Have Been Breached!
The superlatives attached to Expo 2010 – the Shanghai World’s Fair – are various and numerous: it is the biggest Expo site, with the most countries participating, and – guaranteed – the best attendance, in the history of the Expo movement. Less discussed, but just as notable, is the fact that Expo 2010 is the…
Exquisite Fakes and Real Caesareans: Shenzhen’s Subversive Expo 2010 Pavilion
From the moment that Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) was awarded in December 2002, the preemptive critics were ready to accuse the host country of presenting a watered-down, white-washed version of Shanghai, and China, for domestic and international consumption. And, to an extent, they were onto something: the China pavilion, and the Chinese provincial pavilions do,…
Expo’s Long, Hot August: “The Invasion of Mosquito.”
Without question, the most popular region of Shanghai’s sprawling 5 km² Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) is Zone C, home to the European pavilions, as well as the North and South American, African, and Caribbean pavilions (zone list available here). According to an email sent out on Sunday, and obtained by the staff of Shanghai Scrap…
Shanghai Scrap’s revised, re-thought, totally new guide to Expo 2010 [Shanghai World’s Fair].
A week into Expo 2010’s [that is, the Shanghai World’s Fair’s] six month run I posted my ‘Simple Guide‘ to visiting the sprawling event that came down to one directive: go after dark. Much of that guide and advice was based upon visits during the construction phase, the soft opening, and two impromptu visits made…
When is a line a line, and when is it merely prestigious? At Expo 2010 [according to Turkey], of course.
Even before Expo 2010 [the Shanghai World’s Fair] opened on May 1, media, organizers, and visitors were buzzing about the epic lines expected at certain national pavilions. To be sure, lines (queues, my British friends) are reality at all modern Expos. But China, with its vast population, and determination to secure 70 million visitors before…
Technology of Happiness
What makes a great Expo 2010 (Shanghai World’s Fair) pavilion? Fancy architecture? 4-D films? A giant, custom-built theater complete with a rotating movie screen? Yes, yes, and yes! – depending upon how each of those features is deployed within the pavilion. But in the opinion of this blogger – your trusty, loyal Shanghai Scrap Expo…
Student Ambassadors: the USA (and its Expo 2010 pavilion) at its very best.
My first visit to the USA pavilion happened a few days after it officially opened. It was a quiet evening, and the large crowds of recent weeks hadn’t yet materialized. I didn’t have to wait long in line, and after only a few minutes I was ushered into the lobby where I watched two young…