OAKLAND, CA.- Art Works For Change presents The Nature of Cities, a group video installation created for the United Nations Pavilion at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. Guided by the Expo theme “Better City, Better Life” the exhibition presents 16 short videos from artists, animators and architects from around the world addressing the theme of urban biodiversity. The exhibition illustrates the relationship between the urban and natural environments, proposing new ways forward that acknowledge the necessity of human habitats and the fragile state of our ecosystems. Created with design and previsualization by Zoetrope Aubry Productions, the exhibition is presented as a series of six looped videos played across six separate monitors divided in four parts: “The City as Metabolism”, “Cities Liquid Assets: Water”, “Why Cities Need Nature”, and “Nature as Model and Mentor”. “We are extraordinarily excited to stage The Nature o