[Field-Homework 2] Highway v.s. Human

Part I – A significant urban infrastructure which dissolved into the backdrop of people’s everyday lives – Island Eastern Corridor.

Part II – The infrastructure is barricaded off from the pedestrian space, establishing a prominent spatial conflict.

Part III – In order to access the harbor promenade, pedestrians are displaced off the ground to conquer the obstruction of the highway.

Part IV – Sometimes the infrastructure ‘fights back’. A lion share of the park is dominated by the enormous concrete mass, and the differential speed of motion further contrasts these two spaces’ qualities.

Part V – The oppression of the highway on the pedestrians is evident as the walkway is pressed underground to make way for the highway’s ramp… Highway wins.

Chiaroscuro and the rule of thirds are utilized in this shot to emphasize the infrastructure’s domination of the overhead space, which lowers the spatial quality for the pedestrians. On the other hand, the view of the highway is framed and well-lit at the center which highlights its oppression of people. Throughout the film series, the infrastructure’s conflict with pedestrians is intensifying, which the hierarchy within is made clear in the final shot when the circulation is pressed underground to make way for the ramp.  Yet, people are unaware of such oppressive force and get along with this antagonistic concrete construction as the backdrop of their everyday lives.

Blog by – CHAN Chun Ngok Osten [UID:3035696810]