It is mentioned in the article that apartment houses provide unwitting spectacles for each other, which has attracted me to dive deep into apartment and life. In our daily lives, we simply treat apartment as where we live but seldom discuss its connection with our lives and people around specifically. It is quite amusing yet thought-provoking that apartment actually acts as a mirror for us to examine our own lives in a more physical way, as well as to observe ourselves through the eyes of others. Concerning the role of apartment in films, it is a stylistic device to reflect both realistic and imaginary urbanism as a number of different encounters and interactions between individuals are taken place in it. It is definitely more than purely a setting or a physical space.
Yuqi Mi
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Appreciate your reflective response, taking Wojcik’s text as an opportunity to rethink the role of your apartment in relation to the social meanings it embodies. How would you discuss Hong Kong’s apartment plot in consideration of it urbanism?