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Cat Links Final Video Essay

[Field-Homework 3] The Dimming City

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Video: https://youtu.be/EAhGs2UtPqQ?si=lZN2yc4YkAg0pRCZ This video aims to discover the history of neon signage in Hong Kong. In the first part of the video, I have showed some of the photos of Nathan Road and Portland Street at 1950s to 1980s, which is the heyday of neon signage in Hong Kong, to introduce the gorgeous image of the street at night when neon signage was still common to the audience so as to compare with the street view nowadays. In the second part of the video, I have showed the street view in Mong Kok nowadays to show that neon signage is

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 6: Housing Stories

[Reading Response 2] Communal After-Living: Asian Ghosts and the City

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This reading had pointed out that urban condition is to represent normalcy. I do not agree about this statement. Although the image of city to many people is lethargic, because the whole environment is made of concrete and steel. Seems like it will always be the same. But, in fact, city is keep changing. In different generation, city will change into different form to satisfy the living condition of the people at that time. For example, in the 80s, we can see a lot of signage on the street as Hong Kong is experiencing an economic takeoff. People are passionate

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Cat Links Workshop 2: Dreamland Film Screening + Director's Chat

[Workshop 2 Exercise]–Chan Ka Chun

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from: https://www.pexels.com/zh-cn/photo/3643104/ from: https://www.pexels.com/zh-cn/collections/rain-on-me-rnzpttq/ these images wanna show that a mother and her child  just escaped from her husband who would bit them after a tough fight 4 hours ago. She feels alone and lost cause she has no friends and family in the city, but, with her child, she is relieved and has courage to start a new live. chan ka chun 3036086945

Cat Links Fieldwork

[Field Trip Report] Signage

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Youtube link: https://youtu.be/lRheqQS1OPg Script: Chan: Hi! My name is Tony! Tyler: And my name is Tyler Vu! Chan: By the way, Tyler, did you decide where we were going today? Tyler: Not quite! There were just too many options for me to choose from. I was walking through Portland Street and was just overwhelmed with the amount of signs from all around! It’s like each store was calling to me, trying to pull me in. Chan: Ahh yes, I understand where you are coming from. Portland street has such a rich history and is a great representation of the constant

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Cat Links Lecture 1: Architecture, Film & The Modern City

[Reading Response] Leaving the Movie Theater by Roland Barthes

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In the passage, Roland asked a question, ‘What does the “darkness” of the cinema mean?’ He thinks that it is not only the substance of reverie, but also the “color” of a diffused eroticism, as people can sit with their most relaxation of posture in the cinema. By the “darkness” of the cinema, most of the senses of people have been deprived, making them can only concentrate to the screen. Even inside the same space, people are isolated in the cinema. No need to care about your image, no need to think about any other things. Inside the cinema, there

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