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Cat Links 2022 Blog, Final Video Essay

[Video Essay] Hybrid City, Shenyang Imperial Palace

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 Hybrid City; Directed by Lu Liyu, 2022. Shenyang Imperial Palace, Dadong District, Shenyang Link: https://youtu.be/jP-R1HQMSME Because of the epidemic, most of spring is spent at home. I went out in search of green once the community was unblocked, hoping to catch the last end of spring. On my trip to the Imperial Palace, I came across a different sort of green by chance. This unique colour from the Imperial Palace’s roof reminded me of spring. Then, I want to interpret my topic – “rooftop” with the most historical and architectural building in my city. Shenyang Imperial Palace, also known as Shengjing

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Cat Links Lecture 7: Monsters, Materials & Skyscrapers

[Reading Response: William M. Tsutsui]

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In the disaster films of Japan, there are always some different perspectives which could be found. Donald Richie has pointed out that the way disasters are depicted in these films is influenced by reality or geography and he further confirmed this view; and “the truth of this observation is graphically illustrated in a land yearly ravaged by typhoons, a country where the very earth quakes daily.” An earthquake or tsunami that ruins homes in broad areas and sends entire cities into terror is a recurring scene in disaster films. Following that, the reconstruction following the destruction must be mentioned. As

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Cat Links 2021 Blog, FIELDWORK

[FIELDWORK] CHUNGKING EXPRESS, CHUNGKING MANSIONS

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CHUNGKING EXPRESS,  WONG KAR WAI (1994) Chungking Mansions, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong This is the building that Brigitte Lin entered at the beginning of the film. Built-in 1961. The film consists of two stories about two frustrated men and women, how to get rid of their past love and start a new life again. The film embodies the eternal themes that director Wong Kar-wai is concerned with loneliness and the alienation of people. The characters in his films are always trapped in the past, unable to see the future, and unable to grasp the present. This is also reflected

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Cat Links Lecture 5 Urban Infrastructure as Event

[Reading Response: Michel de Certeau]

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This passage mainly discussed 2 parts, the definitions, relationships and differences of “space” and “places” (“tours” and maps”) and strategies that allow for “spatial” discussion of tales. For the first part, it is noted that a place is an instantaneous arrangement of locations that determines the order in which elements are dispersed in coexistence relationships. While space is a more practical place that requires 3 other actual elements in consideration. It also indicates that in everyday life, it is a means to check the opposition of “place” and “space” via the phrases “being-there” and “operations.” In conclusion, their connection is

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