Author: Wing Sum

Cat Links Final Video Essay

Title: [Field-Homework 3] Disappearing City: the General Post Office

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Video Link: https://youtu.be/84obB6eYGOo Description of the theme The theme of the video is to show the significance of the general post office in the urban fabric and account for a reason for the disappearance of the general post office. To present the theme, the video mainly focuses on the history and the architectural significance of the general post office. Description of the subject matter The subject matter is the fourth general post office. It was designed by K.M. Tseng, who is a local architect. The building was located in the heart of Central, positioned near the former waterfront of Victoria

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 6: Housing Stories

Reading Response 2: In Search of the Ghostly in Context : Esther M. K. Cheung

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‘In Search of the Ghostly in Context’ discusses how Fruit Chan’s film explores estrangement through uncanny city spaces: low-cost public housing estates and old neighbourhoods in Hong Kong. He considered these places as the representation of the darker side of Hong Kong, such as social and economic inequality. These spaces are represented through lighting, warped space and shadow in the films, providing questions about the presence, absence, visibility, invisibility, appearance and reality of Hong Kong. In addition, Chan addresses the sense of rootlessness and displacement in the modern city, giving those who have been forgotten by the city an opportunity

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Cat Links Lecture 6: Housing Stories

Moving House Reflection

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I think that the documentary shows a conflict between development and the traditional culture. The development of the Singaporean government forced the people who are dead to move. Although the redevelopment projects seem to benefit the citizens, it still disturbs the dead people who buried there. Urbanisation may cause the tradition to decline and could be loss.

Cat Links Workshop 1: Building Sets, Spaces & the City + Costumes, Characters & Urban Situations

Workshop 2 Exercise Tong Wing Sum

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. It is about a girl who accidentally went to an abandoned city. She spent the whole night finding the others. Yet, she could not find, and she is hopeless now. https://www.deviantart.com/luismoserart/art/Alone-in-the-abandoned-city-622406829 https://stock.adobe.com/hk/images/woman-holding-umbrella-standing-alone-in-abandoned-city-on-a-rainy-winter-night-fantasy-anime-generative-ai/564922608

Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 1: Architecture, Film & The Modern City, Uncategorized

[READING RESPONSE] : Roland Barthes

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In Leaving the Movie Theater, Roland Barthes introduced me to a brand-new idea: the experience of watching movies in theatres creates a hypnotic environment. It deeply affects the enjoyment of the audience. The darkness that surrounds the theater and the screen serves as the only source of light intensify and immerse the audiences into the film. Also, some other settings including the sound play an important role in shaping the immersive experience. These factors are “Lure” that makes audiences having shorter distance with the film as well as escaping from reality. While some people argue that we can now create

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