Author: Dohyun

Cat Links Final Video Essay

[Field-Homework 3] Warm City

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Theme/Concept As you open a box of dimsum, a wave of hot steam immerses deep into your body. The mouthwatering smell takes you on a journey towards heartwarming conversations and life long relationships. Warm City: an investigation into the disappearing dim sum parlors of Hong Kong Directed by: Dohyun Jennifer Kim  “Yum Cha” is a cantonese phrase which literally means “drink tea.” It’s a cherished old tradition in Hong Kong where people gather with their families in dim sum parlors and talk while eating dim sum with tea. When I first came to Hong Kong, I was introduced to this

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 6: Housing Stories

[READING RESPONSE 2] KATARZYNA ANCUTA

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This article is about the relationship between Asian ghosts and urban cities, especially how it’s portrayed in modern films. It dives into how the loneliness of ghosts actually reflects the inhabitants in apartments. Having lived in only apartments my whole life I agree with Ancuta. I never had talked to any of my neighbors. The bustling business of the city makes me want to reduce my interactions to a minimum so that I can keep my social battery to work. The architecture of apartments, just like the article mentions, such as small windows, encourage this isolation of human bonds. There

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Workshop 3: Designing the Video Essay

[Mood Board] “A city that does not sleep” Dohyun Kim

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This mood board portrays the night city scape of Hong Kong. It captures the mystical atmosphere that neon signs give to the many buildings in Hong Kong. Furthermore, it emphasizes how Hong Kong is a city that never sleeps with the neon signs on at all times. The blue and pink color palette contributes to a sense of cool and chilliness that concrete buildings and night time gives. Dohyun Kim 3036192536

Cat Links Lecture 6: Housing Stories

[Class Reflection – Moving Houses] Dohyun Kim

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I was shocked by how the bones were buried and then dug out again. It was also surprising how it started raining. At first I thought it was for an unethical purpose but realized that it was because Singapore’s land mass was so small and the grave had to be moved. I felt sad for the families that had to do this and ruin their traditions. Dohyun Kim 3036192536

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

Workshop 2 Exercise – Dohyun Kim

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Night of the Coronation of the protagonist’s one sided lover since birth. After she becomes the Queen he was going to become part of the most admired Knights of the country. The Bluejays they called them. All covered in the mist no one knew about what they did. They just existed. But that long dark night, the Blue Jays go missing. As he hides behind the walls of the castle garden, the protagonist becomes the only witness. With the murmurs, the whispers and the smokes, the Blue Jays disappear into the thin air. What he had been waiting his whole

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

[Questions for Director Chen] – Dohyun Kim

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I have a few questions for Director Chen and his movie the Dreamland. The main character is working for the estate and keeps on showing many different houses. Does each of the house chosen to explain and show have an architectural meaning? Why did you choose Cambodia as the background of this movie? I noticed that the filming techniques at many time seems like we’re peeking at the characters from behind the curtains or through the doors is there a reason for that? Dohyun Kim 3036192536

Cat Links Fieldwork, Fieldwork

[FIELDWORK REPORT] Dohyun Kim & Ez Kim

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Dohyun Kim:3036192536  Ez Kim:3036030788 Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYx5DTLCbZM Transcript:  Hello everyone and welcome to our video podcast! We are Dohyun Kim and EZ Kim from the University of Hong Kong. Okay so we’re going to dive right into our topic for today: vanishing neon signs. Let’s turn it over to Ez who’s broadcasting live outside. Part 1: What are Neon Signs? E: Wow, it’s so nice to be here. We are currently on Shanghai street at night time. The city is so vibrant, maybe it’s because of the vibrant atmosphere created by the neon signs.  I feel like Neon lighting mainly

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 2: Filming the Asian City

[READING RESPONSE] LEO OU-FAN LEE

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This article looks into the parallelism between the entrance of cinema and Western influence in Shanghai and how it impacted the urban environment of the city. We currently live in a global developed society. However what happened to cities as international exchange accelerated back in the 1930s? The reading explains that there was a changed understanding upon what a modern urban environment was. Theaters started to get built in the Western architectural style and high end theaters only showed Hollywood films, demonstrating a subtle transmission of Western influence into the city’s constructive scenery. This visual change of the architectural landscape

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