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Cat Links Fieldwork, Final Video Essay

[Field- Homework3] – Hybrid City: Man Wah Sun Chuen

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link for the video: https://youtu.be/MQKeyBHxCn0 Hybrid city: Man Wah Sun Chuen Canopy, an element that might vanish soon due to safety reasons and misuse of the structure, is showcasing human ingenuity to reimagine spaces. It is suspected that canopy might be vanished because of  big cracks appearing on the surface, having safety risks. Also, there are supporting metal structures to bear the weight of the additional objects on the canopy due to misuse of the canopy. In this video, we will look into the common practices for residents in utilizing these areas, discover how residents and shop owners use the

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Cat Links Lecture 6: Housing Stories

[Reading Response2] Katarzyna Ancuta: ‘Communal After-Living: Asian Ghosts and the City’

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This reading is mainly looking into three themes: co-living for the ghosts and living,  loneliness and isolation, and the ghosts as a representation of failed economic dreams.    What captivates me the most, is the relationship between the city, public housing and ghosts. Public housing often appears in blocks of concrete filled with small windows, catering to low-to-medium income level citizens. There’s a quote that resonates with me, “ The loneliness of apartment ghosts mirrors the loneliness of humans.” I noticed its lack of maintenance, such as peeling walls and gloomy staircases, would always give me chills. Adult residents, burdened

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Cat Links Lecture 6: Housing Stories

“Moving House reflection”

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It is hard to imagine the feeling of relocating your family members’ ashes because of government’s policy. I am glad that they are feeling positive despite the challenges, and their act would help 90% of Singapore’s population to have their own houses. The theme in this video shows how citizen’s attitude would influences the housing problem in Singapore. Tsang Shuk Yin

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Workshop 2 exercise (Tsang Shuk Yin)

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(from pinterest) These two pictures describes the emotion of embracing the raindrops after being angry and disappointed. Once the protagonist realized a new day is coming after the midnight, he/she found happiness by feeling the connection with the nature. The location chose is city and beach, the protagonist can  run from the city side to the beach, eventually lying down and enjoying his/her me-time.

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

[READING RESPONSE] Roland Barthes: Leaving the Movie Theater

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Roland proposed the idea that movie theaters can be seen as ‘hypnotic’, which is caused by the ‘cinema situation’. It refers to the darkness intended to separate reality and emerging/ enclosing audiences as if they are in a cocoon. With the film image as the only light source in the theater, audiences are ‘glued’ to the film. However, we can be unglued from this situation through two ways— image and surroundings.   I appreciate the idea of Roland analyzing theater as two separate elements: the film image that acts as a surface layer and surroundings that are crucial to understand a

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