[Video Essay]: The Slow City: An Ethereal Exploration of Pier Melancholy The theme and the settings In Hong Kong, piers have played a historically important role in the transportation infrastructure, connecting people and goods to the surrounding areas. However, with the advent of a more technologically advanced era, reliance on ships for transportation has declined significantly. Piers have become the most precious and valuable leisure spaces in Hong Kong. The shift of piers from transportation hubs to leisure destinations is mainly due to the fast-paced lifestyle of Hongkongers as well as their growing desire to find a refuge from the

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Fast City: Cafe Directed by: Filbert David Tejalaksana (3035945699) Theme and Subject Matter Fast city signifies how Hong Kong has been gradually coming closer and closer to the dystopian city that has appeared with Hong Kong as referenced in many movies such as the recent Ten Years, Blade Runner (1982) and Ghost in the Shell (2017). This theme takes into irony the slowness and calmness of the coffee industry in Hong Kong, opposing the fast and high turnover rates in the f&b industry in HK. This statement is shown in the short clip with much of the video being heavily

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YezitLwbtCc Introduction The place being chosen and investigated is the Tang Ancestral Hall in the Ping Shan Heritage Trail, which is the main ancestral hall for the Tangs in Ping Shan. Description of the Tang Ancestral Hall According to the Tang genealogy, the ancestral hall was built by Tang Fong Shun about 700 years ago to commemorate founding ancestor Tang Chung Ling. Tang Ancestral Hall has the most traditional Chinese style design. First, it is a three-hall structure, containing two internal courtyards. It is one of the finest examples of this kind of buildings in Hong Kong. Besides, the materials

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Alleyways are a staple of the Hong Kong urban landscape, and through this essay I aim to value them as an important element of the cityscape of the city. The video is a short take on alleyways, how they are a lot more than simple narrow passageways if one takes the time to reflect upon them.   My original plan was to film the streets of Hong Kong and discuss their diversity in terms of looks and quantity of sights to be seen on them. The streets in Hong Kong truly are a unique identifier of the city’s landscape which

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