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Reading Response: Ackbar Abbas

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The article mainly discusses the concept of disappearance. It has provided some examples of Hong Kong historical buildings such as Repulse Bay Hotel to state the difference between colonial time and the present days.  After reading the article, I have raised the concern of cultural preservation. Through some old films or photos, we can see different functions or appearances of the same building or site. This helps us to compare the appearances and disappearances of the building. We can learn the history behind those buildings and sites. Moreover, some historical buildings and sites are the common memory of one’s generation,

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Reading Response: Ackbar Abbas

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I pretty much appreciate the conception of ‘aesthetics of boredom’ mentioned in this article. I always feel empty and anxious when the feeling called ‘boredom’ hits me, and then I will drag something to do so that I can feel ‘filled.’ But Warhol is an artist who spends time investigating ‘boring’ things. I feel comforted knowing this. In the world, some people are bearing no effort to make their lives efficient, while some others are spending 1 second as 1 second and 1 minute as 1 minute, peacefully sitting with ‘time’ side by side. I guess that’s how the world

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Upon reflection, the reading is an exceptionally well-articulated, realistic portrayal of local cultural identity when things which hold dear to us disappear within our lives. In my opinion, the quote “unfamiliar in the familiar, that is, the unfamiliar that is half-seen or seen subliminally behind the seen/scene of the familiar” sums up this paradoxical idea, revealing this sense of emptiness and hollowness despite being in an environment that one is comfortable with. One prominent example I can deeply relate to was when Kowloon Walled City was converted into an urban park in 1987, with people who were previously living there

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