In this book, Hong Kong is seen as a labyrinth, a postmodern site of capitalist desires, and a panoptic space both homely and unhomely. The author maps out various specific locations of the city through the intertwined disciplines of street photography, autoethnography and psychogeography. By meandering through the urban landscape and taking street photographs, this form of practice is open to the various metaphors, atmospheres and visual discourses offered up by the street scenes. The result is a practice-led research project informed by both documentary and creative writing that seeks to articulate thinking via the process of art-making.
As a research project on the affective mapping of places in the city, the book examines what Hong Kong is, as thought and felt by the person on the street. It explores the everyday experiences afforded by the city through the figure of the flâneur wandering in shopping districts and street markets. Through his own street photographs and drawing from the writings of Byung-Chul Han, Walter Benjamin and Michel de Certeau, the author explores feelings, affects, and states of mind as he explores the city and its social life.
Author(s): Eddie Tay
Series: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 114
City: Cham
Acknowledgement
Contents
List of Figures
1: Introduction
The Flâneur and the City as a State of Mind
The Writing of Place
Street Photography and Visual Ethnography
Practice-Led Research
Subsequent Chapters
Works Cited
2: Tsim Sha Tsui as Labyrinth
Works Cited
3: The Mall and Park as Heterotopic Spaces
Works Cited
4: Street Markets of Sham Shui Po: Going on a Dérive
Works Cited
5: Embodied Mobilities: On the Subway, Cycling, Running
An Embodied Mobilities Approach
Commuting by Subway
Cycling
Recreational Running
Trail Running
Works Cited
Conclusion
Index
