香港
Hong Kong
Douban
Caroline Knowles
/
Douglas Harper
publishing house:
University Of Chicago Press
2010
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In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city’s status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. Hong Kong is a tour of the city’s postcolonial urban landscape, innovatively told through fieldwork and photography.
Caroline Knowles and Douglas Harper’s point of entry into Hong Kong is the unusual position of the British expatriates who chose to remain in the city after the transition. Now a relatively insignificant presence, British migrants in Hong Kong have become intimately connected with another small minority group there: immigrants from Southeast Asia. The lives, journeys, and stories of these two groups bring to life a place where the past continues to resonate for all its residents, even as the city hurtles forward into a future marked by transience and transition. By skillfully blending ethnographic and visual approaches, Hong Kong offers a fascinating guide to a city that is at once unique in its recent history and exemplary of our globalized present.
七一孖你遊香港
Douban
白雙全
publishing house:
70+文字/藝術工作室
2005
從沙士、七一，走到曾蔭權上場；從鬥志激昂退到冷眼旁觀，「圖文城市」一書兩冊，是屬於「我們」的視覺日記，曾於《明報》與讀者每周相見，誌記?這個城市兩年多以來的變化。
白雙全自2003年起於《明報》「生活」副刊「圖文城市‧單身看」專欄發表的圖文作品，令讀者留下深刻印象。從個人生活中體驗政治、城市生活的疏離感，與 讀者一起從小處?眼，重新思考政治論述、社會議題的荒謬。「單身看」分為七個主題，間以時事貫穿起我們的共同記憶。白雙全有時緊貼社會時事，反映各種政治 鬧劇的不近人情或荒謬處境；有時又把習以為常、微不足道但又體己貼心的生活體驗，以詩人的觸覺，利用攝影紀錄或實物拼貼的方式，化成視覺日記。例如「董特 首開給財爺和李局長的一張書單」，是他從書店買來的書籍題目上的第一個字，在列印出來的單據上拼湊成了一句句子。這種「參與式概念創作」 (participatory conceptual art)，有別於以形象呈現為創作手法的政治漫畫或主題插圖，不但抵死幽默、充滿人情味，更突顯「後沙士」與後「七一」新一代，另類方式參與及反思政治 與城市的生活態度。
陪伴大家上路，將會首先推出「七一孖你遊香港」；作者將於遊行沿途發表作品，隨後再於書店展出原作。
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