Integrated Spectacle Perpetuation Within Metro China
Emma Hamilton
[Ed. note: this post is part of a Student Voices section on Hong Kong, Shanghai, cities, screens, and spectacle. For more background on …
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Disenchantment of the Spectacle: What Happens When the Lights are Turned Off
Madeline Dippel
In this essay, Madeline Dippel, a student at Indiana University, considers how public screens shape architecture and engagement, particularly when the spectacular lights of the screens are "turned off" creating both sensibilities of enchantment and disenchantment.
The Ordinary vs. The Spectacular
Maggie Farwig
In this essay, Maggie Farwig, a student at Indiana University, considers the ways in which screens manifest in the practices of everyday life in both ordinary and spectacular ways, creating both connections and disconnections and blurring relations between public and private.
Micro to Macro in Hong Kong and Shanghai: How Media Cities View Mega Screens
Celia Grubba
In this essay, Celia Grubba, a student from Indiana University, discusses the ways in which public screens position and constitute China as global and cosmopolitan.
The Screen City and the Absence of Choice
Calvin Badger
In this essay, Calvin Badger, a student at Indiana University, analyzes the extent to which individuals can express agency vis a vis public screens in Shanghai and Hong Kong, considering the ways in which those screens are bound up with relations of power in the city.
The Use of Enchantment in Shanghai and Hong Kong
Naomi Farahan
In this essay, Naomi Farahan, a student at Indiana University, analyzes ways in which public screens in Shanghai and Hong Kong work as forms of enchantment, questioning precisely for whom this enchantment is intended.
Light Wins: Commercial Placemaking and Public Screens
Kyle Winkel
In this essay, Kyle Winkel, a student at Indiana University, considers the ways in which advertisers utilize light art and technology as a way to captivate increasingly desensitized passerby in public screen spectacles in urban Hong Kong.
The Spectacle of Screen Environments
Kyle McClarney
In this essay, Kyle McClarney, a student at Indiana University, explores the ways in which public screens become "integrated spectacles" in their environments in Hong Kong and Shanghai.