Joseph Clement at Film, Media, and Toronto’s Built Environment
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Our coverage of "Film, Media, and Toronto's Built Environment" continues with a presentation from filmmaker and architect Joseph Clement.
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Visualising Spatial Injustice Q&A (Part Two: Miranda Pennell)
byIn the second part of our Visualizing Spatial Injustice Q&A, the symposium organizers spoke to the London-based artist and filmmaker Miranda Pennell about her …
Visualising Spatial Injustice Q&A (Part One: Alberto Toscano)
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The organizers of Kent's recent Visualising Spatial Injustice conference reflect on it and interview one of their keynote speakers, Alberto Toscano.
Directing the Consumer’s Attention through Public Screens: A Critical View
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[Ed. note: this post is part of a Student Voices section on Hong Kong, Shanghai, cities, screens, and spectacle. For more background on …
Integrated Spectacle Perpetuation Within Metro China
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[Ed. note: this post is part of a Student Voices section on Hong Kong, Shanghai, cities, screens, and spectacle. For more background on …
Disenchantment of the Spectacle: What Happens When the Lights are Turned Off
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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.
Access, Control, and Consent in the Urban Metropolises of Hong Kong and Shanghai
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In this essay, Keenan Lacy-Rhodes, a student at Indiana University, discusses the ways in which large public screens communicate and constitutes a global, commercial elite, further exacerbating inequalities within Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The Ordinary vs. The Spectacular
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Uncovering the Media City: Public Screens and Urban China
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Stephanie DeBoer introduces a new installment of Student Voices by situating her students' essays on Hong Kong and Shanghai in discussions of public screens, global publics, and the dispositif.