Fading Neon Lights An Archive Of Hong Kong S Visual Culture
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Fading Neon Lights An Archive Of Hong Kong S Visual Culture
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Author : Brian Sze-hang KWOK
language : en
Publisher: City University of HK Press
Release Date : 2023-03-10
Fading Neon Lights An Archive Of Hong Kong S Visual Culture written by Brian Sze-hang KWOK and has been published by City University of HK Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-10 with Social Science categories.
Suspended above us with intricate patterns and flamboyant colours, the neon signs of Hong Kong easily guide us to local businesses, Chinese restaurants, bars, and department stores. Apart from marketing and advertising, these neon signs actually convey much more — and mean much more to those who view the signs as a part of their home. This book documents Hong Kong’s neon signs whilst taking on a historical, socio-cultural, and contextual study of visual culture around the city. It explores the inter-related components of neon signs, including each sign’s unique visual aesthetic and design, the history of craftsmanship and training, and how the streetscape relates to Hong Kong’s consumer culture. With an underlying theme of photographic conservation and an array of vibrant images, the author brings the everyday signage of Hong Kong to life.
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Author : 郭斯恆
language : zh-CN
Publisher: 三聯書店（香港）有限公司
Release Date : 2024-07-01
written by 郭斯恆 and has been published by 三聯書店（香港）有限公司 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-01 with Art categories.
走進南華霓虹燈電器廠有限公司採訪，是郭斯恆深入了解香港霓虹招牌發展歷史的開端。「南華」捐贈了大約七百多張手稿給香港理工大學設計學院用作視覺文化研究和教學用途。郭斯恆及其團隊透過整理二百多張食肆的霓虹招牌手稿，以從側面探討香港五十至七十年代的飲食文化，以至不同年代的社會、民生和經濟狀況。 二○一八年，郭斯恆將霓虹招牌的記錄成果出版成《霓虹黯色——香港街道視覺文化記錄》一書；二○二四年，《霓虹艷色——餐飲招牌手稿視覺記錄》乃是前作的延續，重新編寫了部分內容，同時增加了更多資料：第一章，補充了不少有關香港霓虹招牌的歷史；第二章，特別整理了香港餐飲業的轉變，例如從茶樓發展到酒樓、西餐廳及冰室的特色，以至今天成行成市的茶餐廳等；第三章，主要分析霓虹招牌手稿的視覺美學，包括招牌的外形、字體、顏色及圖案等；第四章，集中展示霓虹招牌的手稿，讓讀者能近距離欣賞。 雖然現在街上的霓虹招牌數目大幅減少，但憑藉賞析書中的霓虹招牌手稿，不但能讓讀者對其工藝及美學加深了解，更可為香港霓虹燈的歷史留下了艷麗的色彩。
The Everyday In Visual Culture
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Author : François Penz
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-05-30
The Everyday In Visual Culture written by François Penz and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-30 with Art categories.
This book explores how the comparative analysis of visual cultural artefacts, from objects to architecture and fiction films, can contribute to our understanding of everyday life in homes and cities around the globe. Investigating the multiple facets of the everyday, this interdisciplinary collection generates a new awareness of everyday lives across cultures and challenges our traditional understanding of the everyday by interweaving new thematic connections. It brings together debates around the analysis of the everyday in visual culture more broadly and explores the creation of innovative technological methods for comparative approaches to the study of the everyday, such as film databases, as well as the celebration of the everyday in museums. The volume is organized around four key themes. It explores the slices of everyday lives found in Visual Culture (Part I), Museums (Part II), the City (Part III) and the Home (Part IV). The book explores the growing area of the analysis of everyday life through visual culture both broadly and in depth. By building interdisciplinary connections, this book is ideal for the emerging community of scholars and students stemming from Visual Culture, Film and Media Studies, Architecture Studies and practice, Museum Studies, and scholars of Sociology and Anthropology as well as offering fresh insights into cutting-edge tools and practices for the rapidly growing field of Digital Humanities.
Reading The Visual
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Author : Tony Schirato
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-29
Reading The Visual written by Tony Schirato and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
From the body to the ever-present lens, the world is increasingly preoccupied with the visual. What exactly is the visual' and how can we interpret the multitude of images that bombard us every day? Reading the Visual takes as its starting point a tacit familiarity with the visual, and shows how we see even ordinary objects through the frameworks and filters of culture and personal experience. It explains how to analyse the mechanisms, conventions, contexts and uses of the visual in western cultures to make sense of visual objects of all kinds. Drawing on a range of theorists including John Berger, Foucault, Bourdieu and Crary, the authors outline our relationship to the visual, tracing changes to literacies, genres and pleasures affecting ways of seeing from the Enlightenment to the advent of virtual technology. Reading the Visual is an invaluable introduction to visual culture for readers across the humanities and social sciences. Eloquently written, admirably clear, passionately argued, Schirato and Webb have given us one of the best textbooks on the emergent field of visual culture. Smart, clear and relevant examples challenge readers to question their visual environments and become critics and creators themselves.' Professor Sean Cubitt, University of Waikato This is a splendid book. It is both intellectually sophisticated and written in an extremely accessible manner.' Professor Jim McGuigan, Loughborough University This book treats the interpretation and value of visual artefacts with depth, while remaining highly accessible. It is very readable: written in a lively and engaging style with examples that are refreshing and up-to-date.' Professor Guy Julier, Leeds Metropolitan University
Hong Kong
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Author : Ed van der Elsken
language : en
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing
Release Date : 1997
Hong Kong written by Ed van der Elsken and has been published by Dewi Lewis Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Documentary photography categories.
Van der Elsken's photographs of Hong Kong show a city of extraordinary atmosphere. Taken in 1959 and 1960 - though previously unpublished - they present a city not yet overwhelmed by neon and high-rise; a city that combines a deep sense of tradition with energy in its streets which is both exhilarating and exhausting. A magnificent work of 96 duotone plates by one of the major photographers of the 20th century.
Lust Caution
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Author : Eileen Chang
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date : 2016-11-03
Lust Caution written by Eileen Chang and has been published by Penguin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-03 with China categories.
In 1940s Shanghai, beautiful young Jiazhi spends her days playing mahjong and drinking tea with high society ladies. But China is occupied by invading Japanese forces and things are not always what they seem in wartime. Jiazhi's life is a front. A patriotic student radical, her mission is to seduce a powerful employee of the occupying government and lead him to the assassin's bullet. Yet as she waits for him to arrive at their liaison, Jiazhi begins to wonder if she is cut out to be a femme fatale and coldly take Mr Yi to his death. Or is she beginning to fall in love with him? A passionate tale of espionage, deception and love, Lust, Caution is accompanied here by four further dazzling short stories by Eileen Chang.
Flickering Light
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Author : Christoph Ribbat
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-07-15
Flickering Light written by Christoph Ribbat and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-15 with History categories.
Without neon, Las Vegas might still be a sleepy desert town in Nevada and Times Square merely another busy intersection in New York City. Transformed by the installation of these brightly colored signs, these destinations are now world-famous, representing the vibrant heart of popular culture. But for some, neon lighting represents the worst of commercialism. Energized by the conflicting love and hatred people have for neon, Flickering Light explores its technological and intellectual history, from the discovery of the noble gas in late nineteenth-century London to its fading popularity today. Christoph Ribbat follows writers, artists, and musicians—from cultural critic Theodor Adorno, British rock band the Verve, and artist Tracey Emin to Vladimir Nabokov, Langston Hughes, and American country singers—through the neon cities in Europe, America, and Asia, demonstrating how they turned these blinking lights and letters into metaphors of the modern era. He examines how gifted craftsmen carefully sculpted neon advertisements, introducing elegance to modern metropolises during neon’s heyday between the wars followed by its subsequent popularity in Las Vegas during the 1950s and '60s. Ribbat ends with a melancholy discussion of neon’s decline, describing how these glowing signs and installations came to be seen as dated and characteristic of run-down neighborhoods. From elaborate neon lighting displays to neglected diner signs with unlit letters, Flickering Light tells the engrossing story of how a glowing tube of gas took over the world—and faded almost as quickly as it arrived.
To Ky Oo
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Author : Liam Wong
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2020-07-14
To Ky Oo written by Liam Wong and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with Photography categories.
Photographer Liam Wong’s debut monograph, a cyberpunk-inspired exploration of nocturnal Tokyo. Featuring evocative and stunning color photographs of contemporary Tokyo, this book brings together the images of an exciting new photographic talent, Liam Wong. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, Wong studied computer arts in college and, by the time he was twenty-five, was living in Canada and working as a director at one of the world’s leading video game companies. His job took him to Tokyo for the first time, where he discovered the ethereality of floating worlds and the lurid allure of Tokyo’s nocturnal scenes. “I got lost in the beauty of Tokyo at night,” he explains. A testament to the deep art of color composition, this publication brings together a refined body of images that are evocative, timeless, and completely transporting. This volume also features Wong’s creative and technical processes, including identifying the right scene, capturing the essence of a moment, and methods to enhance color values—insights that are invaluable to admirers and photography students alike.
War And Popular Culture
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Author : Chang-tai Hung
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-12-22
War And Popular Culture written by Chang-tai Hung and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-22 with History categories.
This is the first comprehensive study of popular culture in twentieth-century China, and of its political impact during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 (known in China as "The War of Resistance against Japan"). Chang-tai Hung shows in compelling detail how Chinese resisters used a variety of popular cultural forms—especially dramas, cartoons, and newspapers—to reach out to the rural audience and galvanize support for the war cause. While the Nationalists used popular culture as a patriotic tool, the Communists refashioned it into a socialist propaganda instrument, creating lively symbols of peasant heroes and joyful images of village life under their rule. In the end, Hung argues, the Communists' use of popular culture contributed to their victory in revolution. This is the first comprehensive study of popular culture in twentieth-century China, and of its political impact during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 (known in China as "The War of Resistance against Japan"). Chang-tai Hung shows in compelling detail
Kerry James Marshall
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Author : Greg Tate
language : en
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Release Date : 2017-06-12
Kerry James Marshall written by Greg Tate and has been published by Phaidon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-12 with Art categories.
The most comprehensive book yet on this inspired, inventive chronicler of the African-American experience Alabama-born, Chicago-based Kerry James Marshall is one of the most exciting artists working today. Critically and commercially acclaimed, the painter is known for his representation of the history of African-American identity in Western art. Conversant with a wide typology of styles, subjects, and techniques, from abstraction to realism and comics, Marshall synthesizes different traditions and genres in his work while seeking to counter stereotypical depictions of black people in society. This is the most comprehensive overview available of his remarkable career.