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Monday, January 4th, 2010illuminated Guangzhou/2
Monday, January 4th, 2010
A Cinderella-esque skyline
In Guangzhou city centre, along the banks of the Pearl River, after dusk, light displays bring buildings and bridges to life. During the day, the contours of the hotels, apartment buildings and offices that line the river are smudged into forgettable oblivion by the greyish humid, smog-filled air.
And then, as soon as darkness has fallen, they’re dolled up with colourful neon or LED-lights and screens. Vying for attention like assertive wallflowers at a school ball, mindless yet mesmerizing animations, shapes, colour-shifts, often spanning the whole facade, turn them into the belles of the ball. Only to be turned back into black shadows again as the clock strikes 10 pm.
illuminated Guangzhou/1
Monday, January 4th, 2010不/bù/no
Friday, December 25th, 2009
Near the busstop where I often wait for the number 3 bus from campus to town, I noticed this banner hanging at eyelevel. More to the point, I noticed the character that had been added to the original message by punching holes in the fabric. It was the character 不 [bù] meaning no or not.
The horizontal strip of red fabric, and the yellow message printed on it, make up a format that is ubiquitious throughout China: that of government (either national, regional or local) slogans. Whoever had punched those holes, had made an adjustment to the banner that negated the message*. The bright sunlight cast sharp shadows, and in the case of the banner, it’s shadow projected very clearly only the message NO.
Whether intentional, or coincidental, it conveyed a very strong visual statement.
To see the whole banner, click HERE.
*(don’t)DO IT NOW, DO IT FOR YOURSELF, KEEP AWAY FROM SMALL GOODS BEING SOLD ON THE STREET
and escalators too
Monday, December 14th, 2009stairs as message bearers
Monday, December 14th, 2009
the backward walk
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Near Ersha Island, this elderly gentleman is doing the backward walk. As always a slightly perplexing, and I have to admit, amusing, exercise. He does not seem particularly pleased that I’m recording his moves for posterity.
camouflage
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
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Guangzhou tv-tower
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Today I finally got around to checking out Guangzhou’s new landmark TV and Siteseeing Tower, designed by Dutch architect office Information Based Architecture. It’s sheer height (610 m including the antenna) makes it an hard to miss in the skyline of Guangzhou. (That is, on those rare days that the smog and/or humidity don’t shroud the city in a blanket of fuzziness.)
heels 04
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009