hanz – Reflecting Locations

Hans’s report

After my discussion with Katarina, we have finalized some main ideas of our work.

Our concept is doing ‘city similarity’ of Hong Kong and Zurich. We will shoot the footages in our own city separately. Though it is very risky but it is believe that we will find something beyond our imagination in this kind of cooperation.

The definition of ‘city similarity’ is finding the visual similarity of Hong Kong and Zurich. What we would like to discover is not only the similarity of cityscape, people’s behaviour, but also the culture, politic condition and social issue behind what we see and record. Personally it will be amazing to see the non-similarity or similarity in ‘city similarity’.

For me the video sources may not included first-handed footages only, but also the source from broadcasting media too. It is because I believe that people’s culture is strongly affected by media.

Furthermore, We thought about how to present the piece. We got a first rough idea, which is present our work as a video installation. Personally, I prefer use programming to match the footages from Hong Kong and Zurich, then present them in two separated screen. And of course, we are still thinking another way to present. we still discussing about it.

p.s. I’ll start to shoot some footage in the middle of December.

3 assignment from hans

A) I would like to explore the “Visual Simulation” between Hong Kong and Zurich’s space. The reason why I choose this element because I believe that there must be something similar in each society and country. And it will observe the differences of culture, livelihood and thinking between Hong Kong and Zurich in these similarity of the use of the space or the people’s movement.

I estimate the work with involved video element and sound, since it’s always a great ways to observe.

B) I would like to use the footages from TV or other broadcast media, since I do think that the media is a great way to represent the life style of the society. Also I would like to shoot some footages by myself too, in order to have more first-person experience about the spaces in Zurich and Hong Kong .

At this moment, I still can’t decide who I would like to co-operate, since it is good to have chemical reaction with any people who have different cultural background with myself. And it is sure that all the Zurich friends will inspire my work a lot, in to a more dramatic work.

C) What we see/ common sound/ Different in the simulation

Second assignment

Sorry for my delay, since my previous smartphone was not working, so I’ve just bought a new one.

This is the professional music recording and rehearsal room in Hong Kong. The photos is taken when I have a rehearsal with a famous local singer (Though I’ve never listen her songs).

This is the band room that I’ve rented in an industrial building. Local musicians usually rent a room in industrial buildings to make their own studio. This band room belongs to my band – Prune Deer.

This is the G Floor of the industrial building, which is a car park.

My band room is in Kwun Tong, which is a industrial area.
it’s Kwun Tong night view,

Instead of just playing music, I also work for the commercial sound mix and commercial background music. This are the two Video studio at I usually work in.