Dr Judith Audin, researcher, CEFC Hong Kong, chief editor of China Perspectives Dr Katiana Le Mentec, researcher, CNRS, CCJ (CNRS/EHESS/UdP) Call for abstracts for a panel (EACS 2020, 25-29 August 2020) Call for abstracts for a publication project (China Perspectives, 2021) Rubble, Ruins and Abandoned Spaces in Urban China Ethnographic Explorations Urban ruins constitute ubiquitous […]
After a long break from urbex in China, I am back on my blog with an interesting exploration: an Olympic ruin in Beijing. The Spectacle of Post-Olympic Architecture in Beijing While I have been exploring many abandoned buildings in this city, it is only recently that I decided to engage with the issue of the […]
International Workshop Ruinscapes in Urban China 中國城市廢墟空間 Friday 21 December 2018 Venue The Chinese University of Hong Kong Yasumoto International Academic Park, Centre for China Studies, CCS Resources Room (YIA 1118-1119) Lecture Theatre 1, Esther Lee Building Ruins, abandoned buildings, decaying places, derelict architecture, produce a diversity of forms, meanings and practices, as […]
Dr Judith Audin, researcher, CEFC Hong Kong, chief editor, China Perspectives jaudin@cefc.com.hk Open Call for Participation 邀请参与我们的网络！ Research Network on Urban Ruins in Contemporary China 当代中国城市废墟的研究网络 This concept note aims to build an international research group of scholars, artists, and urban explorers focusing on ruins and ruination processes in urban China. Urban ruins constitute […]
If a place can be defined as relational, historical and concerned with identity, then a space which cannot be defined as relational, historical and concerned with identity will be a non-place. Marc Augé, Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity, London, Verso, 1995, p. 77-78. This report is about a « new town » near Tianjin called […]
This month, I spent a few days in Datong, and I had time to go back to some of my favorite abandoned places in China. One of them was the coal gasification plant. My many visits there, from 2015 until 2018, allowed me to discover many treasures… If you are interested in the historical background […]
Pour le second épisode de ma série « rap et urbex », je vous propose de regarder de plus près un très beau clip de Youssoupha, sorti en 2015 pour sa chanson « Niquer ma vie ». Tourné dans un célèbre sanatorium désaffecté, je vous présenterai le clip, les expériences des vidéastes Anthony Abdelli et José Eon, qui étaient […]
The City and its Double Symposium 27 March 2018 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Room 419, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Organized concurrently by the Faculty of Architecture, HKU, with “HERE / NOT HERE”, a photographic dialogue around Hong Kong including photos by photographer Michel Eisenlohr and visual artist […]
Le rap : un sport d’esclave qui porte l’espoir D’une jeunesse oubliée, on fait du street art sur les bancs de l’Histoire Nos barres d’immeubles font partie des meubles Médine, Prose Élite (2017) Voici un simple extrait de chanson où coexistent les termes « rap », « sport », « street art », « barres d’immeubles » (mais aussi l’opposition « esclave »/ »Histoire »), et qui […]
The failed revitalisation project of a Tai She Wan 大蛇灣 abandoned village In this new report, I present my latest visit to a failed project of holiday resort, located in a remote bay near Sai Kung. What is interesting about it is that it was implemented as a way to revitalize the ghost village of […]