Important for understand both inward and outward port cargo. Seaborn and Riverborn. TEU may refer to:
Ch. 8 City and Country Leo Ou-fan Lee
Blurring of the border between China and Hong Kong (243)
- “Since 2003, […] as money and investment from China has poured in, the Hong Kong stock market has become even more frenzied. Meanwhile, more and more Hong Kong industries have relocated across the border, as businessmen invest in construction and other projects all over China. And an increasing number of Hong Kong residents have bought new homes or second homes in Shenzhen, Dongguan, or other Chinese cities near the border, where the price of housing is considerably cheaper. As border-crossing becomes a daily routine, the border itself becomes increasingly blurred” (243).
Other forms of division/resentment still exists.
CIA Census of HK
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
Some notes:
Natural resources: deep maritime harbor, feldspar, VERY limited natural resources.
Geography: located in SE Asia near China, sub-tropical climate, composed of many islands, relatively LARGE/CONDENSED population.
Population: 7,089,705 (July 2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 99
Terrain: hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
Area: total: 1,104 sq kmcountry comparison to the world: 183land: 1,054 sq kmwater: 50 sq km(Only 6Xs the size of washington DC)
Economy: 92.3% Service trade, 7.6% Industry, 0.1% Agriculture. It is highly reliant on international trade goods for GDP, and food supply/resources and finance. Main trade partner is Mainland China, accounts for half of HK exports by value. Is steadily utilizing more Chinese RMB, though still links its currency closely to US Dollar since established in 1983. Becoming more integrated with economy of China, good thing since China has a strong and growing economy, already helped HK get out of Economic crisis quickly.
Industry: textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks
Exports: $382.6 billion (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 12 $321.8 billion (2009 est.)
Imports: China 46.4%, Japan 8.8%, Taiwan 6.5%, Singapore 6.5%, US 5.3% (2009)
Exchange rate: Hong Kong dollars (HKD) per US dollar - 7.78 (2010) [value has decreased]
COMMUNICATION: HK is very media savvy. Internet users: 4.873 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 47
POLITICS:
Hong Kong Special Administrative System. Limited Democracy. Can vote but the electoral votes are limited to representatives already established or chosen by China.
Suffage:
direct election - 18 years of age for half the legislature and a majority of seats in 18 district councils; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years
indirect election - limited to about 220,000 members of functional constituencies for the other half of the legislature and an 800-member election committee for the chief executive drawn from broad sectoral groupings, central government bodies, and municipal organizations
Basic law passed in 1990 crucial to art production.
Government based on English Common Law.
The Other: Hong Kong Experimental Shorts
Videotage’s first presentation of local experimental videos in 2011
*Q&A session follows after the screening
Working thesis
My thesis states that in looking at Hong Kong within the Panasian context, its geographic aspects of as a port space and its geopolitical position as an island on the periphery of Mainland China signify and integrally shape the logic and dynamics of the Hong Kong art scene itself. The entrance of new media art into the Panasian art scene both accentuates the site-specific nature of Hong Kong art, while also creating a new virtual space for Hong Kong artists to establish and redefine their positionality within the Panasian context. Indeed, the interstitial nature of new media art acts as a cipher for Hong Kong’s own geopolitical nature as a liminal place in the context of Panasia. The artist Ellen Pau is a fitting paradigm to illustrate the specifics of Hong Kong’s art production, because while she is a quintessential representative of Hong Kong artists, her work is counter-trend resisting the dominant trend of Hong Kong art. Interestingly, the ambiguity of Pau’s position as an artist reflects Hong Kong’s own ambiguous position within the geographical, cultural, political, and national contexts of Panasia.
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Intro
-Thesis, clearly define.
-Container Culture, lead into Ellen Pau, lead into Hong Kong as a Port, Hong Kong as a liminal space, new media art as a liminal space constructed through networks.
*Integrate* historical background throughout, crucial to understanding Hong Kong art and political context but does not follow paradigm of other structural elements. Too linear.
Theory:
-Site-specificity, location, place in relation to identity
-Liminality, interstiality, intersectional, intersubjective (?)
-Panasia, East/West
-Traditional vs. Modern, East/West
Narratives:
-New media art (before/after)
-Ellen Pau/Videotage
-Hong Kong art(before/now)
-China/Korean/Taiwan art
-Concept of Panasia (East and West)
-Hong Kong as a port space (in relation to China/England).
*Develop* Methodology
- research (books, catalogs, articles, journals), watching video art from Nam June Paik to Ellen Pau, looking at Videotage documentation, Interview with Ellen Pau, Videotage emails, going to “panasian” exhibitions. Contextual analysis, both quantitative and qualitative. Case study of Ellen Pau to illustrate larger paradigm of Hong Kong and of new media art in Panasia.
Conclusion:
-Restate Thesis, why is Ellen Pau unique (why do we care?). Role of new media art in the future. Why is my thesis important, what does it contribute to the academic field?
*Start building* Bibliography:
-Books
-website
-articles
-videos
-exhibition catalogs
-interview with Ellen
