{"id":680,"date":"2013-09-22T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/porosity\/?p=680"},"modified":"2013-09-22T03:52:05","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T10:52:05","slug":"chris-and-evas-work-in-progress-example-of-cage-house-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/porosity\/blog\/2013\/09\/chris-and-evas-work-in-progress-example-of-cage-house-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris and Eva&#8217;s Work in Progress, example of &#8220;cage house&#8221; interior&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/porosity\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC_02761.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/porosity\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC_02662.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/porosity\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC_02761.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/porosity\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC_02661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-682\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/porosity\/files\/2013\/09\/DSC_02661.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW PLAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Problem\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the psychological, socio-cultural, political and economic effects of high-density living conditions in Hong Kong?\u00a0 Particularly in relation to the phenomena of the \u201ccage house\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>How has this problem been addressed historically?\n<ul>\n<li>What might be problematic about this historical development?<\/li>\n<li>What is commendable about the historical solutions?\n<ul>\n<li>E.g. Intergenerational occupation of the dwellings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How we have addressed this problem:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Logistics\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reconstructing a life sized \u201ccage house\u201d<\/li>\n<li>With walls made out of its contents, forming a visible, porous cube\n<ul>\n<li>i.e. The walls will not be packed so tightly with materials that the viewer cannot see through them<\/li>\n<li>Within the confines of these partially transparent walls will be a few items of furniture representing some typical belongings of families who live in such houses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concept\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main idea = To reflect on the problem of limited space as a perceived limitation rather than an actual limitation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A depiction of the limited space that many Hong Kong people live within\n<ul>\n<li>Evidence of a family of four being the occupants of the space<\/li>\n<li>Drawing attention to both the consequences of high-density urban living for many of Hong Kong\u2019s inhabitants, as well as the ingenuity of those who adapt to living within such spaces.<\/li>\n<li>By removing the surface of the walls surrounding the home, and allowing the stacked possessions to be seen, the viewer is given an alternate perspective of the cage house.\n<ul>\n<li>Feelings of claustrophobia might be evoked by the amount of items packed into the wall cavity<\/li>\n<li>A sense of the process of negotiating limited space with others might be obtained by observing the remnants of human occupation found within the house (e.g. a table with 4 bowls and chopsticks left on it, an unmade bunk bed with 4 pillows etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Drawing attention to the propensity of Hong Kong residents to hem themselves in with their possessions &#8211; it is an interesting choice to live in such small spaces as opposed to developing more of the available space in the outer regions of Hong Kong.<\/li>\n<li>The nature of the items themselves may also lead the viewer to draw conclusions about the socioeconomic status, tastes, values, and traditions of the imagined occupants of such a space.<\/li>\n<li>A sense of the history of those who might have occupied the house previously might also be observable in the layers of materials cast into the fibres of the wall.<\/li>\n<li>The concept of voyeurism also becomes relevant as the viewer peers through the gaps in the walls and into the house.\u00a0 This subsequently draws attention to the viewer him\/herself, and might provoke feelings of guilt and shame about being a passive observer of others\u2019 disadvantage.<\/li>\n<li>For those viewers who presently live in similar dwellings, the house might represent an illustration of (and even a monument to) the typical home environment.\u00a0 It may also represent an attempt to empathise with the realities of life within this type of box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW PLAN &nbsp; \u201cThe Problem\u201d: What are the psychological, socio-cultural, political and economic effects of high-density living conditions in Hong Kong?\u00a0 Particularly in relation to the phenomena of the \u201ccage house\u201d. How has this problem been addressed historically? What might be problematic about this historical development? What is commendable about the historical solutions? E.g. 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