Culture as Shared Experience (Performance in Public Space)

Lecture for cuhk SoA elective 5731A - Architecture and Cultural Practice Before we begin this week's discussion on performance in urban space, it would be helpful to revisit the two types of cultural participation based on the distinctive role of cultural producer (performer) and cultural consumer (audience). Typical participatory art invite the audience "to join"…

Cultural Participation and its Agency

Lecture for cuhk SoA elective 5731A - Architecture and Cultural Practice Cultural architecture is a container of public and cultural activities. The previous discussion on the idea of place in urban planning demonstrated a return of cultural institutions to focus on public engagement in recent decades. As civil awareness arise and state cultural budget decline,…

Stage.Performance.City

Introductory lecture for the 2021 summer elective "Cultural Landscape of the City" at School of Architecture, cuhk, a course to explore the cross-over of theatre and architecture through spatial exploration of the City as a stage of performance. I. What is "Cultural Landscape" of the City? When we talk about cultural architecture - the grand…