Western Lights is a proposed lights and sound festival based off the already existing Vivid Light show, that thrives off bringing people from different cultures and backgrounds together to enjoy entertainment and a variety of different foods with the main attraction being the spectacular visuals of the light show.
The main aim behind this proposal is to use the already existing concept of vivid capturing the vibrant colours and illuminations of the festival and bringing its focus to an important and often ignored geographical location being Western Sydney. Thus creating the Western Lights show. Through an accessible space, food, an abundant of entertainment, and activities; Western Lights will attract a new and different audience to intersectional
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The current Vivid program is focused mainly on the inner city and CBD, with only twelve programs outside of that location located in Chatswood in the lower
North Shore (Vivid, 2018). This poses major issues practically in terms of extreme numbers of traffic in a small, already busy space during peak hours. Thus creating foot traffic that has been described as dangerous, and “scary, driving visitors away” (Sally Macdonald, 27/05/18). This doesn’t take into account the population size and growth of the area as a whole. By focusing on the Inner City geographically, Vivid causes an issue intersectionally, where ethnic and lower socio-economic citizens have difficulty experiencing the event considering travel prices and time, inflated food prices, and a program that although aims to be diverse, is ultimately not as diverse as a program focused on Western Sydney and it’s identity. The existing program is not one that sought to connect with Western Sydney identities, with no venues in Western Sydney being chosen for events or entertainment. There is a lack of intersectional stories that are directly relatable to Sydney Suburban life, which can isolate Western Sydney audiences from engaging with the intersectional art and cultural events available at the existing
The urban setting can instantly be recognized as an antagonist to anyone who faces it. The imagery of the city reveals its formidable nature. The
Roll the windows down, turn the music up, and drive slowly. Now you're cruising. Cruising is the art of seeing and being seen, and in Tucson the center of this art is Speedway Boulevard. This six-lane street runs east to west through Tucson and is one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city. It hosts a mix of commercial and private buildings: small shops, offices, restaurants, grocery stores, apartment buildings and older homes, as well as the University of Arizona. Despite the apartments and occasional houses, Speedway is mostly a commercial street populated with strip malls and other businesses. Cruising is most visible along the more commercial, business-oriented East Speedway, which for the purposes of this essay is defined as the three mile stretch of road from Alvernon to Wilmot. Like most streets, Speedway was built for an entirely practical reason: to conduct automobile traffic from one place to another with a minimum of waiting. This utilitarian reason is inverted by cruising. The purpose of cruising, unlike driving, is not to arrive but to not arrive. Cruising is a social activity wherein the cars become tools for meeting other people as well as a means of getting from one place to another. The reputation of cruising, and of the nighttime Speedway, is not nearly so benign. As traffic slows and the music increases, the character of Speedway as a place - that is, a focus for human memory and experience - changes to reflect the activities and desires of the cruisers.
Anne Zahalka cleverly presents her intentions and interests in the world clearly throughout her artworks, more specifically her series ‘Welcome to Sydney’. Through the creation of this series Zahalka was interested in the changing multicultural nature of Australian society, closely drawing the audiences attention to the cultural frame. She effectively does this by portraying the subjects with dignity and respect by deliberately positioning them in an area in which they connect with. In doing so, Zahalka acknowledges her own experience, as the daughter of immigrant parents has influenced her conceptual practice. She uses cultural symbols to show the individuals are different, yet making them as one being put into Australian locations. In the image ‘Guangan Wu, Market Gardens, Kyeemagh’ a chinese immigrant stands in a panoramic landscape of market garden...
The next day, I went exploring, trying to figure out what was different about Sydney. Of course everyone around the world knows about the famous Opera House in the harbor but there was something different with the commercial building around the CBD.
New York City’s population is a little over 8.3 million people. 8.3 million people are spread out among five boroughs and each have their own set routine. Each one of those 8.3 million see New York in a different way becuase “You start building your private New York the first time you lay eyes on it” (“City Limits” 4). Some people are like Colson Whitehead who “was born here and thus ruined for anywhere else” (“City Limits” 3). Others may have “moved here a couple years ago for a job. Maybe [they] came here for school” (“City Limits” 3). Different reasons have brought these people together. They are grouped as New Yorkers, but many times, living in New York is their only bond. With on going changes and never ending commotion, it is hard to define New York and its inhabitants in simple terms.
The Street, is a novel, by Ann Petry, that tells a story about Lutie Johnson’s relationship to the urban setting. Petry conveys Johnson’s relationship to the urban setting through the use of imagery, personification and selection of detail. These literary devices help not only help give a better way to explain what Johnson is going through, but lets the readers have a better way of understanding it.
The visual descriptions Larson writes are very vivid and easy to see in one’s mind. The words he uses are varied and interesting and are very effective at conveying his messages. Larson doesn’t just describe things in terms of sight, sound, and smell, but also conveys the emotional feelings behind them. In this quote he explains very eloquently the quantity and brightness of the lights, but also explains the wonder and excitement that the patrons of the fair felt upon seeing them. This gives the reader an idea of what the fair really meant to Chicago and its citizens. Larson also uses very descriptive facts and words to support his thoughts. In this quote, he says that the fair consumed three times as much electricity as Chicago. Facts like
Nothing compares to the hustle and bustle of the city at night. As you walk up and down the streets of any city, you make your way through a crowd that should be sleeping, walking to the beat of the subway below them. Each city is unique in the way it comes alive. The movement of the city is brought to life by Ann Petry in the novel, The Street. Petry uses strong imagery to show the bitterness of the cold wind and personification to bring the scraps of paper along the sidewalk of the city alive. The reader watches as the life of scraps of paper and wind blowing down alleyways connects Lutie Johnson to the city. Petry walks us with Lutie Johnson as she experiences a cold November night near seventh and eighth avenue.
A journey can be defined as going from one place to another. Michael, in Andre Alexi’s “Kuala Lumpur”, goes on a journey though his father’s wake to find understanding and acceptance of the death. Sarosh, in Rohinton Mistry’s “Squatter”, goes on a journey to assimilate into Canadian society by trying to overcome the need for squatting on the toilet. Both experience a progressive sense of exile which manifests in a physical manner amongst peers and in a mental manner in the form of personal conflict. The exile felt by both of the characters can be defined by the ways in which ethnic isolation, confusion of identity, and the use of the carnivalesque are implemented in the formation of the journeys they take.
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An everyday walk through the Downtown Champaign area is much more diverse in its structure than I had initially expected it to be. For my photo essay assignment, I took camera phone to downtown Champaign to capture different elements of the city. Compared to the city of Chicago, whose commercial spaces are taken by franchises, the downtown Champaign area has kept its traditional small town vibes with local companies while also taking on more modern commercial characteristics. The city has found a balance between the buildings and the fonts the accompany them which is what my photos revolve around. It was due to this idea that people passing through that downtown area experience both modern and traditional parts of the city.
Black Chicagoans live in a second city-Black Chicago-as a result of the persistent maintenance of social apparatuses that are mapped into and onto the landscape of Chicago that contain Blackness. This geographic positioning of the Black body led to the Black house kids asserting their "a-where-ness" as the geographic other by acting as spatial agents; not solely in response to how geography has been used against them, but in the assemblage of contrasting places that disentangle how their alleged class, gender, ethnic, and sexual differences are spatialized (Massey). Through spatial engineering, including place-branding and re-purposing abandoned spaces, I conclude that the Black house community constructed protected spaces through house music and culture such as the dance floor - "Spaces that were made for everyone, but belong to us" (Miss Priss,
Urban visual culture focuses on aspects of culture that rely on visual representations. It explores routes within Visual Culture and how it will impact the Urban environment, London is a prime example with the Grenfell tower incident and the way it was communicated though the news. Throughout this research, I plan to investigate Governing bodies and their format for developing affordable housing along with analysing the downfall within certain areas that do not achieve milestones to ensure its balanced within the market. I will also be looking at how the media influences the way people can perceive different information, and in certain areas there are different ways of communicating with people. A key example I reference is the difference between
With the creation of the New Year’s Eve TV show in Times Square, tradition strengthened my family. Every year, we get together to either watch the festivities at my parents’ house or we book a plane ticket and join in live. New York has become a place of ritual and cultural liveliness that I will never break because of how important it is to celebrate the life I’m living. The live entertainment and music creates a relaxing and inviting environment that brings everyone together. The traditions continue past the celebrations in Times Square and go to the physical landscapes where families can become relaxed and acquainted with the nature that New York offers
Hello and welcome. My name is Chelsea, and this is Elizabeth and today we are talking about the effects of Urban sprawl and traffic congestion on not only us, but our society and even the whole of Australia. I hope that after our presentation you understand the harmful effects of our chosen issues, and how you can help stop the consequences of our actions before its too late.