Monday, October 27, 2008

Reflection on readings for Secrete Hsinchu (draft)

Reading #1: Why Psychogeography?

It's said in the reading that "Guy Debord, called for an investigation into the effects of the environment (both constructed and natural) on emotions and behavior. He called this area of study psychogeography.".
I personally find psychogreography an interesting field of study because the kind of places we live in do influence our emotions and behavior. For example, a lot of people like to to places near the sea or in the mountains, because people can feel relaxed by looking at those scenery. People living in the city usually have "fast living paste" and often feel stressed because of the traffic, noises, air pollution, and even the pressure from work. Thus, the environment, indeed, effects our minds and body.
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Reading #2: Site-Specific performance

In the reading, it says
"Sites have habits and rules: people who use the space implicitly agree to a set of acceptable behaviour.". This sentence made me think of the ritual choreography I did with my partners. We performed a short skit that involves many mundane rituals. For instance, going to KTV to celebrate birthday is a ritual for young people. Drinking and cheering in the KTV and blowing candles are mundane rituals that we can see quite often.
I think that a site can have different meaning for different people. What I mean by different meaning is that people has different memories of the site. A site has its story and history, therefore, I think artists can be very creative and be really inspired by different sites.

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