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just discovered this service that’s worth a post
*specially because I like that funny icon

some guys created this TSP (Tourism Service Provider) back in 2004, and it’s a kind of audioguide that is served by cellphone
They suggest 2 walks in HK, covering Central and Tsim Sha Tsui… two of the most turistically exploted areas in this city… not so risky……
I’m sure that almos all tourists, when they arrive HK already have some leaflets and minimaps with the same suggested walks… But as in their blog they explain some interesting facts like “The Uglification of Nathan Road” or “Why There Are No Trams in Kowloon“, I guess this is the kind of info you can find in the audioguide…

I would be more interesting (for me, as a city-explorer by nature) to include in this service weird walks like:
> “where not to go if it’s raining”
> “how to get lost instantly… and find the way out by the phone”
> “find a bench and win a rest” and so on…

What was happening at the Hong Kong basements 20 years ago?
simple: they where selling pirated apple computers and software (like now)

Take a look at this video that was recorded back in 1986 using a hidden camera.
*the intro is quite long but retro-futuristically nice
The most amazing is that in that shops they could get any software within 3 days of its announcement anywhere in the world.
How could they do this without internet?
easy: they had lots of good friends that were airline pilots

As a Big city, Hong Kong has lots of different people…
but the type i’m missing, is the streetartist….
…I miss Les Rambles

enjoy this wonderful video called Mr.Fortune

*this video belongs to a series of shortfilms creted by Eric Lerner.

this song came to my mind this morning when I was looking through the window… observing the amount of little ants crossing the streets of hong kong…
I particularly like this video, it’s fascinating, I can watch it over and over and I’m still seduced by it.
I specially like the “lunch break”! very fun

> this video is from Royksoop, an electronic music duo based in Bergen, Norway composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. in 2001.

apart from this video they have other ones that are really good also,
check the Poor Leno video

this pair of photos are not mine, but I really like them.

this one was taken by > ~Chris

and this one belongs to > _berc
you can find both of them at the Hong Kong ?? flickr group.
enjoy!

yesterday meanwhile having a beer in lan kwai fong (a guailo paradise) I had this song in my mind…

I want to share it

I just discovered the photos of michael wolf , who captures the built density of hong kong…
impressive!

“One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer. The majority of its citizens live in flats in high-rise buildings. In Architecture of Density, Wolf investigates these vibrant city blocks, finding a mesmerizing abstraction in the buildings’ facades.”

just recovered from the fun and interesting RecRoom event last night…

the event-party was organized by Videotage (a non-profit interdisciplinary artist collective, which focuses on the development of video and new media art in Hong Kong) and it was the closing of the “design series” events.

last night we enjoyed the work of Robot (a design and music collective from HK), with special hightlight of the work “evolution“, a short film that was screened prior to the dj/vj session… pretty fun!
enjoy it

*the event whas held at Cattle Depot, a surprisingly inspiring space in Kowloon side

another B/W video from belforn:

*the HK crowd again and again and again
music by Amon Tobin from Ninjatunes

a whole night trhough my window