Wind Media

Jussi Parrika's article from the MediaNatures collection (Media Ecologies and Imaginary Media: Transversal Expansions, Contractions, and Foldings) made me think of this recent (and beautiful) piece by Yuriko Furuhata for the new journal Media+Environment. In this article, Furuhata looks at wind and urban space in Hong Kong and uses the metaphorical (as a folkloric creature) and the literal meaning of Dragons (the opening in the middle of big apartment complexes) to propose a new understanding of the city.

Also participating in this conversation visual artist Wangshui's 2017 short film "From its mouth came a river of high end residential appliances" also examines the relation between wind (through drone technologies) and the urban politics of Hong Kong.