“门 (Gate)” / 香港公共屋邨建築中文簡體字形 Hong Kong Public Housing Estate Architecture Simplified Chinese Typographic Forms / SML.20130512.6D.05734

In 2005, a site-specific installation called “The Gates” by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude (aka Christo and Jeanne-Claud) was seen at Central Park in New York City [1].

 

This was not an art installation—just a pathway at a public housing development in Hong Kong. But its resemblance is uncanny.

 

The Chinese character 门 came to mind, which is the simplified version of the character 門 — and it means literally the “gate” or the “door”, thus giving new meaning to both the high art and this everyday object.

 

The yellow stripe paint serves the function of alerting the elderly. I quite like it. Form follows function.

 

# Notes

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-12T11:42:18+0800

+ Dimensions: 3373 x 5060

+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 34 mm

+ ISO: 125

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'35" E

+ Location: 香港馬鞍山頌安邨 Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130512.6D.05734

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography)

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

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