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'E-pathy
City'
is
an
experiment
that
sets
out
to
explore
the
interrelation
between
empathy,
art,
green
issues
and
the
elderly.
We
organised
a
series
of
workshops
in
Oi!
and
in
its
vicinity
since
July
2015
to
look
into
the
overarching
concept
of
'E-pathy
City',
a
utopian
state
of
social
imagination
where
mutual
understanding
and
genuine
communication
between
different
social
groups,
are
facilitated
by
the
vicarious
experience
of
one
another's
feelings.
Participants
were
challenged
to
reflect
on
and
search
for
the
ideal
intra-city
relations,
favourable
social
conditions
and
available
resources
that
could
serve
in
the
construction
and
incubation
of
an
empathy
city.
The
experiment
thus
aimed
to
exercise
our
'empathy
muscle',
extend
our
imagination
and
sense
of
affiliation
and
build
our
capacity
to
empathise.
The
project
unfolded
in
three
phases:
1.
Introduction
and
Interaction,
2.
Intervention
and
Interflow,
3.
Integration
and
Innovation.
1.
Introduction
and
Interaction
Discussion
and
interaction
were
conducted
in
the
workshops,
which
enabled
artists,
scholars
and
participants
to
explore
and
experiment
the
concept
of
‘Empathy'.
Participants
were
challenged
to
use
their
own
language
to
construct
the
theoretical
framework
of
the
‘Empathy'
concept,
and
express
their
version
of
‘Empathy'
with
the
materials
collected
beyond
Oi!.
Collaboration
works
were
then
exhibited
in
Oi!.
2.Intervention
and
Interflow
‘No
man
is
an
island':
whether
we
are
aware
of
it
or
not,
our
exchanges
with
other
people
in
our
everyday
lives
are
formed
by
incidences
of
intervention
and
interflow,
both
of
which
lead
to
a
synthesis
of
experiences
and
consciousness,
the
former
by
unexpected
or
coercive
disruptions,
the
latter
by
conscious
exchanges
and
wilful
interaction.
Following
this
line
of
thought,
artists
explored
with
us
the
various
modes
of
consciousness
that
mixed
together
to
lay
an
important
foundation
for
an
empathy
city.
3.
Integration
and
Innovation
In
the
3rd
phase,
exhibition,
event
and
seminar
were
organised
to
share
the
results
and
artworks
of
the
year
round
workshops
and
activities,
demonstrated
the
practice
of
interrelation
of
Empathy,
Art,
Green
issue
and
Elderly.
Organised
by: Oi!,
The
Urban
Place
Research
Unit
of
the
School
of
Architecture,
Chinese
University
of
Hong
Kong
Date:
7.2015
—
8.2016
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City_leaflet.pdf
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