White Out 白化

What will happen after 1997? The most frequently asked question when Hong Kong was approaching the end of the 99 years lease.  Unchanged for 50 years should be the standard answer; although lost in thoughts was the more common response.  The culture of the British Empire had once changed the daily life of Hong Kong people in the used to be fishing village, influences from China now are quickly wiping out any remaining marks of the Brits. What remain unchanged are transformation, disappearance, and being forgotten.

九十九年租約期滿後英國國旗徐徐落下，最後一任港督帶着複雜的心情返回英國。1997年後會是怎樣？是當年最常被問及的話題，50年不變本應是標準答案，沈思卻是更普及的回覆。大英帝國的文化曾改寫了香港人的漁港歷史，中國的影響快又掩蓋過英國人留下的記號。不變的就只有變化、消失、被遺忘。

Wood, photographs, & White Out    

100(H)x 35(W) x 80cm(H)    

2007