Download PDF 2015
Digital Print on Neobond® Synthetic Fibre Papers
A series of 20 books with different numbers of pages in A5 format in light-tight photo paper bags
Wooden shelf, 88 cm x 50 cm x 32 cm
Afternoon I
Flipping through the book.
Afternoon II
Flipping through the book.
Exhibited in
《after/image》Pure Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 2015
Photos taken by Ko Sin Tung
2014 Photo-Text
Lambda Print on aluminium Dibond in frame
155.5 cm x 38 cm x 3.6 cm (Two in a set)
In April 2014, I managed to get a part-time job. I was excited but nervous. It was to work as a performer in Museum Ludwig. I had to dress formal and look decent. So I bought a suit. On the opening day, the artist guided three of us, the ‘name announcers’, by himself. We had to stand at an exact position at the exhibition entrance. We had to ask every visitor for their names and then announce them really loudly into the exhibition space. The job was in shift-based. Each shift lasted for 4 hours. I worked 4 shifts a week.
At the beginning, it was not easy, especially when I wore a watch. I thought 30 minutes passed, but when I look at my 40-year-old mechanical watch, the minute hand just turned by 30 degrees. In order to kill boredom, I counted how many spotlights are there on the ceiling; how large the space is by counting the number of tiles. I tried different strategies of taking breaks, every 5 minutes for 30 minutes or every 10 minutes per hour, to make things feel faster. I watched the daylight change on the wall. I imagine how the weather changed outside, and how the tourists took photos of Dom.
Another colleague asked me another day, ‘How do you feel standing 4 hours straight?” ‘I don’t feel anything anymore. I just look at the white wall’, I smiled.
Exhibited in
《Alle berichten darüber: Dokumentarische Fotografie》
CASE – Project room of Photography, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, 2014
繁體中文 · 藝術館工作報告藝術館工作報告
2014- 照片-文字
鋁塑複合板上能達打印
155.5 厘米 x 38 厘米 x 3.6 厘米 (一組兩件)2014年4月, 我終找到一份兼職工作。當時我既興奮又緊張。這份工是在科隆一間著名藝術館內擔任一名表演員。衣着方面要求整齊及得體,所以我特地買了一套西裝。展覽開幕當日,藝術家親自指導我們這三位〈報名員〉。工作期間我必須站在展覽入口的同一位置。我詢問每位觀眾的姓名,隨即大聲向展覽方向宣讀出來。這份工是輪班制的。每班四小時,一星期四班。
有一天,同事問我:「站着4小時不休息的感覺怎樣?」「我己經沒甚麼感覺了。我只是看着白牆。」我微笑說。
展覽
《alle berichten darüber》 – 紀錄攝影展,德國科隆媒體藝術學院CASE攝影項目空間 2014Below are the excerpts of the work from 22 June 2014Full Text
Observation Society, Guangzhou
20 Oct 2012– 1 Dec 2012
I observed that green colour carefully – how should I describe it? That green was as mysterious as the heart of a gentle and calm devil, if one can know his heart?
I don’t mean to talk like this, as if without coherence, but there are always all these fascinating little tricks that seem to distract me from the necessary details.
How did those two frightened seals arouse my interest? Oh, I forgot to tell you, it was a Tuesday Afternoon and I was drinking warm beer. Later, I saw two animals in weird costumes outside the window and the sky was full of thick clouds – I must have seen them somewhere else.
I don’t know… I have this feeling of always hanging on, always wanting to know what will happen next.
I can only count on luck, waiting for the muse to come and nourish my curiosity. I sometimes bump into her, when she is washing dishes in kitchen; sometimes I find her behind her behind the door of the fridge looking for something. She always seems to be busy with whatever trivial thing comes her way.
What do you stare at, when you daydream? I usually stare at myself, always with the feeling that I’m also being stared at by someone else.
All these stories have passed and yet still they recur everyday, seemingly without end. I can no longer distinguish between the memories and the premonitions; it’s like I am watching several wonderful sitcoms unfolding at the same time.