2018

Social Transformations

An Exhibition Celebrating 20 Years of Partnership between RMIT University and Hong Kong Art School

11.11 – 28.11.2018

Hong Kong Arts Centre

Myrrh, which means in Chinese: no medicine. It is said that in the Bible, the bodies were buried with Myrrh. The Magi brought three gifts to Jesus after he was born, Myrrh was one of them; and Myrrh is presented to the dead. Thus, Myrrh is associated with death while it is used for relieving the pains. Having said that, I am not a Christian, just attracted by the homonym of Myrrh in Chinese. There are too many incurable things in the world. If there is no medicine to heal, only self-help could reduce these sufferings.

沒藥(myrrh)，又稱末藥、製沒藥、製末藥。據說在聖經裏，埋葬的時候大多用上沒藥；此為東方博士獻給耶穌的其中之一份禮物，亦用來獻給死人。如此，沒藥與死亡有關，也用來減輕痛苦。然而我不是教徒，只是被其諧音吸引。世上太多無可救藥，唯有自救，減輕痛苦。

​Eternal Return.

Before I realize of its return, it has already been there.

I depicted screens from The Birds (1963), Cría Cuervos (1976) and Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975) as implications, transformed them into Phenakistiscope.

​The RPM of spinning light boxes corresponds to my age, and literally the month and date of my mother’s birthday.

永劫回歸。

在我意識到它回來之前，它就已經來到了。

我挪用電影《鳥》(1963) 、《飼養烏鴉》(1976)和《索多瑪一百二十天》(1975)的畫面部份作為暗示，繪畫成詭盤。

燈箱的轉速跟我的年齡一致，亦跟我母親的出生月日數字相同。