Video
video:
part one: Yuen Long District: http://vimeo.com/75026858, 6min15s
part two: Yau Tsim Mong District: http://vimeo.com/74280562, 6min15s
part three: Central and Western District: http://vimeo.com/102514220, 6min15s
part four_teaser: Wan Chai District: http://vimeo.com/148800834, 6min15s
final episode: (*based on request), Hong Kong, 6min15s
.jpg)
香港是細小而高度密集的城市，故這計劃預期能走遍香港十八區拍攝十八道錄像。一方面捕捉各區的重覆性，卻同時極力記下還依存在各區的獨有文化及景觀。這將是整個香港一時期的城市記錄。
.jpg)
《Reminiscences of the Eastern Capital》records a chapter of Kaifeng’s history during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song dynasty, portraying the daily lives of its residents—from princes and nobles to common folk. The book describes a bustling city center with more than a hundred different shops, each competing for attention, flourishing in their time.
Today, the urban landscape shaped by chain stores presents a standardized face under globalization and the capital market. Must the metropolis inevitably destroy independent businesses? Are the individual and the collective, preservation and development, resistance and acceptance, destined to be opposing forces? The buying and selling that takes place in shops fundamentally forms a large part of people’s lives and culture, and in turn shapes the values of the public. This suggests that individuality is being worn away and erased from the streets.
I film chain stores in operation, and photograph independent shops when they are closed, then combine the two. This contemporary Dream of Splendor seeks to depict the vast, wheel-like momentum and condition of the metropolis—recording shops, recording streets, and recording people.
Hong Kong, being a small yet densely populated city, offers the possibility of filming eighteen videos across its eighteen districts. The aim is to capture, on one hand, the repetition across districts, and on the other, to preserve the unique cultures and landscapes that still persist in each. Together, this will form a record of Hong Kong’s urban life at a particular moment in time.
《東京夢華錄》記載北宋徽宗年間開封城的一段歷史，描繪了這時期居住在東京上至王公貴族、下及庶民百姓的日常生活情景。書中提及到市中心處百多家不同店鋪，相互爭鳴，繁盛一時。
現代連鎖店構成的都市景觀，呈現全球化及資本市場下刻板的面貌。大都會是否必然摧毀個體戶？個體與大眾；保育與發展；對抗與包容是必然的對立嗎？店鋪的買賣行為根本地構成人民一大部分的生活與文化，進而形成大眾的價值觀。這意味著，個性正從街道被消磨泯滅。
到街頭拍下連鎖店營業時的影片，也為個體店拍下關門時的照片，並將二者結合。今《東京夢華錄》意圖刻劃大都會裡巨輪般運轉的趨勢及狀態，記錄店鋪記錄街景亦記人。
