WONG SIN

TOAST COFFIN, 2024

Performance

1 hour

Under the Stonecutters‘ Bridge, on the road, Hong Kong

Material : 56 toasts, 60 firework candles, white spray paint, fire blanket

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作品從北方廣場 @northern_square 正籌備作藝術書的計劃、他們於疫情其間收集的標語為起點：

「人們正在死去」  People are Dying

 

無論是精神上或是物質上的死亡，由一開始它們就如同影子般無聲無息地跟隨我在後，然後毫無預料地瞬間出現眼前。

我要用「它」來砌出一副沒有蓋的棺材，好讓一些已經或是即將逝去的事物有重生的可能。

Whether it’s spiritual or material death, from the very beginning they have quietly followed me like shadows, and then suddenly appeared in front of me without warning.

I will use “it” to build an uncovered coffin, so that some things that have already or are about to pass away may have the possibility of rebirth.

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何謂事物功能性的正確運用？是從什麼社會途徑去附加？那麼要是失去其功能性，就是運用失當？還僅僅只是在這個社會下沒有於大眾所認為正確的使用途徑下發揮作用？群眾就是代表一切嗎？另外，當所謂的集體潛意識滲透進每個人的體內，某程度上也許是一件危險的事情。人們欠缺思考的獨立性。當有人看待事物的方式跟大眾不一樣，那麼就會出現群眾的落差感。在這個大部分事物都陷入碎片化的時代。

​What is the correct use of the functionality of things? What social path is it attached to? Then, if the functionality is lost, is it a misuse? Or is it just not functioning in the way that the general public considers correct? Does the crowd represent everything? Furthermore, when the so-called collective subconscious seeps into everyone's body, it may be a dangerous thing to some extent. People lack independent thinking. When someone views things differently from the majority, then a sense of gap appears in the crowd. In this era when most things have fallen into fragmentation.

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Photo credit : Joey Lam, Eddie Tso

Video credit : Parco Wong

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