A Sudden Storm

Video Installation
Double-channel Video, 17'
Size Variable
2022

This research-based installation explores the ontological questions of belonging and identity in post-2019 Hong Kong. By juxtaposing the modernization of urban space with the fading traditions of the indigenous fishing community, the work examines the erosion of cultural anchors. The double-channel projection is intentionally oriented toward the corner of the gallery, disrupting the traditional flat cinematic plane to mimic the precarious buoyancy of a small vessel. Central to this inquiry is a rigorous interrogation of subjectivity; the work functions as an autobiographical mapping of a self caught in the dialectic between ancestral heritage and contemporary alienation.

These fragmented visual narratives oscillate between the intimate interior of the craft and the vast, indifferent horizon, further intensifying the viewer’s immersion in a state of existential suspension. By deconstructing the notion of a fixed identity, the project presents the "self" not as a static entity, but as a fluid construct constantly re-negotiated against the backdrop of historical trauma and cultural displacement. Through the lens of A Sudden Storm, the installation acts as a mnemonic device, attempting to recover a sense of self from the vanishing silhouettes of the city’s past.