Online Screening: The Unfinished Return of Yu Man-hon 網上放映會: 《未完成的歸途》
VIEW EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Screening available from 19:00-21:00
Duration 19mins
NOTICE 注意
*** Due to concerns on copyright issues, the viewing link will only be accessible for a limited time (19:00 - 21:00). Please note the screening duration is 19 minutes. 因應版權問題,影片連結只於限時內有效 (19:00 - 21:00)。片長為19分鐘。
About the Screening
The Unfinished Return of Yu Man-hon focuses on Cici Wu’s cultural imaginary and extensive research into the unaccountable disappearance of Yu Man-hon, a mentally disabled and an autistic boy who crossed the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border into the mainland and disappeared on August 24, 2000. His case remains unsolved to this day.
Filmed in both Minneapolis and Hong Kong, the work follows an abstract narrative where Man-hon returns to the material world, retrieving lost memories of his disappearance in the process. The artist’s camera floats through the city’s myriad pedestrian spaces, lingering at certain familiar places to which Man-hon felt particular attachment –a swing set or favorite restaurant, a local supermarket or bus-depot, a ferry or market. The short film highlights the emotional fragility of our memory, attempts to challenge the familiar interpretation of Man-Hon as an embodiment of loss, and to perceive his image as an enlightened being rather than a ghost.
關於作品
《未完成的歸途》圍繞著武雨濛對庾文翰引起的文化想像和研究。2000年8月24日,患有智力障礙及自閉症的男孩庾文翰通過香港到深圳口岸,並在進入中國大陸後失蹤。 這宗失蹤案至今仍未破解。
庾氏的失蹤案發生於1997年香港主權移交後不久的時間,至今對許多香港人來說仍是記憶猶新;這既是香港—大陸法律系統對人民不公的例子,也是殖民記憶多元的消逝象徵。庾氏的障礙導致他無法記住自己的名字、親人和家,同時也失去了語言能力。他的無名狀態為他的身分開啟了很多可能:一個童年的演員、一個坐在麥當勞裡的男孩、巴士上的眾男孩、一個離鄉別井的人、國家、舊電影道具、電影院、燈籠、一個另類的邊境神仙。
作品講述了庾文翰回到現實世界,尋回自己失蹤時遺失的記憶的抽象敘事。藝術家的鏡頭遊走於無數的城市行人空間,又徘徊於一些庾文翰感到親切的地方——搖椅或喜歡的餐廳,超級市場或巴士站,輪渡船或街市。最終創作了這包含記憶的具滲透力與脆弱感的影像,鏡頭下不斷流動的畫面成為了靈魂移動的隱喻。這件作品意圖挑戰將庾文翰視作失去的化身的通俗詮釋,提議我們將其視為天上的明燈,而非鬼魂。
Cici Wu lives and works in New York. Having received her bachelor degree from School of Creative Media, the City University of Hong Kong, and completed her MFA at Maryland Institute College of Art, She has had solo exhibitions at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong (2019), 47 Canal, New York (2018), Bonnevalle, Noisy-le-Sec, France (2018), and has participated in group exhibitions at 47 Canal, New York (2019), Para Site, Hong Kong (2018), and Triangle Arts Association, New York (2017). She has co-curated group exhibition Scraggly Beard Grandpa at Capsule Shanghai (2017), and co-founded PRACTICE, a studio and residency based in New York (2015). She was an artist-in-residence at Queens Museum, New York (2018-2020), Seawitch, Hong Kong (2018), and Taipei Artists Village, Taiwan (2017).
武雨濛在紐約居住及工作。畢業於香港城市大學創意媒體學院,並在馬里蘭藝術學院取得了藝術碩士學位,指導教授為Maren Hassinger。她曾於紐約47 Canal畫廊、香港Empty Gallery、和法國努瓦西勒塞克Bonnevalle空間舉辦個展;亦在倫敦Auto Italia South East空間、香港Para Site、紐約布魯克林Interstates Project以及Triangle Arts Association等參加群展。她同時於膠囊上海聯合籌辦群展《雜毛連鬚公》,也是紐約藝術空間PRACTICE的合創人。她亦有於香港Seawitch、台北國際藝術村以及紐約皇后區藝術博物館參與藝術家駐留計畫。
To know more about the screening, you can visit our exhibition website. 如欲了解更多作品詳情,歡迎瀏覽展覽網頁:
https://asiasociety.org/hong-kong/exhibitions/next-act-contemporary-art…