作品：《這裏·那裏》

媒介：彩色數位打印

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「記憶」一直以來是我的創作主題。城市·地景聯展以北投中心新村為創作源，但作為外籍生，我對「眷村」的了解是淺薄而片面的，然而中心新村裡的許多場景都不斷地讓我聯想起小時候所住的「甘榜」中，鄰居因為政府迫遷都搬走後廢棄房屋裡破落且落寞的畫面。《我們》這件作品刻意以在中心新村現場拍攝的影像，對照從《新加坡記憶工程》網站中，人民自願分享的檔案照片。在處理這些影像時，我在訝異於兩者之間微妙的共同性之餘，希望這樣的畫面並置所帶來的時空想像能引發觀者對兩者之間異同的思考。我想，無論彼此的故事如何不同，但在城市現代化的大前提之下被迫面對自己記憶場所的被摧毀，是我們共同的傷痛與回憶。

 

「甘榜」：馬來語 Kampung，村落。

 

"Memory" has always been the theme of my works, but as a foreign student, my understanding of "眷村" - the Military Dependents’ Village, is superficial. However, the scenes that I came across in the Heart Village constantly remind me of the places in the Kampong (Malay word meaning “village”) that I used to live in as a child, especially those of abandon houses of neighbours who had to move out due to the government’s new housing development plans. "Us" deliberately places images taken in the Heart Village alongside archive photos from the "Singapore Memory Project" website - an online platform for the sharing of people’s memory. In dealing with these two sets of images, I was amazed at the subtle visual resemblance between them. I hope that the spatial-temporal imagination brought forth by the visual juxtaposition would further engender thoughts about the similarities and differences between the two times and places. Although we may not have shared the same story, the pain and experience of losing places dear to us because of abrupt city development is our common memory.