As the Curtain Fell 落幕
2021
A set of 7 digital prints, film tickets, audio
Size Variable
My uncle passed away when I was in secondary 1. The sudden change snatched away his position in my life. A few diaries which he wrote during the 80s and 90s were left in his bedroom. I tried to read and follow what he did when he was young. I found out that he liked taking girls to different cinemas, therefore I visited those current addresses and took a set of photos. Tracing back his footprints is a way to get closer to him. Apart from filling in the blanks between our memories, it is also a genuine mourning dedicated to him.
All of the cinemas which he used to go to were already demolished. As if it’s a film, or a person’s life, it always comes to an end.
舅父在我初中時突然去世,剎那間的離去強行切斷他在我生命的據點。當時他的房間留下了數本八九十年代寫下的日記,我憑藉字裡行間的線索,體驗他過去的生活,當中發現他很喜歡帶心儀的女生到戲院看電影。我嘗試以更親近的角度去了解他,除了是填補多年來我倆之間的回憶空白,亦是一種哀悼的形式。
舅父曾到訪的戲院現已全部清拆,彷如一齣電影、一段人生,總有消散之時。