茫—記
ANAMNESIS
曾於二零一九年七月一日闖進立法會的梁繼平道:
「真正連結香港人嘅，喺語言、價值之外，係痛苦。」。
茫———記，是忘與記之間的鴻溝，是記住痛苦時的茫然無助。在過去每天都被資訊轟炸的一年，要記住的實在太多，記憶在朦朧中掙扎，就如「發完夢」一般。
一覺醒來，蒼茫依然。
一年間的場景、感受，隨著時間與無力感累積下來，記得或許會帶來更深的傷害，畢竟我們的本能擅於逃避苦難。活在被「粉飾」的太平之下，很容易便會習慣麻木，然後那些感知與悸動，便慢慢成為腦海中一段模糊的歷史，無數個「平行時空」般。
展覽展示過去一年一些離焦的相片，呈現出或許會「被消失」的歷史，及在回憶氾濫之下，茫然回首的困惑，這道血肉模糊的傷疤，我們該怎麼與它共存呢？
“Apart from language and values, what truly connects Hongkongers is suffering”, says Brian Leung Kai-ping who stormed Legco on July 1st, 2019.
Anamnesis – the chasm between forgetting and remembering; the perplexity and helplessness when suffering is recalled. Bombarded with an abundance of information every day, there had been simply too much to remember in 2019. While obscure memories struggle to stay, our minds remain blank the next day when we wake up, as if everything were just a – “dream”.
As a sense of hopelessness grows with time, recollecting all the scenes that we saw and the feelings that we had over the past year may do us more harm than good – it’s our instinct to evade misery. Now we are often benumbed by the false sense of peace in the society. Our sensations and throbs are gradually becoming blurry bits and pieces of history in our heads like parallel universes.
This exhibition showcases some out-of-focus images taken last year, presenting histories that may “be disappeared”, while conveying the bewilderment when reminiscence hits hard. How, after all, do we live with our nastiest wounds?
