They, Hidden in Density 他們，隱約於
4-channel video installation, 2015
In a dense city of millions, the individual is often lost or ignored. The artwork takes the language of a cinematic zoom and applies it to the psychology of living an ordinary life in isolation. The structure of the cave is used to imitate the effect of a close-up; as we move deeper into increasingly smaller caverns and the space itself becomes darker, more constricted and remote, we also move closer to seeing the individual. The cave textures hinder our ability to see the details in the photographs; much like the density of urban living hides the details around us.
在香港拍攝一系列照片，照片的視野大小不一，從大幅全景圖到個人特寫都有。這些照片按其視野的比例投射到岩洞中，換言之，照片的構圖框架決定投影的大小。視野遙闊的照片有大幅的投影，近鏡拍攝的照片則有較小的投影。在這裝置中，四個屏幕的擺放位置是特意設定的，目的是營造實際深距和模仿鏡頭拉近的效果，就像電影技術上將廣闊鏡頭推至特寫的技巧。
在人多密集的城市中，個人總會被遺忘或忽略。這件作品以電影語言中的縮放技術，表現人們在尋常而孤獨的生活下的心理狀態。作品利用岩洞的結構模仿特寫效果：當我們愈是深入岩洞，空間就變得愈細小黑暗、愈狹隘偏僻，就像我們逐漸靠近去看一個人一樣。岩洞紋理阻礙我們看清相片的細緻之處，就像人煙稠密的都市生活掩蓋了我們周圍的細節一樣。
https://caves.scm.cityu.edu.hk/tc/video-installation/they-hidden-in-density