To leave 2cm3 for myself 留下兩立方厘米給自己


To leave 2cm3 for myself, 2012
Two-channel video installation with an optic ornament made of glasses parts, a glass cover and a pedestal
Dimension variable

installation view: http://vimeo.com/55639505, 1min1s

run: http://vimeo.com/55297832, 4min15s
tears: http://vimeo.com/55277119, 1min18s











Walking up Canton Road, I follow it straight to the waterfront, gazing from a distance at Victoria Harbour. At the end of the road, I turn left and run aimlessly around Tsim Sha Tsui East. With a handkerchief, I gently wipe away the sweat, then squeeze it into a glass bottle, freezing it into a two-cubic-centimetre sculpture—linked to a handmade ornament meant to be worn over the eyes.

I experience the city through my body, the indescribable sense of stifling dullness easing slightly as the sweat leaves me. When I put on this ornament, and the ice melts to flow from my eyes down my cheeks, it becomes an imagined transformation—sweat turning into tears.

*Canton Road is one of the major roads in Hong Kong. Its cityscape is a typical sample of how Hong Kong main streets are occupied by renowned chain stores.


走上廣東道，沿路直抵海傍遠看著維多利亞，在路端處左轉，環繞尖東漫無目的地跑。用手帕輕拭流下的汗水，把汗水再擠進玻璃瓶裡，凝結於冰箱內形成兩立方厘米的雕塑，同時連繫著一個給眼睛的自製的飾物。

我以身體經歷這個城市，難以言喻的悶感隨汗水排出而略為舒緩。當戴上這個飾物，冰結融解過後由眼眶隨臉龐流下的，是將汗水變成眼淚的想像。