Alpine Tango, 2020
Performance in truss structure with mixed daily objects, drop sound and single-channel video
Performer: Tang Kwok Hin, Florence Lam and Herman Lau
Dimension variable
Documentation of 2nd Chapter's LIVE：
Chill-chat Salon：
Artist Presentation：
Photo Courtesy of the artist and Hong Kong Arts Centre
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Can higher ground let us hear deeper, farther sounds? Or does it simply help us evade the downwind ears on the streets, always hunting for clues?
On the ninth day of the ninth month, climb high to ward off misfortune.
No zhuyu leaves, no chrysanthemum wine, no carefully prepared elixirs to keep the plague spirits at bay.
One breath in, another breath out; one breath in, another breath out.
The scent of memory swirls inside the skull, thickening into a paste, gathering force to surge out through every opening.
As time drains away, the skull becomes an empty bottle—seemingly solid, yet fragile.
And still, the body remembers how to climb blindly. Arms leaning against window grilles, laundry poles outside the lattice catching clothes that fall from higher floors—sometimes even human shapes.
Climb the steel‑reinforced, concrete mountain. Reach the summit to watch the lights stain the grey‑black night, then slowly lower your head to gaze at the smooth, vertical cliff. Is it a building? A high wall? A barricade? Each everyday object—are we looking at its function, its meaning, or its size, material, and form? In days of isolation, the familiar grows strange, confronting us with the different desires each symbol carries.
In this moment, in this place—can we even tell what world we’re in? And fear, too, that lofty pavilions may be colder than we imagine. Above all, remember—truly remember—you must, you must first stand firm on the ground.
高點的地方能夠聽見更遠更深邃的聲音嗎？還是倒能躲過大街大氣肆意搜羅線索的順風耳朵？
九月九日登高避禍。
沒有茱萸葉，沒有菊花酒，沒有格外考究的靈藥致瘟魔不敢近身。
一口氣，換口氣；一口氣，換口氣。
記憶的氣味在頭顱打轉搖曳成醬，蓄勢自所有孔洞湧出。
流光流盡，頭顱成了看似堅硬卻脆弱的空瓶子。
然而卻，身體總記得盲目地攀爬，雙臂倚窗花，縫外的晾衣竹偶爾捕捉到更高樓層掉下的衣物，甚或人形。
爬鋼筋水泥摩天高山，抵山峰仰望燈光照灰黑夜，徐徐低頭凝看光滑筆直斷崖。是大樓？是高牆？是路障？每一個日常物，人在察看它的功能、意義，抑或大小、物料、形狀？被隔離的日子，熟悉的東西生出陌生，直面各自象徵的不同慾望。
此時此刻，可知何世何地？又恐瓊樓玉宇，高處可勝寒？千萬緊記，必須，必須，先好好站穩啊。
