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Street Roots (2022-)

《街道根系》(Street Roots,2022年至今)是一項對香港街頭綠色景觀的持續調研項目。項目聚焦於城市中受到人爲干預和體制權力規訓的植物,記錄它們在看似堅固的城市結構中頑強而短暫的生存狀態。這些植物動搖了我們對城市與自然、脆弱與堅固的既定表象認知。項目挪用官方的樹木管理條例與編號系統,重新審視城市自然生態,透過田野調查、影像與文字整理,以獨立出版(Zines)、攝影書、地圖及特定場域裝置等媒介構成邊緣處境的植物檔案。目前系列包括《001_宏安道10號》(現場裝置及手冊)《002_高士威道路牌》《003_004_水星街6號(新潔洗衣店)》《005_山河大廈(協豐雜貨)》《006_ 蘇杭街48號》《007_石水渠街10號》《二分之一樹》《香港街道根系觀察指南》等。 

Street Roots (2022–) is an ongoing investigative project rooted in the observation of roadside greenery in Hong Kong. The project documents the ephemeral existence of spontaneous plants emerging from rigid urban infrastructures—habitats continuously shaped, disrupted, or regulated by human agency. By contrasting the fragility of flora with the robustness of the built environment, it challenges binary perceptions of nature and the city. The investigation appropriates official tree management protocols and classification systems to re-examine urban ecology. Synthesizing diverse mediums—including zines, photobooks, mapping, and spatial installations—Street Roots constructs an alternative archive that uncovers the socio-cultural implications and institutional power dynamics inscribed within the urban landscape.

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Sunny Side Back 曬背 (2026)

2026 First Edition of 30. 32 pages, 23 Images. 29.7cm x 21cm.

No.20/30 copy in permanent collection of the Asia Art Archive
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https://aaa.org.hk/archive/402305

​香港常年濕熱,在短暫而濕冷的冬季,中環一棟寫字樓下的空地被上班族占據。在這難得的公共空間,上班族在午休時段站著曬背,試圖排出體内的寒氣。

 

Sunny Side Back (2026) is a photo zine took place during 2025 winter. During office lunch break in Central, Hong Kong, office workers turned the public space underneath into sun bathing plaza when the day is sunny and cold. As the sun reaches the highest point of the day, the temporal direct sunlight makes its way between high-rises, passing heat and light to this precious open space. People believe that by standing against the sun in winter, the cold energy will be expelled from the body.

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Wednesday Blue 星期三藍 (2026)

2026 First Edition of 365+1AP.  6x4.5x2.5cm, 42x29.7cm when unfolded. Ring format, double sided, digital print.

這是一個隨手觀察的項目。每周三政府大樓下面會運送桶裝飲用水。藍色的塑料箱在一小片空地上堆積成一堵墻,短暫地出現又消失不見。每周三的節律風景提醒時間的流逝。

A continuous observation of a piece of empty space in front of Admiralty Government Office. Every Wednesday morning this place is packed with blue crates for bottled water delivery and empty bottle retrieve. This visually-intense landscape demarcates the passage of time at the middle of weekdays. The repetitive and scheduled event addresses the nature of office work life. It also provides an alternative way of understanding time passage: it is not sensed in linear nor uniform way but rather connected by countless events. Time is contained in boxes, stacked behind us.

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Bamboo City 竹城 (2021-2025)

Exhibited in 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, a collateral event.
Projecting Future Heritage: A Hong Kong Archive

香港是爲數不多仍然使用竹棚架的城市,這短暫存在且流動的城市景觀是香港的視覺印象的一部分。建築外墻被全部包裹,以色塊和幾何在密集的視覺界面上造成空格停頓。同時攝影作爲觀察記錄竹棚架結構的方式,揭示其適應香港都市空間的靈活性。

 

As one of the last places that still use bamboo scaffolding, this unique and transient cityscape forms part of Hong Kong’s visual culture. When covered with fabrics, the dense building blocks creates visual blankness with color and geometry. The visual documentation also reveals the scaffolding structure and demonstrates its compatibility with the city through its versatile form and flexible construction.

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Breathe. Home is Air 栖息 (2020-2024)

2026 First Edition of 1

栖,停留之居所,息,流動而無形。

《說文》:「息,喘也。从心从自,自亦聲。」段玉裁注:「人之氣急曰喘,舒曰息,引伸爲休息之偁,又引伸爲生長之偁。」又曰:「心气必從鼻出,故从心自。」

Wind drifting by, dancing with ease. Unbounded and formless, ventilating like air.
Neither defined by physical entities nor confined by vessels, is home a momentary state of space moving around oneself, undulating with the energy rising from heart. Among the ephemeral moments, one could dance lightly like the wind, unbounded, freely, without fear.

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23:59 ESCAPE (2021)

記錄城市的晝夜節律,街道與建築的關係在夜晚反轉,窗口溢出的燈光成爲主角,建築幕墻之間反射的霓虹燈,雨夜濕漉漉的地面倒映著模糊的街景。在夜晚漫步沒有了喧鬧的人群和車流,打開感官尋找光源,發現城市的另一面。 

A night stroll that opens up the sensation, seeking for lights and reflections when the building and void reversed.

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Kwai Shing West Estate in Hong Kong
Kwai Shing West Estate in Hong Kong

Public Housing in Hong Kong

Discover the history of Hong Kong living

Night lights from 23:59 ESCAPE
Night lights from 23:59 ESCAPE

City

Document the built environment
Trace the past and future.

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