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Mixed media installation

混合媒介裝置

About 450 x 300 cm 厘米

 

Commissioned by CHAT 

CHAT六廠委託作品

 

朱頌琪運用自身的建築知識，作出對香港未來城市面貌的推測。通過觀察荃灣、觀塘、黃竹坑、荔枝角和火炭等前工業區域轉型為創意地區的過程，藝術家邀請我們為香港設想另一種城市模型，使創意成為城市發展的支柱。她以社會昆蟲網絡、真菌網絡、神經元網絡等自然界中去中心化的系統為基礎，參照它們高效快速的互動性和應變力，將這些前工業區連接起來。然後，她將這種都市模型製成掛氈，讓思想和行為模式的流動，與線、紙和立體結構在掛氈上相互交織，發放信號來刺激我們的大腦神經元，引發對未來可能性的想像。

 

 

Chu draws on her background in architecture and presents a speculative model of future Hong Kong. By observing the transformation of former industrial areas including Tsuen Wan, Kwun Tong, Wong Chuk Hang, Lai Chi Kok and Fo Tan into creative districts, Chu prompts us to envision an alternative urban model for Hong Kong, one where creativity is essential for the city’s development. To interconnect these districts, Chu employs a decentralised system inspired by nature: social insect colonies, fungal networks, neuronal networks – they are all highly interactive and adaptable to unexpected changes. Chu presents this urban model as a tapestry, where flows of ideas and patterns of behaviour intertwine with threads, paper and three-dimensional forms, emitting signals that stimulate our brain synapses to imagine a possible future.