Waiting for a connection
A telephone booth becomes a fragile link across time zones, echoing the isolation and uncertainty of making a life in a new country.
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Instead, we let the moment be讓這一刻停留
In front of a chapel, two friends reflect on the film’s promises and on their own approaching separation for study.
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In their words
Artist statement藝術家的話
The chapel scene in the film to me was the most foreboding. The film has a tragic ending, where the male lead gets killed after he symbolically marries the female lead in front of the chapel. Standing with my friend in front of a chapel that resembled the one in the film, I wondered if I could also pray for our future, as we would part ways for our studies soon.
In the film though, all the prayers were futile, so were the promises.
We didn't end up praying. Instead we let the moment be.
About Shan Cheng藝術家簡歷
I am a 19-year-old student who moved to the UK from Hong Kong 5 years ago. A Moment of Romance was one of those Hong Kong films that left quite an impression on younger me. Through this project, I had the opportunity to share this film, which carries a lot of my old memories about Hong Kong and my family, with Ayesha, a dear friend of mine. During the making of these photographs, we shared laughs and meaningful moments in Sheffield, where we are now gathered.
More images & process / 更多圖像與創作過程 (6)
Additional materials supplied by Shan Cheng. These include film references, photographic variations and process images, and are not all final exhibited works.
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