獨樹一幟 Laundry Art
藝術家：何穎嘉 Jimmi Ho
展期：2019 春季 Spring
作品簡介 Introduction
晾衣本來是最平常不過的事情，但生活在超高密度的香港，家中晾衣的空間卻變得十分狹窄，私人空間往往被壓縮至極限，衍生了密密麻麻般的高樓大廈，而僅餘的公共空間也變成了難以獲得的奢侈品。 自二零一七年十一月開始，何穎嘉一直尋找屬於香港本土的「景觀」，一直在努力發掘有關晾曬環境，公共空間與城市的衝突畫面。 在《獨樹一幟》系列中，照片既不是風景也不是紀錄，而是兩者的混合。 他一直試圖將兩個看似相反的元素匯集在一起，儘管這些照片可能看起來超現實，但它們卻真實反應出香港市民在公共場所晾曬的現象。 在此系列的照片中，市民因應自己的晾曬需求自成一角，發現和利用屬於他們的公共空間。 這些晾衣藝術各具特色，在香港隨處可見。有些市民自攜繩索，巧妙地利用欄杆及燈柱的支撐製造屬於自己的晾衣架，又或者善用地理環境，就地取材進行晾曬，無意地為公共空間中的增添活力。 儘管公共場所晾曬在法律上仍存有灰色地帶，何穎嘉十分佩服香港市民靈巧的生活智慧和適應能力。
Drying clothes is the most common thing in daily life. However, living in high density places of Hong Kong, the space for drying clothes at home has become more and more narrow. Private spaces are compressed to the limit, which makes the rest of the public space more precious. Since November 2017, Jimmi Ho have been walking around Hong Kong looking for the“landscape”. He tried to create images that can offer a different perspective on laundry object, public space, and narrow city that conflict with each others. In the “Laundry Art” series, the photographs are neither landscapes nor documentation, but a hybrid of the two. Jimmi tried to bring two elements together which seem opposed into one picture although these photographs may appear surreal, they are actual documentation of use of laundry from Hong Kong public space. In the “Laundry Art” series of photographs, citizens respond to their own needs and discover, create and utilize the public spaces that belong to them. The art of clothes drying can be seen everywhere in Hong Kong. Some people carry their own clothes lines by skilfully using ropes and lamp posts, or ingenious use of the environment. It inadvertently adds vitality to public spaces. Although drying clothes in public places still have grey areas in the law. Jimmi is very admire the laundry skills and adaptability of Hong Kong residents.
何穎嘉 Jimmi Ho
何穎嘉，一九九三年出生。 他畢業於香港公開大學電影設計及攝影數碼藝術榮譽藝術士。 作品內容主要集中於香港的城市景觀，以及空間建構之間的關係。 他的作品曾在國際上展出和出版，包括國家地理，Imagenation，Sony World Photography，以及The Invisible Photographer Asia。
Jimmi Ho Wing Ka, born in 1993. He graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematic Design and Photographic Digital Arts from the Open University of Hong Kong. All the content of his works is mainly focused on the cityscape of Hong Kong, and the relationship between the construction and thinking of urban space. His work has been exhibited and published internationally, including National Geographic, Imagenation, Sony World Photography, and The Invisible Photographer Asia etc.
