ShowCase 系列展覽– 人與城
前景未明 (Blurry Foreground)
藝術家：姚偉之 (Brian Yu)
展期：2020 秋 Autumn
前景未明 Blurry Foreground
都市是人類文明的重要組成部份，都市也是伴隨人類文明與進步發展起來的。普遍認為，真正意義上的都市是工商業發展的產物。
正因工商業發展起來，人們就會聚居在一起，謀求更好的生活條件。但伴隨而來並最直接的就是人口大幅上升，並且顯生居住、就業、教育、公共醫療、公共衛生……等問題。要解決上述種種問題，都市就需要再規劃。
重新規劃就需要土地，但土地回收或新造土地很多時對原本在地的社區脈絡和生態做成不可逆轉的影響，做成不公。作為在同一社區居住生活多年的人，留意到自己的社區面臨重建，對未來感到不安。
本輯相片在新填海地，建築工地，待重建區和廢墟取景。並以針孔相機和黑白菲林拍攝，取其不受任何鏡片和顏色影響。加上沒有明確焦點的針孔成像，清晰和模糊之間的影像，前景是好是壞，一切留待觀眾的你自行想象。
Cities are an important part of human civilization, and they have developed along with its progress. It is generally believed that cities in the true sense of the word are the product of industrial and commercial development.
It is precisely because of industrial and commercial development that people have come to live together in search of better living conditions. But the most direct consequence of such development is a dramatic increase in population, which has created an array of problems, including those in housing, employment, education,
public health, and public sanitation. To solve these problems, cities need to be re-planned.
Urban re-planning requires land. However, land reclaiming or creating new land often has an irreversible impact on the ecology and the context of the existing local community, which is unfair. As a person who has lived in the same community for many years, I feel uneasy about the future of my community when I notice that it is facing redevelopment.
The photos were taken on new reclamation sites, construction sites, areas to be redeveloped, and ruins. They were taken with a pinhole camera and black and white film, free from any lens or color effects. As pinhole imaging does not have a clear focus, it is up to viewers to decide whether the foreground (which is the same word for ‘prospect’ in Chinese) is good or bad.
姚偉之 (Brian Yu)
Brian Yiu，香港觀塘居民，時計科技高級文憑(Higher diploma in Horological Science and Technology)畢業。自2014起參與香港光影作坊(Lumenvisum)主辦，觀塘社區重建攝影探索計劃(Kwun Tong Community Redevelopment Documentation)。
攝影狂熱份子，正職做品質管理，返工要影公司野，收工就愛拍自己野。
Brian Yiu, a resident of Kwun Tong in Hong Kong, is a graduate of Higher Diploma in Horological Science and Technology. Since 2014, he has participated in the Kwun Tong Community Redevelopment Documentation project organised by Lumenvisum.
Yiu describes himself as a photography enthusiast. He works in quality management and is responsible for photo shooting at work. After work he likes to take photos of things that interest him.
