The inner voice of Bus
巴士的心聲 (2015, revised in 2025)
Media: Video installation, site-specific photography, an old TV set
From 2015 to now, the competitiveness of buses has been overshadowed by the rapid expansion of the MTR network in Hong Kong.
“Bus” is personified as a tragedian and his series of lines convey his despair and resentment. Photos are displayed in the style of 1980-1990s Hong Kong movie and framed in an abandoned television, symbolizing the bleak future of Bus.
Site-specific photos:
Kwun Tong (photo 1-3): "MTR on top vs Bus below" - a visual metaphor for the dominance of the MTR with its elevated tracks looming over the buses below.
To Kwa Wan (photo 4): once a massive construction site for the Shatin to Central Link expansion project in 2015, today it is a fully operational station on the Tuen Ma Line.
Diamond Hill (photo 5): a major interchange station for the Tuen Ma Line nowadays while already serving the Kwun Tong Line before.
Kennedy Town: a newly opened station for MTR West Island Line in 2015.
從2015年至今，隨著香港鐵路網絡的迅速擴張，巴士的競爭力日漸黯然失色。
作品中，「巴士」化身成一名悲劇主角，連串讀白流露出他的絕望和不忿。影像以八、九十年代香港電影的風格，呈現在一部被遺棄的電視機框中，象徵著「巴士」慘淡的前景。
影像地點：
觀塘 （圖1-3）：「地鐵於上，巴士在下」 —— 港鐵路軌高聳於巴士之上，以展現港鐵主導地位的比喻。
土瓜灣 （圖4）：2015年時曾是沙中綫擴建工程的工地，如今是屯馬綫上一個全面運作的車站。
鑽石山（圖5）：連接觀塘綫與屯馬綫的主要轉乘站，在此之前已服務於觀塘綫。
堅尼地城 （圖6）：2015年時為港鐵西港島綫一個新開通的車站。
