Time Is Like Whispering
"Time Is Like Whispering" is a photographic project about a lamentation of the relentless passage of time. The work reflects on a struggle of memories against forgetting.
Time as if the wind, whispers and passes by, beyond our awareness. In the wind of time, somettimes, rock seems as if it's flowing when gazed at for a while. Time slips away and alter our perceptions. Memories become vague, fragmented and distinct from the actuality. Emotions also change over time and become indifferent toward things, people, and moments that were once important.
This work symbolises the constant flow of time and its impact, conveying the fragility of memories and human forgetfulness. As a Hong Kong Citizen, through this work, I also reflect on the recent migration phenomenon in Hong Kong after a huge identical, political and cultural transformation over the years. Do we still remember? Are we being numb and indifferent to Hong Kong after leaving there? Nevertheless, we can only go with the flow and grow old, every fraction of a second fading after all and it is inevitable in the long flow of time. Yet there are things and moments that I don’t want to forget or be forgotten.
