The Co-op in my Dream
2019
archival document, archival photos, mixed media installation with slide projection
夢中合作社
作品基於三組史實素材而創作的小說及裝置：
英國國家檔案處未落實的方案：1983年的文件（FCO 87/1618）中提出動議，建議英國政府將550萬香港人移遷到愛爾蘭的阿爾斯特（Ulster）。/ 搜集到的80年代港人到愛爾蘭的生活照及私人收藏的物品，如幻燈片、書信文件、VHS錄影帶、紀念品。/ 與建屋合作社成員的訪問：關於合作社這種民主管理的社會實踐的故事。
小說假設方案落實了試驗計劃，想像移遷的人的住屋及生活系統都以合作社的形式維持，從而推動一種特定的生活方式。作品嘗試探討小說對歷史想像的影響，並提出想像與行動如何能開啟另一種思考與存在的可能。
The Co-op in my Dream
This work is a novel and installation based on three sets of historical materials:
An unrealized proposal from the British National Archives: A 1983 document (FCO 87/1618) proposed relocating 5.5 million Hong Kong people to Ulster, Ireland. / A collection of candid photographs and personal memorabilia from the 1980s of Hong Kong people living in Ireland, such as slides, letters, VHS tapes, and souvenirs. / Interviews with a member of housing cooperatives.
The novel imagines the implementation of this experimental plan, envisioning that the housing and living systems of the relocated people are maintained in the form of cooperatives, promoting a certain lifestyle. The work attempts to explore the impact of the novel on historical imagination and proposes how imagination and action can open up alternative ways of thinking and being.
