Stair Mass

梯間回聲

這是一個設置於後樓梯的四聲部裝置。利用回音的空間特性、走火通道的過渡屬性、合唱中聽與被聽見的公共性，去思考離散的意義。

離別在情感上經常是難以言說，產生一種抽象的心理空間。而借鑒宗教的儀式，儀式卻是提供情感外露，集體表達，共時行動的渠道。失語是大家的共通點，分享卻是共同出現的原因。

聖餐中的酒與餅，是一種神聖的物化。而再看耶穌的囑托：「你們要喝這杯吃這餅，為的是記念我。」在離世前，衪沒有強調救贖，而是展現人性的一面。裝置播放著彌撒歌曲《最後的晚餐》(The Last Supper)。一個版本由 Set Tone Men 無伴奏人 聲樂團合唱，其他版本則由十位已移民離港之人輕聲輪唱。

參與其中，可以唱歌可以述說可以沉默，在過渡的時空，持續發聲和聆聽可能是直面脆弱的意義。

Stair Mass

Across the Prison Yard in the staircase of JC Cube are Stair Mass and Their Apartments, the exhibition’s “hidden tracks”, as it were, accessible from Thursdays to Saturdays. A site-specific sound installation, Stair Mass channels vulnerable sentiments associated with partings and farewells, and weaves them into melodies that ricochet off the building’s staircase and embrace passers-by. Amid a new wave of emigration in Hong Kong, Yim invites emigrants along with Set Tone Men, an a cappella group, to sing or hum “The Last Supper” by the Irish choral composer Bernard Sexton, a beautifully poignant piece that resonates with those facing separation in life. Visitors are invited to wander in, listen, reminisce, connect, and sing in this liminal space thus sonically transformed. Resulting from the artist’s continual reflections on ritual, remembrance, liberty, expression, and public space, the work experiments with fresh ways of forming collective experiences.