The City & I
我和城市的二三事

Keith Lam x Chu Hing Wah 
林欣傑 x 朱興華

(2023)

I went back to my dorm, opened the old windows, and let the breeze and light wash in.
I was standing right in front of the windows, there was only me and my shadow.
The trees and flowers seemed like dancing in the wind,
and I recalled old memories about picking longan from the trees,
also the moment when I was rafting between the mountains & water.
I fantasied about watching the sunset with my best friend on Mount Davis.
Then I eventually went back to the bustling city, watching the huge waves at the edge of the city during typhoon 8.

All these are the stories between the City and I.




A former psychiatric nurse, painter Chu Hing Wah is adept at observing urban landscapes and people, using them as inspiration for his work. “The City and I” focuses on Chu's emotions when he paints, combining eight old and new paintings from his collection. Through a series of dialogue between Chu and media artist Keith Lam, and the application of a smart bracelet to collect Chu's emotional data during his creative process, the feelings become immersed in the artwork and are transformed into animation. This immersive experience allows us to enter the heart of his paintings and to experience the story that unfolds between him and the city.

我回到了寄宿的宿舍，
推開那扇老舊的窗，微風和陽光灑在身上。
我就站在窗前，
只有我和我的影子；
窗前的樹和繁花隨風而舞，
我想起了那次摘龍眼的軼事；
泛舟在山水之間，
幻想與摯友在摩星嶺看日落；
我又回到了熙來攘往的城市，
八號風球下在高樓大廈的城市邊看大浪 －
這是我和城市的二三事。

曾任精神專科醫護的畫家朱興華，擅於觀察城市風景和人，並作為創作靈感。《我和城市的二三事》以朱先生作畫時的情緒為核心，結合了新舊畫作共八幅，通過林欣傑和朱興華的對談，以及運用智能手環，推演及紀錄朱先生創作新畫時的情緒數據，讓作畫的感情注入畫作將之幻化成動態，引領大家進入朱先生的畫作之中，感受一幕幕關於他和城市的故事。