The Co-op in my Dream
2019
archival document, archival photos, mixed media installation with slide projection
夢中合作社
作品基於四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。/2019年社會運動期間的自我組織形式的例子。
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，推動了一種生活狀態。作品試圖探討小說動搖對歷史想像的影響，並提出想像力和行動力可以是怎樣的一種抗力。
The Co-op in my Dream
This work is a novel and installation based on four 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: Stories about the democratic management practices of cooperatives. / Examples of self-organizing forms during the 2019 social movements in Hong Kong.
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 serve as a form of resistance.
