Two Talking Artifacts story book Added by MOA2006

Photo: Suk Ki Wong


Two Talking Artifacts is a story book inspired by a story written by a Hong Kong writer Yuen Chui Cheong. The work is presented in image sequence and dialogue; my perspective reading the story. Perspective distorts reality and makes the absolute truth unknowable.
First, I translated the Chinese text into English; I arranged the sentences and paragraphs differently from the Chinese, which is based on the logic of Contemporary Chinese poem. Then I picked some of the sentences, mixed them up and rewrote them as a dialogue: Some people are talking about a woman named Wu Mei.
Influenced by the interrelationship between images and words, inspired by the photo montage and the reading of comics, I explore the possibility of reading images. I start by looking at their rhythms and then present images by layering, which is very different from the conventional representation of lining photos on a flat surface. The images themselves and their positioning entail a message of ?something and nothing?, as if something has the quality to go from existent to non-existent.

Suk Ki Wong who goes by the name Ki is one of the outstanding female photographers in Hong Kong. Specialised in portraiture, believing in instinct, afraid of being photographed; understanding the allure and the destruction/violence of photography. Therefore, her camera is always gentle when facing anyone who is photographed. She wishes to take pictures with a sense of humanity and humor. Perhaps fascinated by fairy tales and cartoons, and fond of short stories as well as prose, therefore, loves to talk and compose stories producing a series of photos to convey a story or an incident.

Contact:
sukkiwong(at)gmail.com, sukkiwong(at)yahoo.com.hk