In the days of continuous acceleration of urbanization, a repetitive scenario of construction and destruction, destruction and construction plays itself out just about everywhere. An individual in such a scenario cannot help but move along in the same repetitive pulsation of self-constructing and over-throwing.

I build a wall around me, then break it down, build it up again, break it down again, repeating the building and breaking, no beginning and no end.

Works from two locations are shown, one from Macao in China and one from Montemor in Portugal.

I rendered the shooting in Macau before being invited by the two designers from
[ Cultural Association +853] to participate in the event “ This Is My City”, in the beautiful city of Montemor on the Midlands of Portugal. These two cities are quite different from each other, Macao is a “big city” and at the same time a densely populated “little city”; whereas Montemor is the other way around, it is a small town with about two thousand people on average, the area of land per person, over there in Montemor, exceeds by far that of over here in Macau; the sky is high and the land is broad.

My attempt is to show the utterly different geographical characteristics of the two, and the different feelings that I, as an individual, got to experience.

The set in Macao is in front of a wall where I build my wall, this sense of repetition and pressing is precisely what I want to show. The set-in Montemor is at the very top spot of the city next to an ancient castle where the whole city is in view, white clouds floating in blue sky in the background while I build my wall, bit by bit, and break it down, bit by bit, the never-ending cycle, which is a very different experience, both visually, and psychologically.

This piece of work is my interpretation of “This Is My City”, a kind of empathy and self-projection if I may”.

“This piece of work is displayed in the way of video looping."