

The very first documentary in my life turns out to be a personal documentary produced in a special period of time with tightening Covid control and deteriorating political climate. Making such a personal film is a process of self-exploration, a journey of reflecting upon your shame, your pain, and your trauma. After then, there comes the harvest of your own voice.
2022年春,一位家中長輩的逝世讓和家鄉相隔千里的我開始思考自己當下所處的位置:肉身的位置,在家庭關係中的位置,以及在來處和去處矛盾中不斷擺蕩的精神位置。不斷出走的時日里,我和家人的聯結髮生了怎樣的變化?置身於疫病蔓延與多重張力撕扯不休的時代環境下,腳下的香港對我而言意味著什麼?當從家鄉的河流、空氣與口音中長出來的自我遭遇各種語言、身份與地域的衝撞,我失去了什麼?又有怎樣新的拾得?
"It was like a signboard disappearance chasing," said Kevin Mak, co-founder of the @streetsignhk project, documenting and preserving Hong Kong's signboards that have been gradually taken down according to government regulations, which is one of the most iconic cultural sights of the fast-paced city.
The art of bondage has long been seen as a sexual fetish, stigmatised with labels such as perversion and lust. I talked to Rika Li, a local shibari artist in Hong Kong and founder of "Shibari For All" studio, to find out her perception of this mysterious art.