SPARKLE ！ ZOO AS METAPHOR | 火花！像是動物園
SPARKLE ! ZOO AS METAPHOR
A zoo, a museum and an art exhibition, the link among them seems explicable, but also metaphorical.
Before the project began, the team set the parameters: do not make it a group show, make it a collaborative project. Even though visitors may be able to recognise which parts of the creation have been contributed by which artists, there is little meaning in trying to appreciate the works separately. Their existence can only make sense when they are perceived connectedly as one whole narrative and experience.
The team has taken the exhibition space to create the narrative in full dimension. Partly fictional, partly genuine.
In the end, there is no imitation of a zoo, but a fabricated "Collection" show. In "The Collection", some pieces are real and some are creations. In the midst of these collections and creations, a scenario of an unusual collector appears, retrieving faded memories of our city...
Leaving "The Collection", our tour guides (performers) will lead you back to the living presence, currently an exhibition space, but once the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and a pier. So what will it be in the future?
By the end of the narrative, visitors will have been reminded to remember, something is disappearing...
火花！像是動物園
關於這個計劃的題目，大概動物園、博物館奇珍、藝術品展覽，它們之間好像就有一種不言而喻的連繫。
這個「展覽」的其中一個前設，就是這將不會是一個聯展。參與創作人其實是一個創作團隊，進行了這個共同創作。即使你可能看得出哪些部份是來自哪位創作人的手筆，但將它們單獨地去欣賞是沒有多大意義的，因為它們都在互相扣連成為一個整體的「敘述」。
運用這個空間，這個油街展場的時空，團隊其實是創作了一場「敘述」。既假又真。
最後沒有假扮一個動物園；卻虛構了一個「珍藏展」。
藏品有真有假，有的確實是珍藏，有的其實是創作，在珍藏與創作之間，構成了一個場景，隱隱呈現了一個具癖好的收藏家，敘述著大概是這個收藏家對城市的觸感，隱含藉城市內不同文化、面貌(地方)、價值、記憶的消逝……
從這個「珍藏展」，導賞員（演出者）會帶領你慢慢回到「現場」，時空既是一個展場，是現在的油街實現、又是以往的香港皇家遊艇會，曾經是一個碼頭，那麼以後呢？
敘述的尾聲，大概要提一提大家，還有什麼要去記住，什麼正在消失或被消失當中……
