界限／南北
Boundaries
李俊峰 Lee Chun Fung
錄象
30分鐘
彩色、中英文字幕、HD 1080p
Video
30 mins, Color, Chinese and English subtitle, HD 1080p
2019
計劃簡述：
這故事由香港前途討論期間由英⽅提議的一個平行時空說起...
80年代初，英國政府著⼿處理⾹港前途問題。中國在這問題上態度強硬，堅持收回⾹港主權。當時英方曾有建議在《拓展香港界址專條》所訂的界線上，築建一道「⾹港牆」，將當時的⾹港劃下南北分隔線，好讓英國保留其最後的「遠東殖⺠地」。
此錄像嘗試勾畫「香港牆」建成後，香港社會的另⼀路徑。在這時空裡，「牆」既為物理空間的分割，也構成多重因素影響下的認同政治。無論這「牆」是否存在，回顧這⼀段替代歷史能讓我們探討香港於其糾結的地緣政治下所處身的獨特處境。
Project Description:
This story begins with a parallel world proposed by the British government during the negotiation of Hong Kong future in the early 1980s...
When the British started to negotiate the future of Hong Kong with the Chinese government, Chinese government has shown persistency and insisted on reclaiming Hong Kong's sovereignty. Considering the long-term interests that the British has invested in Hong Kong, they strongly advocated the validity of the three treaties, that is according to the Treaty of Nanking and Treaty of Peking, British own the sovereignty of Hong Kong Island as well as Kowloon Peninsula; while New Territories is on lease for 99 years and shall be returned to China in 1997. In order to show confidence to the Chinese government, British proposed to build Hong Kong Wall at the boundary between the New Territories and Kowloon, that imitated the Berlin Wall in Germany. In this circumstance, Hong Kong would be divided into northern and southern, as assurance to British to retain her last "Far East colony" after 1997.
This video is to depict the possible development of Hong Kong society as if the wall was built. Within this allegory, the wall serves not only as a physical division, but contributes in constructing or re-articulating the identity of Hong Kong people, which is influenced by various ideological, political and economic agendas. By reviewing this alternative history, I hope to discuss the uniqueness of Hong Kong together.
