J is Lee Shuk Man - The Inner Études

Site-Specific Immersive Theatre | 環境體驗劇場

Synopsis:

Rock as Companion and Ally: The Whispering Tale Beside The Wall

Hundreds of million years ago somewhere in the Northern hemisphere, the earth shook violently. Ashes and smoke billowed and shot through the sky while lava snaked through the lands. When all is calm, a piece of land hard as granite came into existence. A metropolis is miraculously built upon this steep terrain—Hong Kong. These granites, dotted with black dots, continue to be a symbol of strength and endurance used in roads and buildings all over this city while silently guarding people in their daily lives.

Burrowing through layers of granite, we witness the chronicles of Hong Kong in reverse: from urbanization, development of mining and quarrying industries, to geology and the process of geological studies. Until we have reached the pre-human era, we see a possibility to construct the story of Hong Kong from a geology perspective, a timeline that perhaps has transcended beyond human primacy.

作品簡介：

靜倚牆邊側耳細聽與石為伴的守望故事

億萬年前，北半球某處經歷了一次山崩地裂，飛灰直衝天際，火焰向大地四周蔓延。平復過後，一塊蘊含著堅固岩石的土地應運而生。時至今日，在這險峻的地勢上如神蹟般築成了一座大都會 —— 香港，而土地上那種帶有小黑點「花」紋的花崗岩，仍常見於各區的道路之上、建築之內，默默守護著我們的日常。

追隨著「花崗岩」，我們看見了香港的城市發展、礦石業、地質及地質研究史，時間線不斷推前，到達了一個無法以生命理解的時間尺度。由地質出發，我們看到一個描寫香港的可能，一個不是以人類主宰起點的可能。