平行時空的盛宴｜芝麻灣迴響 A Banquet in Parallel Time: Echos from Chi Ma Wan

岑倩衡 Iris Sham & Louisa Mammeri Public ticket booking opens at 5pm on 25 October. 1979年芝麻灣外，一艘滿載越南船民的街渡駛向羈留中心，那是香港首個禁閉營的前身。 這趟平行時空的互動旅程，以食物、檔案與文本體會遙想這段褪色的記憶。怒海漂浮，自尊與海水一同嚥下，那味道可會是船民渡海時用汽油桶熬煮出來、帶著柴油味的粥水？食物除了果腹，包裝紙還能化成日記本。 我們將與你一同想像：人們在沒有溫飽和自由的境況裡，如何竭力保存尊嚴。 It was 1979, off the coast of Chi Ma Wan. A kaito ferry carrying Vietnamese boat people seeking refuge swayed in the water. They were headed toward the detention centre, which later became Hong Kong's first closed camp. After days on the open sea, pride, along with seawater, had been swallowed to some degree. Here, people go to great lengths to still an aching hunger. A salvaged oil drum might become a pot for boiling congee, with the lingering taste of diesel. The paper label of a food can might become a page to write on. Iris Sham and Louisa Mammeri invite you on an investigative journey that includes edible and non-edible archives. It asks: How does the human spirit, stripped of warmth, sustenance, and freedom, keep creating to maintain its dignity?