A Cold Wind Blows

2025, video installation

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This artwork explores the historical trajectories of Green Island in Hong Kong and Green Island in Taiwan, both of which serve as places of detention. Drawing parallels between these two islands and their inherent states of isolation, the artist constructs an ineffable video sculpture using various materials. This work resonates with the themes of displacement and uncertainty experienced by refugees who fled from persecution.

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The video work is divided into two parts: The first chapter is inspired by the novel Boat People by Canadian-Vietnamese author Phan Trụ, evoking the chaotic atmosphere of the post-Vietnam War era and paralleling it with the period of White Terror in Taiwan. The second part connects the historical events of the Green Island Reception Centre in Hong Kong in the 1980s with the time and space of the 228 Incident in Taiwan, using the text of the novel Hong Kong by Taiwanese-Japanese author Eikan Kyū. The video narrates the journey of five young people who fled from Taiwan to Hong Kong in search of freedom, and depicts the common destiny of other individuals. The artist deliberately juxtaposes and interchanges scenes from these texts, using intertextuality to reassemble the content and compare how similar events unfold in different times and spaces.​​​