If You Miss Home
YIP Kin-bon
葉建邦
8'33" | 16:9 | 2016 | HD
Original Language : English 英文 | Subtitle : English 英文
Location : Hong Kong
The video materials are taken from an employment agency for domestic helpers. The agency produces short interview videos of the foreign domestic helpers for future potential employers’ download. The footage shows interviews with pre-set sentimental questions to solicit standard responses. For instance, a foreign domestic helper who is herself a mother would be asked, “What would you do if you miss your children and family back home while you are in Hong Kong?” The prescribed script advised them that an answer should be followed by singing a song to the children of the future employer. This video has a total of 12 interview segments with the following entry points: 0’22, 1’01, 1’35, 2’10, 2’58, 3’37, 4’09, 4’40, 5’01, 5’25, 6’06, 6’48



錄像素材取自於一間外傭中介公司網站。他們為外籍女傭製作面試短片,給有可能成為未來僱主的人任意 下載。 每位外傭會被問及相同的面試題目。作品以一條感性的問題作為主軸---已為人母的外傭都會 被問:「如果在香港想念在家鄉的兒女和家人會怎樣做 ?」各片段中的對答不時出現忘詞丶提示和範本答案。在有如公式的劇本裡,她們被要求「唱一首歌給未來僱主的兒女聽」,彷彿是在回應思念, 歌聲可能是個更貼近真實的回答。
Publisher
發行人

Yip Kin Bon


Original licenses
原版權

Biography
創作者簡介

Born in 1989, Yip Kin-bon integrates collecting, reading and sorting in works of collage and assemblage, juxtaposing apparently unrelated events, objects and time to highlight the world’s absurdity. In the past few years, he has participated in various group shows in venues such as Biennale Jogja, WMA Annual Exhibition, Times Museum, ILHAM Gallery (Kuala Lumpur), La MaMa Galleria (New York), Arko Art Center (Seoul), Gallery EXIT and Para-site (Hong Kong). He had his solo show at 1a Space (Hong Kong) in 2014. Collectors of his art include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA) and private collections. He received his BA degree from Hong Kong Baptist University’s Academy of Visual Art in 2013 and remains Hong Kong-based.

創作主要關注新聞影像,由傳統報紙至官方新聞,以搜集、閱讀、分類、梳理及整合的處理,常以拼湊和集成的方式呈現。試圖將事件、物件、時間串連,在身處的荒謬世界捕捉可以令人們產生想像和思考的機會。近年參與展覽包括群展《海風.日惹雙年展》(KH文化中心,印尼)、《機遇 ─ WMA年度展覽》(香港)、《從不掉東西的人》(廣州時代美術館等。作品為三藩市現代藝術博物館 (SF MOMA) 及其他私人所收藏。生於1989年香港。2013年畢業於香港浸會大學視覺藝術院。


Website
創作者網址

http://www.yipkinbon.com
Keywords 關鍵字

missing, foreigner labour, exploitation
想念, 外地勞工, 剶削