Photographer  . Sam Ginger

The City without Chair / 空凳 

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Who designed the city without a chair? Who leaves the abandoned chair in at open space?

 

Documenting the abandoned chairs in public areas gives us clues to whether a metropolis is well designed for human beings. Did the abandoned chairs appear first, or the desire of “sitting down” came first, so a chair was placed over there?

 

Sam Keung explores the characteristics of Hong Kong by filming abandoned chairs found in different districts. These chairs are not eye-catchy as we are so well adapted to their existence in our city. Why can people not pause for a moment? Is it because of the narrow streets? Or is it because people are busy? Or is it simply because of no chair in the city?

誰去規劃沒有凳的都市，
誰又去放張「空凳」在街上。

透過記錄人們自發安放於公共空間的坐具，看看這個號稱國際大都市的城市規劃，是否以人的需要作為出發點。是有凳才有人坐，還是人有需要才有凳的出現。

透過這輯相片，姜永生嘗試探討香港的街道特色，拍下沒人為意的「空凳」。發掘港人為什麼沒有停下的一刻，是街道太狹窄，是沒有停下來的閒情， 還是沒有停下來的需要，還是只是欠缺簡單的凳。