Invisible Island 透明島嶼
Invisible Island, 2021
Rich in ecological resources, Lamma Island is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. Artist So Wing-po collects different species of algae, fungi, plants, and insects from around the island and subjects them to decellularisation – a biomedical engineering process that can be used in tissue and organ regeneration.
Having had their living cells and proteins removed, the organisms are left with a somewhat odd, and pale translucent appearance. Together with a collection of related fictitious stories, the de-celled organisms are on display in Sok Kwu Wan, where visitors are invited to enter the imaginary parallel world hidden from everyday life. Lying dormant in containers, the remaining scaffolds of the de-celled organisms are displayed adjacent to the large fish tank inside a seafood restaurant, creating a surreal dialogue. Seem to be in hibernation, the hollow organisms are waiting for their opportunity to be repopulated with living cells and connect metonymically with the invisible island.
Humans and nature are facing unprecedented crises, completely shattering all structures that were once “normal”. The making of voids seems to be a violent procedure, but in fact, it is to open up our imagination towards the future relationship between human beings and our surrounding nature.
《透明島嶼》
南丫島的生態資源豐富，動植物品種繁多。 藝術家蘇詠寶在島的四周收集海藻、菇菌、植 物及昆蟲等各色物種，並對其進行細胞脫除 ── 一種用於器官移植的再生醫學技術。
被去除活細胞與蛋白質的物種呈半透明的 奇特狀態，連同相關的虛構故事集展示於 索罟灣島上，邀請觀眾一起編想隱匿於日常 的平行世界。餘下軀殼的物種只有纖維構造， 展示於索古灣一間海鮮酒家內，與酒家門口的大魚缸左右並置，進行一種超現實的對話。半透明的物種像休眠般蟄伏於容器中，彷彿伺機進行再細胞化，以轉喻的方式連繫着 那座隱形的島嶼。
人類和自然界正面對空前危機，徹底粉碎一切曾經「正常」的結構。製造一個個虛空的軀殼，看似是一種平靜的暴烈，實際是開放 對未來的想像，重新給予空間去思考人類與 自然及周遭物的關係。