日出而作

施明坤 / Si Meng Kuan

日出而作 / Begin Work at Sunrise

裝置 / Installation

50cm x 120cm x 50cm(h)

在現代都市中生活，有時我們難免活像「牛」一樣，勤勞、沈默、規律且麻木，像不斷搖動的指針，不停息的在既定的軌道上搖擺，直至生命秏盡。

「牛」亦會令人聯想起紅色，「紅色」是熱情、是血汗、是犠牺。

當紅遇上綠除了是強烈的對比外，還表現了中國傳統的用色，跟傳統的農曆年形成呼應。

Modern city life is somewhat like an ox’s – industrious, quiet, routine and alienated. It is also akin to a pendulum, swinging endlessly along an orbit until demise.

Ox is associated with red colour, representing passion, blood and sweat, and sacrifice. By putting red colour together with green, we can see a sharp contrast. The contrast symbolizes the traditional Chinese colouring, echoing Lunar New Year.