MAN MEI TO
Being Patient Again - II
Mud , metal, sound
120cm x 120cm
2020
* Mud from Ma Shi Po
Sound recording : 11m59s
"Being Patient Again" (2020) consists of mud balls that the artist collected from the area of Ma Shi Po, completely dried out and arranged in an orderly manner on a metal plate. Accompanying the display is a soundscape the artist recorded when she rehydrated them (as the water filled up the pores, it produces sounds similar to the ambient sounds of a forest). The installation asks the audience to listen closely to the land and the sounds that are produced by a given terroir.
Resumption of land at Ma Shi Po Village by the Lands Department of Hong Kong on 19 July 2021 for the development of North East New Territories.
《乾旱的泥土與水重聚一刻》(2019)正是這樣的一件作品。藝術家從馬屎埔採集當地的泥土,製成泥球,將其曬乾之後整齊地擺放在金屬碟上。與此同時,文美桃錄下了給泥土補水時的聲音(用水充滿泥土縫隙時發出的聲音營造出森林的氛圍)。促使觀眾在有限的空間裡貼近土地,聆聽它的聲音。
香港地政總署因發展新界東北為由於2021年7月19日收回馬屎埔村土地。