The garden of forking paths

這套作品由一系列插圖組成，是博爾赫斯《小徑分岔的花園》短篇小說的同名插畫。

在看插图的同时，可以打开相应的音频来听，同步了解故事情節。

一邊看圖一邊聽小說，會讓目光集中在畫面而不是文字上。这样會讓這個欣賞過程更加沈浸。

This set consists of a series of illustrations of the fiction "The Garden of forking paths" by Jorge Luis Borges with the same title.

While looking at the illustrations, you can open the corresponding audio to listen and understand the storyline simultaneously. (below each painting)

Listening to the novel while looking at the pictures can make the eyes focus on the images rather than the words. This will make the appreciation process more immersive.

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Illustration: Waikwok Choi

Voiceover: Cecilia Wee

In this era, not only has the British colonial phenomenon not ended, but the country has also been colonised in reverse by something much softer. I was reminded of Jorge Luis Borge's novel The garden of forking paths. I saw many gardens, lakes, rivers, ancient oriental ceramics that appear in abundance here like an enigma, gardens in ancient oriental ceramics and some wartime cipher machines in London. I began to abandon an association with the indigeneity of these artefacts, instead basing my perceptions in the eyes of the Other (sinologists, orientalists，collectors) and the Other's perception of my country. They are a mix of my fictional memories and a reinterpretation of the city for me. So what does the city look like? I won't tell you in words what the city or its future looks like, because there are a million possibilities for the future and it has already happened.

在这个时代，不仅英国的殖民现象没有结束，而且这个国家还被更柔和的东西反向殖民了。我想起了豪尔赫-路易斯-博尔赫的小说《小径分叉的花园》。我看到了许多花园、湖泊、河流、像谜一样大量出现在这里的古代东方陶瓷、古代东方陶瓷的花园以及伦敦的一些战时密码机。我开始放弃与这些文物的土著性的联系，而将我的感知建立在他者（汉学家、东方学家、收藏家）的眼中，以及他者对我的国家的感知。它们是我虚构的记忆和对城市的重新解释的混合体。那么，这个城市是什么样子的呢？我不会用语言告诉你这个城市或它的未来是什么样子，因为未来有无数种可能性，而且已经发生了。

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