Hang TamHello Do you remember me ? (Only 133 copies)

Photographs: Hang Tam

Publisher: Self published

172 pages

Year: 2024

Price: € 90

Only 1 copy available

In a distant era, there used to be a yellow page in the public phone booths in Hong Kong, for users to flip through and reach who you are looking for. In the 1980s, people frequently used the booths, and there were many scenes in Hong Kong movies of people calling in the booths. The usage was even at its peak during the 1990s when people started to use pagers, and it was not unusual for them to queue for ten minutes at the booths. Those long waiting in line may swear at the users. Nowadays, the prevalence of mobile phones has changed our way of communication. We are so eager to express ourselves yet unwilling to listen to others, that is echoed by a scene in the Hong Kong movie 'Golden Chicken S' in which the leading actress, Ah Kam, while teaching Gordon how to communicate via WhatsApp, says that there is so much fun for sending out a voice message by just pressing a button. With the passage of time, we no longer use public phone booths, and we are thinking that the booths should be demolished due to the obstruction of public areas. As demolishments are going on rapidly in Hong Kong, there may only be one public phone booth left in the future, solely serving the function of being tagged on social media. If you only had one Hong Kong dollar left to make your last call in a public phone booth, to whom would you call?

This project won the dumy book award in Arles in 2024

Handmade softcover housed in a signed envelop, 26,8 x 19 cm. Artist's book. Text in Chinese. Colors photographs. Limted edition of 133 copies.