Uncle Ho 何伯
Uncle Ho is beer drinking, peanuts eating old man. He is constantly holding a can of beer in one hand and a walking stick on the other, freely cursing against the wrongs of the government. Uncle Ho don’t speak that much but in time of danger he will suddenly turn into a very brave person (depending on how much he drank), he might even jump out to block the Chinese Communist tanks. He is not afraid of dying, he just afraid of dying without a purpose! Uncle Ho this character was inspired by many old protestors the artist met during different protest sites. Hong Kong was engulfed by Communist China in 1997 and the Communist promised nothing will change for the next 50 years… in the year of 2047 the artist will be 77 years old, he wondered if he will be still protesting by then.
藝術家在不同抗爭現場,看到自由自在地罵政府的老人家所啟發,偽裝「銀髮族」參加遊行。連他最親密的戰友都認他不出來,全程暢通無阻。
此作品也得到曾經在「華為」工作近十年的科技專家提供反鏡頭人面監控寶貴意見塑造。監控鏡頭會1.量度兩條眼眉的距離2.測量下巴至側面下顎的角度與距離3. 檢查人的耳朵形狀(世上沒有兩人耳朶是相同的,就像指紋那樣)。所以「何伯」的黑眼鏡,帽和鬍子把眉頭,下顎和耳朵完全覆蓋。
「何伯」是個喝啤酒、食花生,手拿著拐杖不良於行的老人。「何伯」平時不作聲,但每當危急的時候他會變很勇敢,什至會跳出來抵擋坦克,他不害怕死亡,只害怕死得沒有意義!
2nd & 15th November, 2019