The Harvest Season

Urban Skylight Digital Art Series
Commissioned by Hang Seng Bank

Autumn Theme “The Harvest Season” digital artwork inspired by the 24 Solar Terms in China, the 24 solar terms ( 二十四節氣 ) were created thousands of years ago to guide agricultural production, the solar term culture is still useful today to guide people’s lives through special foods, cultural ceremonies with each term. In our modern society, the idea of 24 solar terms might be well forgotten due to the high speed / mass produce food consumption culture, people might forgot how our food came from and its essence, in which our livelihood is very much depends on nature (based on the solar terms and the ever changing weather). Thus, the artwork showed a gratitude and respect to nature and encourage audience to reconnect to this ancient value which nurtured our ancestors throughout thousands of years.

Autumn is the time when crops are finally ready to be harvested, the video artwork also depicted the abstract wheat field moving landscape painting under the breeze, the giant hands from the sky holding the dancing wheats, carried it down to earth, posing an open hands gesture and released the wheats at the end. The artwork story presented the important messages of paying respect and grateful to our nature, which given us prosperity and abundance, and also remind our public to cherishing the food, in the aim to respond to our global food crisis and unbalance of wealth distribution.

秋季主題「豐收季節」以中國二十四節氣為主題，二十四節氣是幾千年前為指導農業生產而創造的，節氣文化至今仍能指導人們的生活每個學期都會有特殊的食物和文化儀式。在我們的現代社會中，由於高速/大量生產的消費文化，二十四節氣的概念可能被遺忘，人們可能會忘記我們的食物是如何來的及其本質，其中我們的生計很大程度上依賴於大自然（根據節氣和不斷變化的天氣）。因此，這件藝術品表達了對大自然的感激和尊重，並鼓勵觀眾重新認識這項養育了我們祖先數千年的古老價值。

秋天是農作物終於可以收割的時候，錄像作品描繪了微風徐徐下的麥田抽象動人的風景畫，天上的巨手托著舞動的麥子，把它帶到地上， 最後張開雙手送出小麥。藝術作品的故事傳達了賦予我們繁榮富足重要訊息 - 感激大自然，也提醒公眾珍惜食物，以應對全球糧食危機和財富分配不平衡。