Tramy Wong

I observe that there are countless social problems surrounding us and they only trigger attention from media or the crowd at a specific moment. Such phenomenon leads me to a serious consideration that when someone voice for a voiceless individual or an underprivileged group, his or her kindness attracts publicity and donations; However, when the tide of enthusiasm ebbs, the problems appears again and are still there.

As a result, I combine the feature of heat sensitive ink and photography to simulate the problem that people merely use their heat to make the problem disappear temporarily. After all, the warmness is ephemeral and superficial. I hope that people can rethink whether there is a more practical and long-term assistance for those in need, solve the problem fundamentally, and eventually help them to live a better life.

由於發現日常生活中，身邊充斥着各種社會問題，而偏偏這些問題在某個時間點會引發媒體或群眾關注。這令我注意到，常有人為某一位／群弱勢發聲，往往在當下都會有很大的迴響，人人爭相為該案主施以援手，但常熱潮退卻，問題卻依然存在。

我使用了感熱油墨的特性並結合攝影，讓大眾使用他們的溫度去令問題「消失」，但當他們的熱度離問後，問題又會重新出現，喻意人們的溫暖只是短暫、表面的。

這個作品想要做的，就是想要引起人們反思這樣的行為是否有更實質而又長遠的幫助，希望大家可以從更根本的地方解決問題、幫助弱勢獲得更好的生活。