Searching the Vanished
尋索消失的XX
2026
10 digital images, zine, video, and card game prototype
The vanished leave subtle traces, visible to those doubting what’s visible on the surface.
This journey of searching the vanished in Hung Hom started with a “supernatural encounter” shared with me on my way to the washroom—a conversation that pinned Hung Hom to my radar.
I began to walk around Hung Hom and found leveled slopes, an intriguing perimeter wall, a contemporary lotus fountain built six decades ago, and other interesting urban fabric.
All these—like a phantom of the vanished—prompted me to dive deeper into disappeared hills and streets.
This project interweaves site crawling and research into public records and oral history. This results in a series of works comprising digital images, a card game prototype, a zine, and a video made up of real-time GPS logs of may walks and forced detours on the past streets on the 1887 map of Hung Hom.
The deeper I dug, the more I realized that the past remains just beyond reach—records disappear, oral accounts clash, and memories fade.
The past seems so veiled. Can we really find where the pieces fit?
10幅數碼影像、小誌、錄像及咭牌遊戲原型
已消逝的，留下細微痕跡，向對事物表面存疑的人說話。
這趟在紅磡尋索消逝事物的旅程，始於一次往洗手間途中聽到的「靈異遭遇」；那次跟人的對話讓我對這區域好奇。
我開始在紅磡一帶遊走，看到被削的山坡、一道外觀奇特的圍牆、一座60年前建造但外型十分當代的蓮花噴水池，以及其他有趣的城市肌理。
這一切，如同消逝事物的幽靈，驅使我進一步探索消失的山與街道。
這計劃結合了實地考察與公共檔案及口述歷史的探索，由此創作一系列作品，包括數碼影像、咭牌遊戲原型、小誌及一個由GPS實時追蹤我跟着1887年紅磡地圖並沿已消失街道行走的紀録而組成的錄像。
挖得越深，越覺過去觸不可及：文獻可佚失、口述故事會矛盾、記憶亦可淡忘。
過去顯得撲索迷離。那些餘下的碎片真的能拼湊在一起嗎？
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Faint Traces through a Veil: Whispering to the Skeptical
Digital images (A series of 10. See images above)
60x50cm each
Hills in Hung Hom have been leveled to make way for housing and urban development projects, leaving many to believe it was an area created solely by reclamation.
But subtle traces reveal themselves to the curious and skeptical eye. What I found during site crawls included the remains of both an unnamed hill in Lo Lung Hang within Northwest Hung Hom and Kwun Yam Hill, as well as what some claim to be Tai Wan Hill's remains. They all seem
veiled, revealing only a wavering outline.
More about the leveled hills: Check out the zine as well
Images above:
1-2: Remains of an Unnamed Hill in Lo Lung Hang
The perimeter wall of Marigold Mansions, where Shun Yung & Fat Kwong Streets meet in Lo Lung Hang, looks carved into the rocks. The rocks belong to a nameless, leveled hillside.
3-4: Lotus on Kwun Yam Hill's Remains
The lotus fountain was built in 1966 inside the Fat Kwong Street Garden No.1, evoking the leveled Kwun Yam Hill (Kwun Yam or Guan Yin is the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy often depicted holding a lotus or sitting on a lotus throne.)
5-6: Remaining Small Slopes of the Leveled Kwun Yam Hill
7-10: The Completely Leveled Tai Wan Hill
The site of the completely leveled Tai Wan Hill has become Hutchison Park since the 1990s. There's a 15m-high hillock in the park, rumored to be Tai Wan Hill’s remnant. Below the hillock is a turtle pond.
如披了紗的細微痕跡向存疑的人說話
數碼影像（一系列10幅: 請參閱上方影像）
每幅60x50cm
紅磡的山丘因房屋與城市發展工程而被削平或完全夷平，令不少人以為這片土地純粹由填海成。
然而，細微的痕跡會向好奇的目光說話。創作人在實地考察中看到在紅磡西北部老龍坑的一個無名小山坡、似乎是觀音山餘體的斜坡，以及部分人士所稱的大環山殘跡。
但這一切都仿如披着層層的紗，只讓人看見一點輪廓。
更多關於這三山的餘體: 請參閱小誌。
上方影像：
1-2:老龍坑的一座無名小山之餘體
紅磡老龍坑信用街與佛光街交界的萬高花園大廈外的圍牆，
看起來像是直接嵌進石中。這些石屬於一個已被削的
無名山坡。
3-4: 觀音山餘體上的蓮花
蓮花噴水池在佛光街一號公園內，於1966年建成。噴水池像是紀念已被平整的觀音山（觀音的形像常為手持蓮花或坐於蓮花寶座上）。
5-6: 觀音山給平整後的剩餘斜坡
7-10: 被完全削掉的大環山之遺址
被完全夷平的大環山原址早在1990年代被建成和黃公園。公園內有一座約15米高的土丘，傳聞是大環山的殘體，土丘下方有一個龜池。
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Clues from the Hills’ Remains
Handmade Zine
Chinese and English versions
21x14.8x1.05cm
Maps, photos, and texts featuring thoughts, findings and questions from site crawling as well as research into public records and oral history
山體的線索
手造小誌
中英文版各一
21x14.8x1.05cm
地圖、照片及關於部分探索發現、思考與提問之文字
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Walking in Hung Hom with the 1887 Kowloon Map
Video
6 mins 40 secs
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to walk with a street map made 139 years ago?
There were five streets running northeast to southwest in Hung Hom, according to the 1887 Kowloon map.
From NW to SE, they are: Temple St., Marsh St., Station St., Dock St., and Hill St.
I followed the 1887 Kowloon Map and walked on the five streets in Today’s Hung Hom, letting GPS and the Hiking Trail HK app record the forced detours.
跟1887年九龍地圖行一轉
録像
6分40秒
你有否想過，依著139年前的街道圖步行會是怎樣的呢？根據1887年的九龍地圖，紅磡曾有五條由東北向西南延伸的街道。
這五條街道由西北至東南依次為：Temple St. 、Marsh St.、差館街 (Station St.)、船塢街 (Dock St.) 及Hill St.。
1887年地圖只有街道英文名稱，部份街道中文名從其他資料找到。
我嘗試根據1887年的九龍地圖，在今日的紅磡遊走已消失或遷移的街道，讓GPS及Hiking Trail HK app記錄障礙與繞道。
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Remnant Explorer (Card Game Prototype)
16 game cards, 1 first player card, 4 reference cards, 13 eyecharms & their treasure chest, and 1 manual
Chinese and English versions
This is a card game prototype inspired by the micro-game movement and created based on my exploration in Hung Hom.
Play now. The Phantom wandering the remnants might help
you gain an eyecharm and even win.
無名遺跡 （咭牌遊戲原型）
16張遊戲咭、1張起始玩家咭、13枚「眼型幸運印記」及其寶藏箱、4張參考咭及1份說明書
中英文版各一
此咭牌遊戲原型受「微遊戲運動」啟發，並根據創作人在紅磡的探索製作而成。
現在就開始玩吧。遊走於區內消失地景的餘體之「幽靈」或許會助你獲得「眼型幸運印記」，甚至在遊戲中勝出。
