A collection of neon signs photographed across Hong Kong between 2019 and 2024. These are not the famous ones. These are the forgotten ones—the dentist signs, the pawn shop beacons, the restaurant names nobody reads anymore.
Each sign is paired with audio recorded at the same location. The sound of traffic, conversation fragments, air conditioning units humming. Together they form a kind of sensory archive.
- Sign 001: 大押 (Pawn Shop), Yau Ma Tei — recorded 11:47 PM, summer 2019
- Sign 002: 牙科 (Dental), Mong Kok — recorded 2:15 AM, autumn 2021
- Sign 003: 茶餐廳 (Cha Chaan Teng), Sham Shui Po — recorded 7:30 PM, winter 2023
- Sign 004: 裁縫 (Tailor), Jordan — recorded 4:00 PM, spring 2024
The project is incomplete. It will always be incomplete. That's the point—the city keeps changing, keeps losing these signs, and I keep trying to catch what remains.
What I'm testing:
How documentation changes the thing being documented. Whether preservation is a form of loss.