Corporate Responsibility
Artwork Title:
Horizon in Time
Artist Name:
Kingsley Ng (Hong Kong)
Location:
Kai Tak Station
Artwork Completion Date:
February 2020
Concept:
Whether as the former airport, the new cruise terminal or a railway station, Kai Tak is always a point of departure for travel. The journeys that begin or end here are loaded with fascination, sentiments and memories: the amazement of reaching up to the sky for the first time, the vast vista at the open sea, the mixed feelings about migration, the lively pulse of everyday commuting. Horizon in Time invites passengers to contemplate these moving moments when they step into the train station. A sculptural interpretation of the old runway, in direct proportions and aligned to the orientations of the former airport runway, floats above the entrance. Across the flipboard-like structure, an array of iridescent colours changes tones when commuters look from different vantage points. As the sun glides across its daily path, the sculpture’s shadow shifts like a sundial. At night, sparks of light are projected onto the surroundings, like a constellation rising after dark. The theme of transitoriness is carried through in imagery inside the station. At the platforms, watermark traces of old photographs bring back ephemeral vignettes at Kai Tak when the historical airport first opened. Like memories, the faint images await to be rediscovered. Along the subway, ports connecting to Hong Kong’s migratory history come together in a topological panorama. Viewed from a consistent altitude of 35,000 feet, all traces of human habitation—and the impulses driving each journey—fade away. A joint horizon stretches across borders in timelessness.
