思鄉系列-重返1949    Nostalgic series-Back to 1949

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我的父親，從歷史裏走來大時代中的小人物，卻帶我穿越了歷史的洪流。透過歷史影像的線索，把兩三代情串出一條血緣脈絡的兩岸情，以一張近70年前的手繪軍艦航線圖，使我在重返這個歷史的路徑上不斷穿梭在父親的回憶、親情的記憶中，這是一段值得我們凝視的故事回憶，系列作品向我父親及那些我未曾參與過的歷史致敬。

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1948年秋父親由青島赴美接艦，返國時奉命駛抵台，從此40年與家鄉失聯，返鄉時沒來得及見著奶奶，仍年年回鄉掃墓，從58歲走到88歲。此組作品記錄父親思鄉的情懷及人生倏忽的感嘆，港灣是對家鄉的依戀，軍絨照是時間流逝的證據，時代的悲劇烙印在無數的小人物身上留下遺憾，而父親選擇用行動走出他綿綿不絕的思念。

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Pier - 1949      Nostalgia 

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My father left for America to pick up a naval ship from Qingdao, China in the fall of 1948. They then received an order to change direction and headed on to Taiwan instead. He lost connection with his family for 40 years from that moment as a consequence. When he was finally allowed to return to his hometown, his mother had unfortunately already passed away. He visited his hometown to sweep his mother’s tomb every year since then, from age 58 to 88. This set of works is to record his mixed emotions of the bitter homesickness he experienced, and the sudden changes that life can throw on you. The harbor is his attachment to his hometown, and the photos are the proof of the years that slipped by. The tragedy of the time is imprinted on countless people, and left them with many regrets. My father, however, chose to take these actions to ease his lingering sorrows。