Ho Lai Na, NANA
Kwok Wing Ki, Wingki
Title: The Persistence of Menory
Artist: Salva Dali
Year:1931
Type: Oil on canvas
Dimension: 24 cm x 33cm
Title: The Melting City
Artist: NANA,Wingki, Rebecca
Year: 2011
Type: Acrylic on canvas
Dimension: 20.5 cm x 30 cm
As enlightened by the great contrasts created in Dali's original painting, we have created The Melting City. The theme of our work is a reflection on the policy of the $6000 giveaway to all citizens who aged above 18 by he HKSAR.
The naming of this painting emphasizes the idea that citizens no longer trust and support the government since the policy is even worse than the previous financial budget.
This issue has aroused people's awareness in the society. There are extreme differences of the points of view held by different people toward this financial budget. Some people are happy for earning $6000 because it can improve their living. While, some people argued that this policy creates social discrimination between permanent residents, new immigrants and emigrants. It also aggravates inflaton and conflicts between the rich and the poor. In this essay, we will talk about the meanings of our painting in detail.
To start with, we would like to introduce the similarities and the differences between the two painings. We have changed the subject matters but kept te same composition and the melting and rotten effect of the subject matters. For example, the clocks are replaced by the coins; Mr. John Tsang Chun-wah, the Financial Secretary, replaces the dead bird; the natural landscape in the right corner is replaced by the Legislative council; the clock which is covering by ants is replaced by a rotten apple; and the use of colour in the sky is changed.
There are two similarities in the both paintings. We have not changed the compositio of the painting. We think that the existence of different subject matters have their own function. Each of them is representating different meanings. Therefore, we do not change the position, number and the size of the subject depicted. Besides, we borrow the idea of the soft melting clocks as we believe this is the most significant feature to tell the main idea of Dali's painting. It is a contrast of hardness and softness. This is indicating the understanding of time is no longer solid, implicitly meaning the collapse of "persistence".
The difference is that we use several melting coins instead of the clocks. The melting effect is to convey the message that the $6000 will run out quickly. It is not long-lasting. After a short period of time, the social problems will be exposed as they have not been solved. The coins mean that this policy may be a wrong decision of giving money directly to the citizens. There may be possibility to creat a bad habit - the government need to giveaway money to the citizens every year. It is because if the HKSAR do not giveaway any subsidy next time, more critics and social disorders will come out. Just like the situation of Macau, the government of Macau is now regretting the wrong beginning she has started.
We remain the withered tree in our painting without any leaves or flowers. The withered tree illustrates that the policy upsets the citizens and thus there is no hope for recovering. The bending coin on the branch creates a depressing feeling, further indicates that the withered of the tree is led by the ineffective and failing policy. Therefore, the melting coins are to emphasize money cannot within slove the problems. It may be effective to aid the dissatisfaction of the citizens within a very short time. However, more serious social problems are likely to break out.
There is a figure of Mr. Tsang Chun-wah, the Financial Secretary, which is drawn ina cartoon way to replace the dead bird. He is suffering from a fallen coin. After Mr. Tsang has announced the $6000 giveaway policy, there was a great resound from the whole society. The fallen coin is too heavy for Mr. Tsang tc carry and even pulls him down. His fall down indicates that he cannot tackle the negative impacts caused by the giveaway policy. The facial expression of Mr. Tsang shows that he does not understand the lower class's difficulties of earning a living. He can only look at the fallen coin but he cannot do anything. This figure creates an ironic effect of the diappointment of his decision and distrust of his ability.
At the left corner, the clock with ants is replaced by a rotten apple with a worm inside. The rotten apple is a little trick we play trick we play on the products of Apple. We use a rotten apple as a subject matter becuase we hope the audience can think of something related to it and guess what it stands for. The initial idea of giving $6000 to every eligible citizen is to help ease the temporary difficulties of loivelihood. However, the policy worsens the social and economic situation of citizens but benefits the businessmen. It is because the giveaway of $6000 will probably increase inflation as stimulating consumption on luxury. For example, some young adults, who have not developed a sound concept of managing money, the may just want to spend the $6000 on buying an iPhone or an iPad.Then, who will be the winner in this case? Also, the rotten apple means the policy upsets Hong Kong economic prospects because it brings no actual benefits on improving the economic situation. The worm is reffered to the sales of the foreign company as taking advantages to expand the market share in Hong Kong in order ti earn more.
The rocky mountain at the back is changed into the Legislative Council, implicitly indicates the political management crisis led by the disturbance of the financial budget. This event reveals the secret worries of management by the current government officers. She cannot fulfill the needs of the citizens. For example, there are young schools leavers that are aged below 18 cannot be benefited from this policy while they are a part of the work force.
The last one is the dark sky. In the original painting, there is a part of brightness in the sky creating a hopeful feeling, Disappointingly, we do not think that there is a hope for the future of Hong Kong. so we draw the sky without any light but blue with some black colour.
To conclude, the orginal painting painting by Dali has brought us a rethink of the persistence of time, questioning for the existence of eternity. In our painting, we try to express how we feel about money, as a tool to tackle problems, and the concern of our society and its harmony. The whole painting is giving a lifeless feeling and expressing a kind of dissatisfaction of the current situation. We hope that this painting can also arouse concern and rethink of the society.
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