In traditional Cantonese funerals, when one passed on, the dead souls of the deceased will be escorted by the “law enforcer, bull head and horse face” (牛頭馬面) to face judgement from the ten kings of the netherworld. “Breaking the Hell’s Gate”, to lead the dead souls of the deceased to leave the netherworld and enter into reincarnation.

It is an ‘archive’ of recollections and traditions we grew up with, especially those lost after migration. The circuit of gestures, objects, and smells are the formation of identity and collective memory. While traces of the past fall into an archive of forgotten imagery, I would like to pluck fragments out of our historical ‘archive’, and represent them as a potential confrontation of our future.