15:15 – Sleepwalking with the Lifts’ Reverberation: Luk Hop Industrial Building
在六合工業大廈的(車立)聲迴響中夢遊

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15:15 – Sleepwalking with the Lifts’ Reverberation: Luk Hop Industrial Building

Walking drowsily after lunch, I was surrounded by the smell of the bakery as I passed by Luk Hop Industrial Building (Luk Hop), which gave me the illusion of an early morning rather than a sleepy afternoon. Lifts going up and down as if they are the breathing of Luk Hop; hoping to take a rest in a quiet and solitary place, I went into the building for a walk and nap in its breath.

Passenger Lift 2 takes fifty seconds to reach 22/F from the ground, and in this enclosed space, there were only me and the spinning fan (sometimes also other passengers). Stepped out of the lift, the Lift Machine Room was on my right, where I could hear the lifts’ pauses and up-and-down sounds, and daydream about the pathways of the passengers. Almost all lifts have their own pitch; the passenger lift sounds like a brass wind-instrument, while the Lift Machine Room sounds like a synthesizer with percussion.

Moving forward, pushed the fire door in front of me and walked into the 22/F 3rd-backstairs. The space became an amplifier of the lifts’ reverberations – repeating like a lullaby. I sat down with heavy eyelids and curled into a ball, the backstairs transformed into a private space for a siesta.

Woke. Heading upstairs to the corridor through the 23/F 2nd-backstairs, then, walked past Lomfa Fair (an art space) to the end and turned left, I entered the backstairs again, and went down to the 22/F 5th-backstairs from the 23/F 4th-backstairs. Right turn and I found a power-operated, horizontal-sliding, and centre-opening passenger lift. Throughout my walk, the lifts’ reverberations—which also reflected the movements of people in the building—kept me company.

Entering the passenger lift larger than a mini private car, it took two minutes and thirty seconds to go from the top floor to the ground. In contrast, its pacing was much slower than other freight lifts in San Po Kong (averaging fifty seconds). Alone with a phone without a signal, time passed and I stayed in the pitch of this lift, as if it was a meditative, self-therapy trip.

15:15 – 在六合工業大廈的(車立)聲迴響中夢遊

午飯過後昏昏欲睡,經過六合時滿是新鮮出爐麵包的香氣,朦朦朧朧中分不清是清晨還是中午時分。(車立)的升降恍如六合這大廈的呼吸,想找一個無人而寧靜的空間休息,我走進大堂,準備在它的呼吸中散步和午睡。

搭2號客(車立)從地下到22樓需時約五十秒,密封的客(車立)裏同樣只有風扇與自己(有時或有其他乘客)。踏出(車立)門,右邊是升降機的機房,站在它面前,可以聽到(車立)的升降和停頓,由此可猜想人們在這棟大廈裏的走動。幾乎每部(車立)都有屬於它的音調,客(車立)如銅管樂器,機房像合成器配上敲擊。

離開機房,推開前面的防煙門,走進22樓3梯,樓梯為升降機的聲響擴音。在梯間坐下,聽著(車立)的升降聲時短時長地持續重複如安眠曲,漸漸眼皮變重,伏在膝上,後樓梯變成獨自一人午睡的空間。

醒來。往上走,看到23樓2梯的字眼後推門出走廊。向前行經浪花花紙教室,走到盡頭,左轉,再次走進後樓梯,由23樓4梯往下走到22樓5梯,右轉,前面就是對開式電動門貨(車立)。在(車立)的升降聲包圍下,我從客(車立)走到貨(車立),大廈中人們的上上落落,一直伴著我靜靜散步。

走進可以放一架小型私家車的大貨(車立),從頂樓到地下,需時約兩分三十秒。與其它在新蒲崗搭乘過的貨(車立)相比(平均需時五十秒),時間較長。手機沒有訊號而獨自一人,處身在尊屬於這貨(車立)的音調之中,時間緩慢地流動,有種忽爾進入了冥想或自我對話空間的錯覺。


:: Open 24 Hours — (Freight) Lift-ride in San Po Kong Eight Streets
24小時營業 — 在新蒲崗八街遊(貨)(車立) 河
::

00:00 – Lifts as the Destination 以升降機為目的地
09:00 – Overhearing the Lift Operator’s and Passengers’ Daily Conversations
偷聽揸(車立)人與乘客的日常(對)話

15:15 – Sleepwalking with the Lifts’ Reverberation: Luk Hop Industrial Building
在六合工業大廈的(車立)聲迴響中夢遊

23:11 – To be or not to be: The ‘Not To Be Used As Passenger Lift’ Freight Lift
To be or not to be:「不可被用作乘客升降機」的斬頭門

24:00 – Murmur 念念