National Road No.4
四號公路
2016
Single-channel video
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As a result of a series of efforts to attract foreign investment, Cambodia has set up a number of foreign factories that hire local labor. In several major markets in Phnom Penh, you can easily find branded jeans and backpacks which were seemingly stolen by the factory workers and being sold at a very cheap price. The grocery store is filled with Vietnamese and Chinese decorated daily items. These are made in Combodia, these objects with unknown origins in the market always attract my interest because of the ambiguous introduction of vendors.
This entire scene is concentrated in the area nearby Phnom Penh International Airport on the 4th road. The National Road No.4 is 230 kms long, starting from Phnom Penh, and has direct access to the largest local port, Sihanoukou port. On both sides of the road are different types of foreign factories. The most amazing scene occurs at 12 noon during lunch break and 5 in the evening when the workers get off from their work. Before 12 o’clock, there are already stall carts stationed in front of the factories, vending products like meals, branded clothing taken secretly from the factory by the workers and household goods. As the clock strikes 12, the factory gates open and a huge number of workers throng this temporary market. The market disappears as when the lunch break comes to a close. At 5 in the evening, the sheltered trucks arrive at the factory. The workers climb upon the truck and hold on to the metal bars as if they are commuting in a bus, and the truck leaves the factory.
These photographs taken in Cambodia show a local dancer, wearing suits bought from the Phnom Penh market, dancing upon my request, outside the factories on the National Road No.4.
Special thanks to Noun Sovitou
(This is a rough translation of the original in Chinese)
This entire scene is concentrated in the area nearby Phnom Penh International Airport on the 4th road. The National Road No.4 is 230 kms long, starting from Phnom Penh, and has direct access to the largest local port, Sihanoukou port. On both sides of the road are different types of foreign factories. The most amazing scene occurs at 12 noon during lunch break and 5 in the evening when the workers get off from their work. Before 12 o’clock, there are already stall carts stationed in front of the factories, vending products like meals, branded clothing taken secretly from the factory by the workers and household goods. As the clock strikes 12, the factory gates open and a huge number of workers throng this temporary market. The market disappears as when the lunch break comes to a close. At 5 in the evening, the sheltered trucks arrive at the factory. The workers climb upon the truck and hold on to the metal bars as if they are commuting in a bus, and the truck leaves the factory.
These photographs taken in Cambodia show a local dancer, wearing suits bought from the Phnom Penh market, dancing upon my request, outside the factories on the National Road No.4.
Special thanks to Noun Sovitou
(This is a rough translation of the original in Chinese)
因為一連串吸引外商投資的優惠措施，柬埔寨境內設置了許多聘雇本地勞工的外商工廠。在金邊的幾個主要市場裡，可以輕易地以非常便宜的價格買到從工廠中流出的名牌牛仔褲與背包，雜貨店中則擺著越南文與中文標示的日用品。這些柬埔寨製造，產地標示不明的物件在市場中總能透過攤販曖昧的介紹引起我的興趣。
而這一切的景象都被濃縮在臨近金邊國際機場的四號公路上。四號公路全長230公里，從金邊開始，直達當地最大的港口，西哈努克港。道路兩側聚集了不同類型的外商工廠，最驚人的景像發生在中午十二點的午休時段與下午五點的下班時段。中午十二點前，已經有不同的攤販推車到工廠前聚集，這些攤販販售的產品包含了午餐、從工廠中流出的名牌服飾與家庭用品，隨著十二點工廠鐵門打開，大批工人湧入這個臨時的市集當中，這個臨時的市集也隨著午休時段的結束而消失。下午五點，僅有遮雨棚的小貨車來到工廠前，工人們在貨車車斗站成兩列，扶著遮雨棚的鐵架如同搭公車一般離開工廠。
在這件製造在柬埔寨的影像作品裡，我請當地一名受過傳統舞舞蹈訓練的舞者，穿上從金邊市場上買來的西裝，沿著四號公路的工廠，與一名看不見的舞伴，為這個景象跳一支舞。
特別感謝Noun Sovitou
而這一切的景象都被濃縮在臨近金邊國際機場的四號公路上。四號公路全長230公里，從金邊開始，直達當地最大的港口，西哈努克港。道路兩側聚集了不同類型的外商工廠，最驚人的景像發生在中午十二點的午休時段與下午五點的下班時段。中午十二點前，已經有不同的攤販推車到工廠前聚集，這些攤販販售的產品包含了午餐、從工廠中流出的名牌服飾與家庭用品，隨著十二點工廠鐵門打開，大批工人湧入這個臨時的市集當中，這個臨時的市集也隨著午休時段的結束而消失。下午五點，僅有遮雨棚的小貨車來到工廠前，工人們在貨車車斗站成兩列，扶著遮雨棚的鐵架如同搭公車一般離開工廠。
在這件製造在柬埔寨的影像作品裡，我請當地一名受過傳統舞舞蹈訓練的舞者，穿上從金邊市場上買來的西裝，沿著四號公路的工廠，與一名看不見的舞伴，為這個景象跳一支舞。
特別感謝Noun Sovitou
Screenshot, 2016
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