A Visit to the Hocken Collections -- ZOU Qingyang

The most impressive piece of work in the the Ogee & Manaia exhibition is Navigator drawn in 2025. It was its pleasant color scheme that immediately caught my attention at the first glance. I don't have a deep understanding of the abstract art school, but this piece of work seems to depict someone holding a probe and wandering through a bizarre and fantastical space, which is imaginative. 

As for collections on the first floor, what interested me most were those microfilms. Auctually I've heard about it from a certain listening test, but it was the first time for me to have a closer look at real objects. Just as I had imagined, the projection was somewhat blurry, but it is without any doubt that microfilm still plays a significant role in preserving fragile or precious documents. 

In addition, during my visit to the archive, I was astonished to discover that they had included the file of a prisoner among a group of scientists, politicians and entrepreneurs (though he was an entrepreneur before going to prison). I then asked the staff about the reason, and she said that the history of New Zealand is composed of various people. Quite reasonable, right? I realized that sometimes I have certain fixed ways of thinking. This reminds me that the neighboring country - Australia - was established by criminals. Therefore, if there is an opportunity in the future, I hope to learn about the early history of it. Maybe it will help me have a deeper understanding of the multi-faceted nature of everything. :)







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