Am I Blue 青郁之河

《Am I Blue》 

This is a new take on the botanical experimentation series, co-created by photographer Cheuk Lun Lo and floral artist Vanessa. Inspired by the blue tone of the famous jazz piece "Am I Blue," the image of Ophelia drowning in Shakespeare's play, and modern perspectives such as the film "Melancholia," the series explores the contradictions and vitality of depression in today's society, placing flowers within a "blue river." Water represents the silent, invisible, yet pervasive blue oppression and state of mind associated with depression. Flowers, an image directly drawn from Ophelia's narrative, are sustained and evolved here. From initial integrity and beauty, they gradually become scattered and withered. Fire, a warm color surrounded by the cold blue, carries a dual metaphor: it represents the pain and self-consumption of an inner burning anxiety, yet also the hope and vitality that burns brightly in despair. These elements together construct a visual allegory of inner struggle and dilemma. "Am I Blue" is not a dirge of despair. It is a gaze into the inner abyss, an exploration of the delicate balance between sinking and rising, destruction and rebirth.

《青郁之河》

这是一组由摄影师老焯麟与花艺造型师 Vanessa 共同发起创作的植物实验系列作品的新尝试：灵感来源于爵士名曲《Am I Blue》的忧郁基调，并汲取莎士比亚笔下奥菲利亚的溺水形象，受电影《抑郁症》对抑郁症的描绘等现代视角的启发。将花朵置于“青郁之河”观察探讨在当下社会抑郁状态下的矛盾与生命力。水，它代表着抑郁症那种无声、无形却无处不在的蓝色压迫感与心境。花，这一直接从奥菲莉亚叙事中提取的意象，在此得到了延续与演变。它从最初的完整与美好，逐渐走向散落与凋零。火，在蓝色的冰冷包围中，这抹暖色具有双重隐喻：它既是内心无处安放的焦灼感的痛苦与自我消耗，同时也是在绝境中依然在燃烧的希望于生命力。这些元素共同构建起一个关于内心挣扎困境的视觉寓言。《Am I Blue》并非一曲绝望的挽歌。它是一次对内心深渊的凝视，一场关于沉沦与浮起、毁灭与重生之间微妙平衡的探索。