Visual Vibrations_ Late Sleeper

  

  

by Lee Hoi Ying Angel


‘Late Sleeper’ is always unwilling to sleep early, especially the young generation who aged between 20 to 30 years old in Hong Kong. Although they need to work or go to school in early next morning, they always choose to use those few sleeping hours as their own private time to do what they like rather than go to bed. Among these years, this has became a common culture in Hong Kong. You can see that after mid-night, there are still many people on the street, and some shops are still open with bright lights in the main district. People routine of their daily life have extended, and they have postponed the time to go to bed.

It is because of the unique environment of Hong Kong’s culture, people sleep later and later, their routine had been changed, and late sleeping has become their habit. The aim of this project is to find out the behavior of people, and their thoughts during ‘Late Sleep’. Since most people have this habit and experience, so I am interested to find out the factors that attract young people to keep doing this.

「夜鬼」這廣東話詞彙，經常被拿來形容徹夜不願睡的一群，特別是年屆二十至三十歲的年輕一代香港人。即使需要早起上班上學，他們仍選擇利用僅餘的睡眠來換取私人時間，做自己喜愛做的事。近年「夜鬼」成為香港的一個共同文化。在半夜，不僅仍然有很多年輕人在街上溜躂；連不少旺盛區域的店舖仍然長夜不休。年青人的活動時間開始變得愈來愈長、上床睡覺的時間同時也變得愈來愈遲。

因為香港的獨特環境文化令年輕人變得愈來愈遲睡，改變了正常生活，做「夜鬼」已經是他們的最基本生活習慣。由於大部份香港年輕人都曾經嚐試過當「夜鬼」，所以我希望趁此機會，用視覺設計作品去表達「夜鬼」遲睡的種種原因。