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VIDEO ZINE #2 錄像雜誌第二期 / The Ultra-realist, the Extra-ordinary 非凡超(極)真實 - p.5

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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 點蟲蟲,蟲蟲飛

Alluding to counting games common in nursery rhymes east and west, “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” is also remembered as the title of Agatha Christie’s detective novel (1940). In this session, we have included several works that shed light on what a quotidian routine could be. Were we to trace the evidence of the passage of life we had lived through, what would we be counting or stock-taking? The Chinese title -- literally, counting the bugs and the bugs all fly away – is also a nursery rhyme, in Cantonese, suggesting that to learn to fly, one has to keep doing it, undaunted by hardship. I don’t know if the four works in this session are more about the future than what have been. Keep it up. Keep going.

英語副題來自英國源流久遠且有不同版本的兒歌,教小孩數數目: 一、二,扣好鞋扣,三、四,門要關好…如此類推。次序條理的強調,來到阿加莎·克里斯蒂手裡,就是專注日常軌道,留意細節好破案的偵探小說。《點蟲蟲》是個快快樂樂的粵語兒歌 -- 點蟲蟲,蟲蟲飛,飛來飛去似飛機,一陣飛上天,一陣飛落地 -- 飛天遁地,充滿自由純真;聽說背後有「不怕吃苦學會飛」的教訓,那就隨尊便了。這部份的四個錄像文章令人想起這些兒歌。錄像作者們著眼的小節不一定有大故事大意義,或許指向的是未明的將來?或許,唯有用錄像去「接合」,才能把消失於當下的化為可記住的、厚厚的聲影的描述?

JUROR'S SPECIAL MENTION
評審特别表揚
keep going
繼續向前
Vanessa Tsai
蔡季妙
08' 52" | 16:9 | 2021 | HD digital
Original Language : Mandarin 國語
Subtitle : English 英文
Location : Taiwan 臺灣
Selected category:
[4] ON-SITE DOCUMENTATION 「留住一瞬即逝的」
Keywords
關鍵字

  • Daily life
  • 日常

In this work, Tsai looks back on her daily work as a science teacher in an elementary school. Disparate background ambiences, shots from nature, her daily environments and school settings intertwine. She highlights the disparity between children’s happiness, their individuality and organized uniformity that adults expect them to accomplish. She questions the essence of education.

在這作品中,蔡季妙回顧自己上班日常中所記錄的各種片段把它們重新組織,試圖以生活中的聲響來串接上班生活中閃現的畫面,凸顯大人要的齊一以及分數,對比小孩的開心及他們的差異性,從而思考教育的本質。

BIOGRAPHY
創作者簡介

Vanessa Tsai (b. 1976, Taiwan), an elementary school teacher in Taiwan teaching natural science subjects, uses words, photographs and videos to capture glimpses of everyday life. Led by the passion of trying new things, she works across disciplines. She is willing to use her energy to bring warmth to society.

蔡季妙,1976年生於臺灣,是一位國小自然科教師,十分倚賴文字和影像紀錄生活,十分喜愛嘗試新東西,因此常常跨領域工作。願意貢獻一己之力為社會注入更多的暖流。

JURORS’ NOTES
評審評語


***Juror’s Special Mention
I was really curious how the creator makes the decision on when to start recording in class while she was teaching. It is so interesting to look at school classes from a teacher's own perspective through a camera. As a teacher, her intention of taking video and photographs in class can be very functional, But I feel the urge of making this video, which was made in an expressive way.

For me, the video’s structure is clear and dynamic. It goes back and forth between those kids' attention and scenes of rainy days. The piece is full of tension, especially those moments that the camera and I (as viewer of the video) are steered naturally by what draws the children’s attention. Those close-up shots are moments of relief.

Somehow I imagine the video-making process to be an 'experiment' set up for the teacher herself -- to sit down and observe with the students what's inside the flasks in complete silence for four minutes. Although the result of the experiments is obvious, the evidence and review process are not really explained. (Wong Chun-hoi)

Tamas: I remember this work well and have watched it several times … Amateur editing and shooting, but the work’s POV and atmosphere are strongly created.

John: This video stays in my mind for a long while… How the author juxtaposes sequences of daily routine, moments of kid’s innocence and curiosity, and images of the microscopic world. The visual narrative shows the contrasting sentiments of a science teacher for children and it must have been hard. The title “keep going” says it all.

Winnie: It is a ‘low-tech’ video with interesting composition. The shots aren’t logically sequenced but somehow I got into her pace. The video shows her daily life but also how the students are learning and their curiosity...

Linda: Even though the author is not a professional video maker, I can still see the deliberate craftsmanship behind it, such as how the ambience of the train was thoughtfully placed to link up the school corridor and the moments of grading on a train ride. I am always fascinated by how “untrained” videographers “invent” their own audio-visual language to articulate their thought paths, and it is Dn/Ve’s commitment to encourage purposeful articulation with the ubiquitous imaging tools. Some shots are just grabbing, such as the mass morning assembly and gymnastics exercises. There’s always the shadow of discipline and control hanging over the joy and cheers of the children.

Tomorrow sounds familiar
Andriana Oborocean
07' 25" | 16:9 | 2020 | 1920 × 1080
Original Language : English 英文
Location : Romania 羅馬尼亞
Selected category:
[1] OBJECT LIVES / OBJECT-LOGUES 「東西自白」
Keywords
關鍵字

  • Future, technology, human, uncanny

Andriana is a visual artist that explores topics such as identity, culture-specific items, affective touch between people and technology, often displayed alongside mystical, ethereal elements.

BIOGRAPHY
創作者簡介

Born in 1995 in Transnistria, Republic of Moldova, Adriana Oborocean is currently studying in the MA of Photography and Video program at the University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

WEBSITE
創作者網址

https://www.instagram.com/andriaobor/
JURORS’ NOTES
評審評語
 

Tamas: I really enjoy this piece. It’s funny, crazy, surreal and interesting.

John: The work feels distant from me. I do not necessarily like how it’s staged.

Hoi: I like the game rules she set up, building up from normal to crazy things. I keep imagining what objects I would choose if I were to play the same game.

Linda: I like this work a lot. It is a time-marker. I also like the basic repetition-variation narrative grammar, which gives a fresh feel to the familiar cinematic convention of suspense and audience expectation. A competent performance -- her body language has its own rise and fall and climatic moments. With not a lot of resources and a simple set-up, she has achieved a lot.

JUROR'S SPECIAL MENTION
評審特别表揚
Phantom Muyu Part 1
幻電木魚 (上)
Peace Wong / WONG Chun-hoi / YUNG Tsz-hong
王和平 / 王鎮海 / 翁子康
15‘ 45” | 16:9 | 2020 | HD digital
Location : Hong Kong, Taiwan 香港、臺灣
Selected category:
[4] ON-SITE DOCUMENTATION 「留住一瞬即逝的」
Keywords
關鍵字

  • Eternal, Reverse process

Part 1:
Can we have the illustrations for the lyrics book before we do the music?

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Spirits captured:
a camera is being replaced by a projector
the most concealed, the most disclosed in the open 
you can find a voice coil in both microphones and speaker cones
words repeat themselves until they make no sense
oh sing “wine is our road”
Guanyin in full fluidity knows all sounds.

The ritual of the Exquisite Corpse: we squeezed and stretched our thoughts every other week until they filled up the 15 minutes. None of the above happened.

Part 1
能不能先有歌詞本的插圖我們再做音樂

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呀呀呀被攝走魂魄 
投映機放在攝影機的位置 
最秘密最公開
揚聲器與咪高峰兩者都有銅線圈 
語言重覆直至毫無意義
巫師把酒當歌
觀音亂馬二分一

我們以隔週的接龍儀式,在三人的思潮洪流中各自擠出一點水,注滿十五分鐘的泳池。
以上全部皆沒有發生。

BIOGRAPHY
創作者簡介

YUNG Tsz-hong graduated from the School of Creative Media, the City University of Hong Kong, likes bizarre creative methods and ideas. Short film works include Nooning, Victoria and Wilhelm and Phantom Muyu.

Peace Wong creates and performs with her voice, breathing, words, toys, guitar, sampling and sound looper. A current MFA student in Creative Writing at National Dong Hwa University in Hualien, Taiwan, she released her debut concept album, About a Stalker, in late 2018. A collection of intimate bedroom monologues, murmurs and whispers from an avid onlooker humming to her microphone as a tribute to her online crushes. She also doodles sometimes under a pseudonym, 17ping.

WONG Chun-hoi’s works mainly involve sound and electronics. His sound performance and temporary broadcast station work has been exhibited in various places in Asia. He was also the co-curator of “Around Sound Art Festival (2013/2014)” (organized by soundpocket). Hoi’s sideline as a sound designer and engineer allows him to work with independent filmmakers and animators. Floating Projects, which he manages, also strives to provide discussion and display space for different types of sound creation locally.

翁子康畢業自城市大學創意媒體學院,喜歡稀奇古怪的創作方法和意念。短片作品包括《游離份子》、《遊夢》和《幻電木魚》。

王和平以人聲、唸白、呼吸、文字、結他、玩具、取樣、循環音碎效果器創作及表演。目前就讀國立東華大學華文文學研究所創作組。她於2018年末發行音樂專輯《路人崇拜 About a Stalker》,向她異常依戀過的在線路人致敬。有時會以化名王十七平(五歲)塗鴉。

王鎮海的創作主要涉及電子及聲音,其演出及電台廣播的創作於亞洲多地展出。曾參與「聽在 聲音藝術節」(2013/2014 聲音掏腰包主辦)的策展工作,副業為一腳踢聲音設計師,參與過多個獨立電影及動畫的配樂及聲音後期製作,其主理的「據點。句點」亦極力為不同類型聲音創作提供討論及展示空間。

JURORS’ NOTES
評審評語

***Juror’s Special Mention:
I give this work my “Special Mention” because it is the only one from this round that could be considered an account of virtual-romance: it is funky, rebellious, repressed and repetitive, very intimate but yet distant. Like how the artists describe it, the work is a ”virtual exile.”...... Sound is carefully crafted against equally crafted spatial design, which gives the visuals their character. All this calls for slow and thoughtful viewing, which fits the piece’s playful poetry, also suggested in the title. Viewers are given lots of room to actively inspect the lyrics book with hidden layers slowly revealing. All three elements -- the poem, the sound and the visuals are all individually expressive but nothing excessive. I celebrate this work as the co-creation by the three artists, highly elaborate, It is amazing how casual sketches by each of them could gradually blend into a work that reveals the process of collaboration to us. (John Chow)

Tamas: Strange, long, slow, touching, clever, provocative. I didn’t think the two parts were connected. *
*Editor’s note. The artists submitted both part 1 and 2 of this title as two separate works. Only part 1 is included in this edition.

Winnie: Much of the work’s tension is built up by sound. I enjoy the process of being transported between video segments whereby I seem to have become a persona in the work myself, as a spectator or reader. But I do not see how this aspect is linking up the monologues or dialogues, which is the main component...

Linda: I think this work is more perceptual than conceptual. I enjoy the process of watching it, and watching and waiting for the layers constantly performing their changing internal relations. The answer to the question “what is it (I’m looking at)?” keeps changing from moment to moment. It is a “seeing” game, challenging and invoking our attentiveness whereas the multi-layered soundscape, which we don’t see, sustains the work’s integrity and holds everything together. Really love the visceral experience of moving between aural and visual layers.

les mystères de paris I
konstantinos-antonios goutos / the[video]Flâneu®
2' 22" | 4:3 | 2010 | Mini DV
Location : Paris, France 法國 巴黎
Selected category:
[1] OBJECT LIVES / OBJECT-LOGUES 「東西自白」
Keywords
關鍵字

  • Flaneur

This piece is the first part of a new paris-made [video]series with the title les mystères de paris*

a co-incidental documentary take, an (un)usual moment

taken on june 26, 2011 at 2 p.m.
with a normal digital video apparatus

without tripod - without camera movement - without zooming

without special lighting - without extra microphone - without effects

the sound and the length of the shooting are the original

there are no cuts in the scene

*The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by Eugène Sue which was published serially in Journal des débats from 19 June 19 1842 until 15 October 1843.

BIOGRAPHY
創作者簡介

konstantinos-antonios goutos / the[video]Flâneu® 
*Born 11 February 1973 in Larissa, Greece *metaxohori, larissa, thessaloniki, athens, 
corinth, castoria, souflion, sondershausen,
vienna, prague, weimar, rome,
berlin, leipzig, krakow, genoa,
lisbon, enschede, halle (saale), paris,
saarbruecken, marburg, stuttgart, bern

… are very important stations in his life… 

Many of his [video]works have been shown in numerous renowned film /media / art events, festivals, museum and gallery shows, in more than 100 cities of europe, america and asia...

he has been [video]strolling (in) more than 70 cities, At this moment, he is [video]strolling through the city of marburg (d)...

He has created under different personae: artwertease® (2010.08 - ), kon/spira[l]to® (2019.04 - ), c(h)oronographe® (2020.04 - ) and demaskirre® (2020.04 - ).

WEBSITE
創作者網址

https://konstantinosantoniosgoutos.wordpress.com/
JURORS’ NOTES
評審評語
 

Tamas: I don’t really like the concept of a hidden camera in the public. It feels alien to me.

Hoi: The interlaced video gives it a ‘raw’ quality. … I keep thinking of the story of Cinderella.

Linda: A basic piece of observation and the story is there, found on the spot.

Winnie: It’s simple and direct. It offers me a natural gaze. I like the process of waiting and getting an unexpected result.

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