錄像雜誌第一期
聲影甲骨文
// Ocular: about vision (seeing)
// Oracular: prophetic, speaking of the future; delivering opinions in cryptic phrases
// 甲骨文是漢字的書體名稱,是約三千四百多年前商朝的人刻在龜甲和獸骨上的文字。已收集的甲骨文單字有四千多個,其中一千多字可以釋讀,但是有許多字的筆劃和偏旁尚未完全定型。這就是這期錄像文章取名為《聲影甲骨文》的取向,強調「甲骨文」的引伸義 (由字的「本義」或「基本義」向相近相似的意義推演延伸至產生的新意義)-- 於我們來說,就是繼續從未完全定型的聲、影物理素材和可擴展的論述定義向外、向周邊創造新作業。
What is artistic creativity? What kind of makers can we (afford to) be? Issue #1 of D-Normal/V-Essay, Ocular Oracular, gathered through our open call a rich assemblage of voices, a manifestation of a contemporary landscape of creativity by serendipity, not by planning. Works came from different parts of the world -- Argentina, Europe, USA, UK, Korea and more, including digital nomads and those working between cities…, all sharing the same spirit of pushing boundaries. With the 70+ successfully uploaded works still running fresh in the jurors’ mind, we find the artist/maker/creator a combination of some or most of the following in dialogue…
《平地數碼》錄像文章的第一期,現命名「聲影甲骨文」,透過公開上載收集了超過70個議題作品,令我們大開眼界,感到何謂創作、誰是創作者,另有展開擴大的新天地。作品來自世界各地,香港之外,由南美北美、歐洲各地,以至亞洲區的鄰舍,更有不少「數碼遊牧」或多國駐場的創作者,都旨在志在推開已成規的邊界。不同的創作者形象湧現,百花齊放,又或一個創作人在變身,多重身份,多重角色,在同一個錄像文章裡冒現:
*the suffering prophet 苦難的先知
*the hypnotist 催眠者
*the absorbed gamer inside a labyrinth 自建迷宮忘我嬉戲在其中的小子
*the ventriloquist 腹語系
*the alchemist 變金術研究者
*the activist and the advocate 倡議行動者
*the well-read social critic 讀萬卷書、精通網路傳播的評論者
*the curious adventurer 充滿好奇的冒險探險旅人
*the magician 魔術師
*the speaking sleepwalker 夢遊者
不少的作品明顯肯定破格的文本,影、音、聲、畫、語言和文字的運用,私語將就家國論述,人高於物、自然服膺於人類文明,過去延伸至未來,無形世界於科技強化、延伸感官的呈現,都可以倒置或重新釐定,皆因創作和實驗的世界容許想像力和假設性的思考活動而不須背負「絕對真理」和終極的客觀的重擔。聲塊象塊不一定是意象,更是在物理層面被延展、拉闊、再創造的影像物。創作者可用的素材不再侷限於拍攝出來的錄像片段,而是隨手可用的,只有你想像得到,也有數碼工具可以處理。
A big feast of ideas: propositions, confessions, speculations, performing one’s subjectivities, minimal documentation... of varied existential concerns, social and physical phenomena, shared by all contemporary citizens. In response to the submissions and the concern articulated, we have come up with a tentative grouping to frame our follow-up conversations, just for this issue:
眾多的議題,琳琳種種,打破了錄像文章的界別分類:
<Virtual Presence> 虛擬的存在 | p. 4
Is the “virtual” an illusion or is it a form of potentiality? Is virtual presence merely technologically enabled? Is what you read necessarily what I write? What new forms of value does datafication lead to?
<Performing consciousness> 展演的「我」現在進行式 | p. 5-6
Just as space is to be narrated, our being can only be understood as it unfolds in time in action. Dynamic self.
<Hong Kong> 我城香港 | p. 6
Thinking about/of/from within/away from/outside Hong Kong… How many ways can Hong Kong be tackled? What is Hong Kong and what is foreign?
<News from around the world> 各地來鴻 | p.7
Election. Hi-speed train. Loss of land rights. solidarity. Eco-diversity. The politics that dictates the life span of an art site…
<Tentacular Thinking> 多觸思考|p.8
Cross-disciplinary and multi-species. Queer values… Algae. Masks. Covid-19, Dinosaurs. Origins and extinction… “What happens when human exceptionalism and bounded individualism become unthinkable in the best sciences, whether natural or social?“ (Donna Haraway)
自然與我。我與土地。經濟與自然。自身與消費。物與思維。
We begin to wonder: what would our zine table of content look like in our next issues?
下幾期的《平地數碼》將會匯集的會是甚麼?下期主題會是甚麼?萬分的期待著。
Of the seven proposed categories in the open call, the least attempted was [7] – video essays that explain how algorithm works. We look forward to more attempts in the upcoming rounds. We are also amazed at the number of entries that bill themselves dealing with [1] – object lives / object-logue.
我們期望 [7] “打開編碼演算的黑盒” 會得到更多的關注,對當下新肺炎的日常體會更豐盈。喜見 [1] ”東西自白“ 有不少來稿。盼望更多不經常創作的朋友們參與,把你的專業專長與我們分享,用你的文法,你的語調,你的態度。
A jury of four plus one discussant reviewed all submissions before a 4-hour meeting to pin down 21 video essays. We shall organize future special topics to show works not covered in this edition. We have also spotted authors whom we may approach for special highlight features in future. We also look forward to receiving more works from makers who are not already a regular artist, who think out of the box, or daringly bring in specialized knowledge of different fields.
It is a great virtual community we have achieved… thanks to all submitters and authors.
四位評審加一位旁聽討論的電影人看完所有投稿後用了四個多小時作出整理。其實我們也是受惠者。在選出的21個錄像文章以外,所有未能此刻發表的作品,我們將陸續找機會在這個平台展示。
看來,一個無形卻分散式具體的「群體」正在開始。很高興你來了。
Video content
錄像目錄
- The Whisper of a Dishwasher | Kavachi | 2020
- <Digital Traces> | April Lin 林森 | 2019
- No One Eating an Apple | Jung Eun LEE | 2019
- Genesis | Huang Anlan (Yasmine Huang) 黃安瀾 | 2020
- Tiny Lisa《蒙娜麗莎的微少》 | Louise Pau 包靖怡 | 2017 **
- The Skin of Our Sheath《電子皮膚》 | RAY LC, MIZUHO KAPPA 羅銳,瑞穂 | 2019
- Everyday, Everyday《每一天,每一天》 | Xuan LIU 劉琁 | 2020
- Comet 01 | LEL | 2020 **
- Yellowish Blue | HUI Gi-wai Echo 許芷瑋 | 2018
- It’s easy to sleep when you needed sleep《當你需要睡的時候你是很容易睡的》 | Florence Lam | 2020
- Longing《夜長夢多》 | NGAI Tsz-kwan Tracey 魏芷軍 | 2020
- If You Miss Home | YIP Kin-bon 葉建邦 | 2016
- Job Undelivered《作業無法傳送》 | TSUI Hou-lam 徐皓霖 | 2020
- Murder Most Foul l (Listening to Bob Dylan’s new release, I fell asleep) | Samson Wong (WONG Pak-hang) 黃百亨 | 2020
- On-demand Channel《點播台》 | 11:45 十一點四十五 | 2020 **
- Diary of elucidation - Vote《闡述者日記 - 投票》 | Yuyen Lin-Woywod 林于嫣 | 2020
- Solidarity with Aarey | Michael Leung 梁志剛 | 2020
- The Pearl of Moldova | Silvia Amancei & Bogdan Armanu | 2019
- The Cluster | Deborah Uhde | 2017
- Hypothesis Voyager《假想旅行者》 | Tzu-Huan Lin 林子桓 | 2020
- Algae Dream《藻夢迷離》 | LI Kwan Q | 2020 **
Best Work 最佳作品
<Virtual Presence> 虛擬的存在
<Performing Consciousness> 展演的「我」現在進行式
<Hong Kong> 我城香港
<News from around the world> 各地來鴻
<Tentacular Thinking> 多觸思考
** Juror’s SPECIAL MENTION 評審特别表揚
Presented by主辦: Floating Projects Collective 句點藝術群體
Chief Editor 主編 : Linda C.H. LAI | 黎肖嫻
Editorial 網上錄像誌編輯 :
WONG Chun-hoi | 王鎮海
CHOW Ho-fung John | 周皓風
YEUNG Ming-him Hugo | 楊鳴謙
LAU Ching-wa Jess | 劉清華
Cover Design 封面設計: LAU Ching-wa Jess | 劉清華
Publicist 推廣:
CHOW Ho-fung John | 周皓風
LOK Man-chung Kel | 駱敏聰
Technical Support 技術支援:
LI San-kit Andy | 李新傑
Web Design & Development 網頁設計及開發: XCEPT
Zine #1 Jury 第一期評審會:
Linda C.H. LAI | 黎肖嫻
Hector Rodriguez | 羅海德
WONG Chun-hoi | 王鎮海
YEUNG Ming-him Hugo | 楊鳴謙
Acknowledgement 鳴謝:
WONG Fei-pang | 黃飛鵬