5. L’automatique: hickory dickory dock
自動波：滴答滴答滴答滴
Automatism has different names. A rule-driven activity for discovery. Unusual combination of familiar objects – that’s visual surrealism. Programmed machine action leading to amazing, unpredictable results. A new materialist intention to let go of anthropocentric control. The video essays below have opened several doors. A sense of liberation. A touch of suspense. A celebratory note, or… Shush! Let’s wait.
「自動波」有很多別名。規則主導的創作活動，為了發現。尋常的物件合拼變出生疏的異物 – 那不就是超現實主義的視覺文法嗎？隨機性化為程式化的器械操作，自然操作。新唯物論的要求；從人本中心論踏出一步，讓物件和一眾物類展現其長。以下的錄像文章，給我們打開了幾扇門：釋放自如，帶點懸疑，高興迎來，還是 – sshhh! – 小聲點，任它飛揚，別打擾！
- Stop motion animation, abstraction, experimental animation,, wine, UFO
Jurors’ notes:
Tamas: It’s a very nicely made stop-motion animation with an interesting viewpoint and nice aesthetic -- though it’s really short.
John: I like visual-music a lot and this piece is a carefully designed, fun experience. … It seems like the creator doesn’t have much to say about the objects he has used, though.
Winnie: If you watch the whole series from Max, you will see an absolute animator who is capable of extending any objects around him.
Hoi: Yes, I’ve seen and liked Max’s old series.
Linda: I like it simply because it gives life to the objects, which exactly is what animation means - to animate. “Stories” in animation are best the potential extension of objects and their generative properties. I like works that step down from anthropocentrism, and this work enrols itself in the right category.
- Kinetic Art, drawing machine, “Be water”,, cycle of prosperity and decline
- 動力藝術, , , 繪畫機器,, 如水, 盛與衰的循環
Jurors’ notes:
Tamas: This is a beautiful installation, even though it’s not a video work in itself.
Linda: This work is more than pure documentation. The camera work and editing shows the exterior machine process that also implies the inner workings of the drawing machine.
- Interconnection, anthropocene, posthuman, identity, dualism
Itit is interested in environmental issues, psychiatric conditions and sustainability of human and nonhuman relationships. He creates with various mediums.
Jurors’ notes:
Tamas: I did not get anything from the video. Neither the images nor the monologues were interesting to me. Not my cup of tea.
John: It gives me a ‘heart-ache’ watching it. I kind of catch how his life in Hong Kong is facing all kinds of impact of cultural differences.
Hoi: I appreciate the time and effort the creator spent on it. I like the camera movement and the intimacy even though I don’t like the monologue. The garbage on the sidewalk was interesting. I like the idea of paying attention to ‘neglected’ objects.
Linda: I don’t like the monologue that much either. The VO could have been treated more thoughtfully. Breaks? Silence? The sound track doesn’t have the dynamics the visual does, and at times the monologue is distracting. But I appreciate the micro drama which takes time to achieve. A work of time and labour.
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