BEST WORKS 最佳作品
The best works in issue #3 are shortlisted from works with the highest total scores contributed by 5 jury members, followed by a discussion of a range of merits of the individual works. In this round, we agreed to give three Best Works, and each juror also picked a Juror’s Choice to ensure a fair coverage of interest, styles and methods. After all, we honor the D-Normal/V-Essay’s commitment to sustain and nourish artistic experiments and freedom of expression, to engage in concerns of existence in contemporary society.
第三期的評審會議，經過反覆的討論，我們決定由命名一個「最佳作品」（至第二期的兩個）改為三個，反正評審本來就帶有個人眼光和喜好，而「最佳作品」也許真正標誌的，是那些背景有異的評審各有因由卻都毫無疑問一致讚好的作品。為了符合鼓勵自由發表，聲度不同都可被聽見的《平地數碼》的信念，我們繼續由不同評審選出各自的特別推薦，淡化成規標準的單一與局限，貫徹以創作性的實驗精神去應對當代變動中的社會的存活問題。
BEST WORK
最佳作品
- Audiovisual poetry, Visual politics, Image technologies, Personal essay
- 聲影的詩, 視覺政治 , 影像科技, 個人的散文
Jurors’ notes:
WONG Fei-pang: I like the work being direct and handy. Narration and emotive expressions hang together giving a sense of wholesomeness. The thing I like about this work is that it's very restrained. The creator knows where to pause and not to go to excess.
Hoi Wong: I like the way how things are interrelated. How the elements are interweaving.
Linda Lai: I like the work’s directness and rich layering. Rich and diverse media and nothing is extra just for being flashy. Just as the title says “long exposure, I feel like I can stay there forever. I think the elements of time as space matters, I like the experience.
Winnie Yan: It seems all the things we like are based on the artist’s observation - it feels complete and solid. And it didn't force the audience to view it from a distance.
John Chow: I liked it after the second viewing... It speaks at very slow pacing and yet tension sustains. It has the right tone and works well with the subject matter. Quite emotional ...
BEST WORK
最佳作品
- Disconnection, Connection, Globalization
- 失聯, 聯繫, 全球化
Jurors’ notes:
Winnie Yan: I quite appreciate the effort the artist put in. I think the approach she has taken is very direct. It’s visually impactful and attractive.
Hoi Wong: I like how the video reflects her personal history, building up from childhood memories to recent experiences.
Linda Lai: The experience is two-step.
WONG Fei-pang: I quite like it but I think the use of images could be more concise.
BEST WORK
最佳作品
- Time, Nostalgia, Collective memory
- 時間, 懷舊, 集體回憶
Jurors’ notes:
WONG Fei-pang: I am very aware of her voice, and I appreciate such effort, such vibrance in wanting to explore such a medium. It reflects a sense of freshness and freedom of video making, and this is what I cannot sense in the other two (Best Work) videos. I like her first shot a lot, as it’s very refreshing and I miss it so much, as if she is sharing an experience she has while shooting the video.
Linda Lai: The moment I saw the opening shot, I knew she’s got it there, that she had found her story… I like the magical realism underlying the work. Her focus on urban legends speaks of how collective memory could be acquired, out of one’s deliberate act and desires to remember. She trusts story-telling, and calls our attention to the place of narrativity in ascribing an alternative history of a place and, as well, how to explore one’s identity.
Hoi Wong: Works on collective memories have become very dominant these days. I think if not handled well, such kind of subject matter could be just noise. I like how she leverages the three timelines: the elephant, the collective memory, and her personal memory. I like the lightness of such an approach.
WONG Fei-pang: There is an important element in the work, which is that the “memory” she tells is not hers directly. I like the way that it has a sense of loss, also expressed in the title, which is how these things in her video are interrelated in a way. I could feel the author is fresh to videography and that is what carries her through. For that, I very much like to give her more credits.