前衛短片專輯 Avant Garde Shorts Programme
《破新立舊》 (15分鐘)
馬索洛「波動影像」運用光學印刷與內置機技巧干擾實相,如煉金術原理提煉汞合金,光、色、形細緻視差,展現另一種離末世不遠的世界觀。從底特律城市景觀,到溫莎地區自然環境,風雲染色而不動,形魄離魂而不驚。聽覺卻是不搭調不在乎俗世的人聲蠢動,引發新與舊、有與無、是與否的破立對話。
《洞穴畫》 (14分鐘)
鏡頭最初模擬飛船着陸闖洞隙,以納米開發式探索,穿越固態石質打開精彩空間,腦際承載眼簾收錄。有形無形畫筆拂入,顏料痕跡和光之線條作出藝術辯證,閃回斑點馬與人手石岩現場,本質遇見初衷:你曾經在,你當下記起。齊格菲傅侯夫順着布力奇治、寇貝卡等先鋒之路,開發物理神遊電影經驗。
《自在弗居之錄》 (12分鐘)
伊娃佐露援引老子《道德經》:「夫唯弗居,是以不去。」就以不拍面孔去表示世間萬物順然而居。女生拋毫幣,隨機隨緣,蒙太奇點指兵兵,走訪居所及工作坊之日常:做陶藝的、做木工藝的,準備菲林拍攝的,及哺乳汁的。也像翻前覆後檢查家常目錄,鮮活意趣細看快拍。
《抵抗時間》 (23分鐘)
影像允許觀眾去聽,聲音允許聽者去看,影像詩常客班羅素這首音之詩一藍一紅二章分頭上路。藍的以流行曲起步找路向,穿越混沌霧色風景,由渺無人煙山脈到龐克夜店到白俄羅斯獨立日巡遊。紅的是結構式日誌,在走過的旅程拾遺片碎,情緒融入大海化成動態,在馬賽普拉多隧道飆飛,時間完全被殲噬。
The Newest Olds (15min)
Through a cacophony of conflicting sound and imagery, a vibrant yet distorted portrait of the troubled US city of Detroit slowly emerges. Fluctuating visuals heighten the viewer’s awareness of cinematic artifice, further accentuated by the seemingly unconnected actions and conversations that pepper the accompanying soundscape.
Cave Painting (14min)
A hyper-kinetic collage of treated nitrate strips and paint swirls morph into a dizzying descent into the bowels of the Earth. Fruhauf propels his audience deep into the history of human artistic expression, as images of cavernous dwellings create a wormhole that engulfs the viewer and transports, or perhaps digests, them back to the dawn of time.
The Demands of Ordinary Devotion (12min)
Opening with a quote from Lao Tzu outlining the indisputable existence of all things gives way to a cyclical montage of circular forms and behaviours. From the tossing of a coin to a potter’s wheel, the whirr of a hand-cranked camera to a breast pump and a breastfeeding child. Everything underscores the endless, indomitable, unstoppable nature of our experience.
Against Time (23min)
Filmmaker Ben Russell broaches two temporal concepts simultaneously: one of rapid succession, the other of simultaneity. Celebrations and fireworks unfold in reverse, an empty stage resonates with a performance just ended. An infant child travels down an endless tunnel, born on the highway to a future known and unknown.