【南方影展】論壇單元：跳格 - 香港國際舞蹈影像節短片選

_{跳格時光機 Jumping Frames Time Machine 【跳】是時間、空間和身體的互動——是舞蹈，也是影像的本質。 【格】是影像的載體——讓光影流動，也讓舞者以身體作畫。 【時光機】重返「跳格」的最初——對「影像」與「舞蹈」的交錯不住提問……讓時間、空間和身體 微妙的穿梭在不同的敘事和場景中，帶來表演與想像。}

從2023年「跳格」在影像導演楊適榕的想像裡重演明朝崇禎皇帝上山走向滅亡之路，到2022年視覺藝術家莫頌靈回顧十年前在冰島一條船上用腳架和身體，旋轉360度來尋找自己的方向和定位，再到2016年表演藝術家二高的雞場，透過一個個赤裸的身體畫了一幅幅中國當下扭曲社會意識的異想世界。臺南老調響起，時光機跟著黎宇文導演在臺南一間兩百四十年歷史的古宅之中，拍攝一位翩翩起舞的舞者，那是2013年導演《城市祭》項目裡的一段老房子的故事。接著時光機跟著2010年藏族舞蹈藝術家桑吉加進入蘇格蘭一處蒼茫大地與崇山峻嶺的國度，以心無旁騖的專注及凌厲的舞蹈語彙釋放他的能量。最後回到2004年的香港，跟隨舞蹈藝術家伍宇烈飾演的中年男子，為了從挫敗疲乏的身軀中釋放靈魂，不惜流離都市，從中環商業高樓穿越到維港，再直奔北角碼頭。 2004年是「跳格」的開始，是香港的錄映太奇和城市當代舞蹈團探尋形體與影像這兩種媒介之間的碰撞和合作的遊樂場。20年後的今天，就讓我們跳躍時空，穿梭過去與未來，重啟這「跳格時光機」的奧妙吧！

策展人 葉奕蕾 & 跳格—香港國際舞蹈影像節

縊 A Missing Scene from Floral Princess: An untold suicide of the last Ming emperor

楊適榕  Kitty YEUNG｜香港 Hong Kong｜2023｜實驗 Exp｜彩色Color｜20 min｜粵語發音 Cantonese

融合粵劇和現代舞元素，導演拆解性地重演經典劇目《帝女花》故事中遺漏詳情的明朝末代皇帝崇禎自殺的段落。兵臨城下，崇禎帝只剩忠心耿耿的太監王承恩陪同，共赴煤山自縊身亡，王承恩也隨著殉主自盡。以新視角描繪多於主僕之間的曖昧情愫，還探討傳統父權下的生與死、權威與服從、情愛與犧牲、權力與責任。

Reenacting the suicide episode of the last Ming emperor from the classic Cantonese Opera Floral Princess, this film blending Cantonese Opera and contemporary dance elements reveals the journey of the defeated emperor accompanied by his faithful eunuch, Wang Sing-yan, on their way to the summit of Coal Hill to end their lives. Apart from inviting new perspectives towards their ambiguous queer overtones, it also explores the crossroads of life and death, authority and obedience, love and sacrifice, power and duty, that befall under the traditional patriarchy. 

180°・78°14’n 15°36’e・2013

莫頌靈  Jolene MOK｜香港 Hong Kong｜2022｜實驗 Exp｜彩色Color｜22 min｜無對白  No Dialogue

乘著一艘帆船遠征北極高地，旅途中，導演被送往不同的峽灣。面對一片廣大的荒涼風景，導演感到非常渺小。她失去方向，根本無法確定自己在哪裡。因此，每次著陸，她便用腳架將攝錄機穩固妥當，盡可能穩定和緩慢地反復進行 180° 平移拍攝。就好像她每次拍攝舞蹈表演前用三腳架定位演練，而攝錄機則記錄了他們一直演練的方式。

Being on an expedition aboard a ship in the high arctic, the director got transported to different fjords throughout the journey. Facing the vast, deserted landscape, she felt extremely tiny. She basically lost her orientation, not able to locate herself, at all. So, with a sturdy video tripod and a camera, all she did during each landing was to conduct 180° pan shots, repeatedly, as steady and slowly as possible. As if, she was rehearsing for a dance performance with her tripod every time during shooting, while the camera documented the way they practice all along.

這是一個雞場 This Is A Chicken Coop

二高 Er Gao┃中國 China┃2016┃舞蹈 Dance、實驗 Exp┃彩色 Color┃17min┃無對白 No Dialogue

嬰兒出世本無序，自由自在，學習成人卻換來滿身枷鎖。中國怪才編舞二高的異想世界：在無序和有序的輪迴中，人類反主為客，成為籠中物，肉體方寸漸生，內心卻失序無力，顯露無知的蠢蠢欲動。二高夥拍多位國際舞者赤裸上陣，遠赴花都塱頭古村拍攝荒誕的場景，反諷填鴨式教育和扭曲的社會意識。你能確定所看到的，是人還是雞？

Post-reformation China is a place of massive shifts and migrations. Much like in the factory farming of poultry, which forces formerly free-roaming birds into coops, this film situates the bodies of migrant labourers within the urban machineries of production and control, doomed to repeat cycles of consumption, just like chicken.

跳房子 Hopscotch

黎宇文 Maurice LAI｜香港、臺灣  Hong Kong, Taiwan｜2012｜舞蹈 Dance｜彩色Color｜3 min｜無對白  No Dialogue

一首南台灣老歌，舞者余美華舞在超過二百四十年歷史的古宅之中，感受時間的質感。

Amidst centuries-old walls, dancer Scarlet Yu elegantly weaves through a traditional melody from southern Taiwan, delicately encapsulating the very essence of time within her fluid movements.

有一個地方 There Is A Place

卡崔娜﹒麥弗森、西蒙﹒菲爾德斯、桑吉加 Katrina McPherson, Simon Fildes, Sang Jijia┃香港 、英國 Hong Kong, United Kingdom┃2010┃舞蹈 Dance┃彩色 Color┃7min┃無對白 No Dialogue

享譽國際的藏族舞者桑吉加於2009年五月遠赴蘇格蘭的絕地高原，與當地錄像藝術家卡特里娜﹒麥克弗森及西蒙‧菲爾德斯一拍即合，以心無旁騖的專注及凌厲的舞蹈語彙帶觀眾走進一個蒼茫大地與嚴峻晑山的國度。《有一個地方》是城市當代舞蹈團與英國格拉斯哥舞蹈中心的首部聯合委約作品，並獲三潘市舞蹈電影節最佳舞蹈錄像短片獎。

Sang Jijia, a Tibetan dancer-choreographer based in China, travelled to the Highlands of Scotland to make this 7-minute dance film with screendance artists Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes. Combining exquisite movement and stunning landscape with skillful camerawork and editing, the film takes the viewer into Sang's world of pure dance. There is a Place is the exciting outcome of the first collaboration between CDC and Dance House and Goat Media in Scotland. It won the 2011 Jury Prize for Best Screendance Short in the San Francisco Dance Film Festival.

流離都市 Comme un poisson dans l’eau

斯巴﹒拉勒蒙 Seba LALLEMAND┃香港 Hong Kong┃2004┃舞蹈 Dance┃彩色 Color┃28min┃無對白 No Dialogue

在這座看似熟悉卻又迷幻的城市裡，一場三十而立的生命危機如狂舞開展。由舞蹈藝術家伍宇烈詮釋的中年男子，企圖以最異想天開的方式穿梭其中，挑戰一切物質和形而上的限制。這部作品彷彿是時光機，將我們帶回2004年的香港都市風情，透過法國錄像藝術家Seba Lallemand的鏡頭，喚起一個被疏離包裹的宇宙。

A thirty-something midlife crisis unfolds as a frantic escapade in a city that appears both familiar and disorienting. In an effort to escape from himself, the middle-aged urban dweller, portrayed by dance artist Yuri Ng, attempts to break all physical and metaphysical boundaries by wandering around the city in the most unconventional manner. The film acts as a time machine, transporting us back to the cityscape of Hong Kong in 2004, conjuring an alienated universe created by the renowned French video artist Seba Lallemand.