Single channel video, silent, black and white
單頻錄像，高清，黑白，無聲
02’59’'
2016
Juxtapose and re-edit three scenes from Jean-Luc Godard’s movie：《Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis (1966)》
將戈達爾電影《男性，女性 Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis (1966)》里的三個鏡頭並置重接。
Screen capture from "Gender Analysis: Opinion Polls "
I have rearranged vignettes from Godard's Masculin Féminin, without flavoring them with any other images or texts. The original film features Paul and Madeleine, a young man with left-wing passions for revolution and a young woman enchained by consumerism. Taking the scene with the two of them in a cinema, I have placed Paul on the left and Madeleine on the right, with Paul's monologue after his two-month social research running in the middle. Randomly shot pictures of places in Paris where people gather are shown, such as streets, cafes and metro stations; Paul was collecting opinions on various topics: "What do you think about mini-skirts? How do you react to an accident? If your lover left you for a black, would you mind? Do you know about the famine in India? What do you know what a Communist is? Do you use birth control pills or a thing in your vagina?"
In my narration, Paul first appears to be closely observing Paris in the 1960s and then closes his eyes in disappointment, whereas Madeleine plays with her hair as always, a bit curious but even more indifferent and ignorant. This narration echoes with the theme of the original film: the divide of values between men and women, even of society as a whole.
我對戈達爾電影《男性女性》的片段進行了重新剪輯編排，而沒有主觀地添加任何圖像和文字。電影的男主角是左翼革命青年保羅，女主角是被消費主義價值觀捆綁的瑪德萊娜。我將男女主人公一起看電影的一幕截取下來，並將保羅放置影像的左邊，瑪德萊娜在右邊，中間則是保羅就其兩個月的社會調查訴說的自白——圖像的內容是鬆散拍攝的巴黎大街、咖啡館、地鐵站等人群聚集地；他的社會調查的題目則包括：「你對超短裙有什麼看法？假如你目睹一場事故，你會做什麼？如果你的未婚妻跟一個黑人跑了，你會怎麼樣？你知道印度在鬧飢荒嗎？你知道共產主義者是什麼嗎？為了避孕，你更願意吃避孕藥還是用避孕環……」
在重新編排的敘事中，保羅彷彿聚精會神地觀察著1960年代的巴黎，而後不禁深深失望地閉上眼睛；瑪德雷娜則一如往常地騷弄頭髮，目光有點好奇，但更多的是冷漠和茫然。這與整部《男性女性》所探討的兩性乃至整個社會價值觀的割裂恰好呼應。
“Fleeting Memories & Written Notes”, Installation views in Shanghai Capsule
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