2011
09/12 - 11/ 12
Ox warehouse__牛房倉庫
Macau ___ 澳門
Curator: Bianca
Lei
Last
year(2010), I participated in “EX!T 2010 -- Experimental Media
Art Festival in Taiwan and Asia Forum”, curating a screening programme of Macao Experimental
Video Works for the Festival and presenting an essay in the Forum. It was a
great opportunity to show Macao experimental video works to all curators and
the audience in Taiwan. The screening works have included the video artworks
from Contemporary artists in Macao and the experimental moving-images works
from several young directors. And the content of the essay in the Forum, I have talked about the past
context and present day status of Macao from the perspective of local art associations, experimental
video makers (including video artists and experimental video directors), moving-images
education and the public sector.
In that
festival, from those curators, speakers in the Forum and video works in the
screenings, I understood and studied numerous things about the circumstance of
the experimental media art in each Asian region or country. That exchange
experience was positive and valuable to me. Furthermore, it was important to
know a group of outstanding curators, film directors and video artists and I
was affected by their persistent and dedicated attitude about giving impetus to
experimental media art. And then, it has stimulated me rethinking the direction
of development of experimental video in Macao. How it would develop healthfully
like those narrative films or documentaries which have been supported
substantially by Macao government right now? To promote experimental video in
Macao could learn from these Asian elites with forward-looking view and also
draw support from their networks to connect with more strength. Under that
great atmosphere, I started to conceive the idea of organizing an experimental
video festival in Macao, bringing those excellent video works and introducing
those significant creators to Macao public.
Macau
where film and video related training needs to be improved, where there is lack
of screening platforms, no distribution schemes and with a shortage of adequate
support (including finance and equipment), all this means that moving image
work in Macao, whether film or video art, commercial or experimental, has
developed in a less than healthy environment. Additionally, there were few
people making experimental works, and most of the so-called experimental videos
are videos made by artists. Regardless of whether it is experimental film and
video or video art (made by artists), Macau audiences in general regard such
productions as very strange, and even have a mental resistance to them in
comparison to narrative film and television or other video types. These reasons
make experimental video an even more marginalized art form. However, the
increasing popularity and availability of filming equipment and computer
editing software, has meant more people have been making video works in Macau
in recent years. In addition, Macau government put resources specifically for
the development of cultural and creative industries and has listed film and
video as one of eight key development areas. We can see that Macao Government
is energetically promoting Macao film and video. However, will the avant-garde
and experimental film and video works have the same attention from Macao
Government? [1]
Since
2009, “EXiS – Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul” has been held for
3 years and “EX!T -- Experimental Media Art Festival in Taiwan” for two
years since 2010. KLEX
– Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film and Video Festival has been also organized in
October, this year. And there will be a similar festival holding in Mainland
China next year. This succession of activities have gathered the driving forces
of experimental media art in Asia, linking people with identical mission to
explore and exchange further and even more deeply the status and development of
Experimental media art, the diverse expansion of cross-disciplinary integration
of moving-images and other media, the position of Asia experimental media art
in the international environment. Even though the development of experimental
video in Macao has just started, the “EX” activities and their network must be
good to the development of experimental moving-images in Macao. I understand
that experimental works are marginalized and not accepted easily, but it is
always my hope to promote them to more people knowing and watching, and even
making and creating their own experimental works -- a little more effort, a
little more potentiality.
As the
resources of Ox warehouse Art Space, the original idea was only to organize 6
screenings. However, after the suggestion of Tony Wu (curator from Taiwan) and
Lee Hangjun(curator from Korea), a Forum will be held also. Finally, under the
supports of all curators (Phoebe Man, Au Sow-Yee, Tony Wu, Cao Kai and Lee
Hangjun), Ox warehouse Art Space can organize “EXiM 2011 - Asian Experimental
Video Festival in Macao”.
[1] Extracted from my essay --《The development and status of experimental video in Macao》for the “EX!T 2010 – Asia Forum” .
亞洲取經 推動澳門實驗影像發展
活動策展人：李少莊
去年(2010)本人參與EX!T 2010──「台灣國際實驗媒體藝術展暨亞洲論壇」，並為EX!T 2010策展一個澳門實驗影像放映單元和發表專文。那是一次非難得的機會向參與活動的各策展人和台灣觀眾展示澳門實驗影像，作品包括澳門當代藝術工作者的錄像藝術和一些年青導演以實驗形式進行的影像創作。而關於論壇和專文，本人從民間藝術組織、實驗影像創作人（包括錄像藝術家和實驗錄像導演）、影像教育和公營部門四個社會界別介紹澳門實驗錄像的過往脈絡和現今狀況。
那次最重要的是能從各位策展人和參與論壇的講者、藝術展的作品認識和學習了許多關於亞洲各地區實驗媒體藝術的情況，作了一次正面和份量十足的交流。而令本人非常感動的是認識到一群對推動實驗媒體藝術的優秀策展人、導演、影像創作人，並感染到他們堅持和投入的態度，進而促使本人重新思考澳門實驗影像的發展方向，如何在澳門政府正在大力支持敍事性的電影或記錄片製作的同時，實驗影像創作也能同步健康發展。澳門實驗影像的推動可以取經於這群具有前瞻性的亞洲精英以及能夠借助他們的網絡連結更多的力量。在這樣的氛圍下，就開始構思將活動移師到澳門，讓澳門人能觀賞到這麼棒的作品和與這麼優異的創作人進行交流。
澳門影像製作相關的培訓並不完善、放映平台不足、沒有任何的發行機制和缺乏足夠的支援（包括資金和設備），這種種的原因導致澳門的影像創作（無論是電影或錄像藝術，商業性或實驗性）一直處於一個不太健康的環境中發展。而參與實驗影像創作的人並不多，大部份實驗性的影像作品都是一些藝術工作者運用錄像作為媒體去創作，即就是錄像藝術。再者，對普遍的澳門觀眾而言，實驗影像作品相比於傳統敘事式的電影電視，都會感到相當陌生，甚至抱著一種抗拒的心態。這一原因令實驗性的錄像作品更邊緣化。但事實上，由於拍攝器材和電腦剪輯軟體的逐漸普及，澳門近年越來越多人參與錄像創作。再者，政府銳意投放大量的資源發展文化創意產業，電影錄像被列為八大重點發展項目之一。可見政府正積極著力去推動澳門電影和錄像，但具前衛又實驗性的影像作品是否能與主流的劇情片和紀錄片得到同樣的重視？ [1]
自2009年開始，連續三年，在韓國首爾舉辦「EXiS－韓國實驗電影和錄像活動」。而「EX!T
2010台灣國際實驗媒體藝術展」自去年舉行第一屆後，今年也剛在台灣再次舉辦。再者，今年十月在馬來西亞也舉辦了第一屆「吉隆坡實驗電影節(KLEX) 」。而中國內地也正在構想明年舉辦相關活動。這一連串的活動已凝聚了亞洲實驗媒體藝術的推動力，連結各地的有志之士，對實驗影像現況和發展、影像與其他媒體跨域結合的多元化擴展、亞洲實驗媒體在國際環境的定位展開更進一步，甚至深層的探討和交流。澳門的實驗影像雖然還是處於剛剛開始的狀態，但「EX」的活動和其網絡必定有助本澳實驗影像的推動。即使明白這種實驗作品是被邊緣和不容易被接受的，但一直以來，總是寄望推動多些人認識和觀賞，甚至進行創作，多一分的力度，就多一分的可能性。
由於牛房倉庫藝術空間本身的資源情況，這次活動原意只組織幾場放映活動，後來台灣策展人吳俊輝和韓國策展人李幸俊提議可以舉行一場論壇。終於，在各位策展人(文晶瑩、區琇詒、吳俊輝、曹愷和李幸俊)的支持下，澳門終於可以舉辦「EXiM 2011──亞洲實驗影像活動 (Asian
Experimental Video Festival in Macao)」活動。
20:00 Taiwan programme, curator : Tony WU____台灣作品, 策展人:吳俊輝
10/12/2011
15:00 Malaysia Programme, curator: AUSow-Yee____馬來西亞作品, 策展人:區琇詒
16:30 The Asian Experimental Video Forum____亞洲實驗影像論壇
Speaker: All curators____主講者：所有策展人
10/12/2011
15:00 Malaysia Programme, curator: AUSow-Yee____馬來西亞作品, 策展人:區琇詒
16:30 The Asian Experimental Video Forum____亞洲實驗影像論壇
Speaker: All curators____主講者：所有策展人
11/12/2011:
15:00 Macao Programme,curator : Bianca LEI____澳門作品, 策展人:李少莊
16:30 Hong Kong Programme, curator : Phoebe MAN____香港作品, 策展人:文晶瑩
20:00 (closing__閉幕) Mainland China Programme, curator: CAO Kai____中國作品, 策展人:曹愷
venue___地點 : Ox Warehouse___牛房倉庫
15:00 Macao Programme,curator : Bianca LEI____澳門作品, 策展人:李少莊
16:30 Hong Kong Programme, curator : Phoebe MAN____香港作品, 策展人:文晶瑩
20:00 (closing__閉幕) Mainland China Programme, curator: CAO Kai____中國作品, 策展人:曹愷
venue___地點 : Ox Warehouse___牛房倉庫
Festival Curator__活動策劃 : 李少莊__Bianca LEI
Administrative coordinator___行政統籌: 張楚誠__Oscar Cheong, May HA__夏仲美
Venue and Screening Coordinator___場地和放映統籌 : Calvin LAM__林俊熠
Graphic Design___宣傳品設計: 關瑩___Iris Kuan
Translation____文稿翻譯: Swallow
Documentation:___文字記錄和整理: Sam Hou In___沈浩然
sponsors___贊助：IACM, Macau
Foundation