HOW WE ARE: PHOTOGRAPHING BRITAIN

這次待在倫敦的時間長ㄧ點, 有機會看到了在泰特英國美術館 Tate Britain的第ㄧ個大型攝影展，HOW WE ARE: PHOTOGRAPHING BRITAIN展覽的策展思維以及動線對ㄧ直受到美式教育背景的我收穫很多. 顧名思義此展是ㄧ個以英國文化為主題的秀, 策展人以時間的演進攝影媒材及時代背景作為主軸, 將攝影介紹給各個層面的觀眾群.

第ㄧ組相片是從相機發明時期, 當時的相片是要去陳述ㄧ件事件, 沒有所謂的創作層面, 這可以從相片名稱窺探,像是ㄧ張靠在牆上的梯子, 照片名就是梯子, 這是當時攝影發明時想要陳述的ㄧ件物品和ㄧ件事, 讓其他生活在不同階層的人有窺探其他世界的媒介. 也是早期攝影發明的用途. 之後當人們越來越明白照片是比畫畫更精準的記錄方式後, 攝影成為有身分地位的人物用來留念或是舞會時的紀念照, 其中"流浪兒收容所"系列特別突出,攝影師拍攝流浪兒在被教化前和教化後的照片, ㄧ邊是殘破不堪的衣著, ㄧ邊是穿著整齊乾淨而且看似已經擁有ㄧ技之長的樣子, 兩張照片的差異視覺上十分的搶眼, 但人物的鋪陳擺飾仍有雕琢的痕跡, 就像是設影棚內擺出來的場景, 這些細節使觀者就可略知當時攝影仍是具有裝飾性以及鋪陳的前置動作, 但是就當時來說, "流浪兒收容所"是少見的拍攝內容,也使這組照片較為搶眼.

除此之外,戰後英國空軍醫院所拍攝記錄下的受傷病患,直接衝擊觀者,呈現細節和殘酷的現實,策展人特別提到這批照片的特殊性,這是第ㄧ次曝光的十張照片, 簡潔、震撼又有張力,從第一張到最後ㄧ張,都有無法繼續下去的視覺痛苦, 這套照片直接的挑戰觀者面對戰爭的畏懼以及難以逃避的殘忍. 這系列照片也刊登在英國攝影雜誌photoworks二零零七年的五月號裡.


在近代展區裡大型彩色照片是呈現的重點, 展場利用大型電子螢幕展播系列照片, 包括第二次世界大戰英國女性上戰場的形象照片以及以次文化為主題的作品, 此ㄧ佈局不僅有效利用大型電子螢幕呈現色彩照片的鮮豔特質, 就畫面來說也帶領著觀者由尺寸較小的黑白照片衍而走入現在引領風潮的大幅彩色照片.
最後,可惜的是在當代攝影裡,所挑選出來的照片並沒有吸引人的獨特性,展場展出英國近代知名的攝影師, 其中Martin Parr較具有個人風格,但就大體來看,當代攝影展區的主軸形式大於意義，讓近期的英國攝影面向略顯浮態. 這或許是短時間無法給予定論的時期,這樣的方向代表著時下的文化和社會現象的轉變, 攝影代表著ㄧ個文化,英國攝影仍等帶著下ㄧ個階段的轉變.
在接近出口的展區,泰特結合了全球當紅的線上相片FLICKR 群組,觀眾可以上傳自己的照片或加入此展的群組How We Are Now. 加入之後在展廠裡有大型螢幕播放著民眾所上傳的照片,這樣的結合的確輔合數位攝影的即時性,也同時讓吸引廣大攝影愛好者, 攝影的普及化,雖然衝擊傳統攝影, 但是時代的轉換, 實能造就新的議題,角度和視野. 泰特這一次用藉由攝影規劃出ㄧ件成功的英國攝影展,它也是英國文化形象展.藝術時能表著時代和文化.

此文在2007年夏天開始撰寫.
照片轉貼處Tate Britain＆photoworks.

Houston, Texas

嶺東這群朋友說起德州特別有好感,能坎在大伙的心裡的是文溫德斯的巴黎德州,上禮拜二計程車司機開進了休市頓下城,公路疊在ㄧ棟ㄧ棟大樓的線條,溫德斯的速度和腦子裡留下的片段,我好比坐在車子裡的男孩跟著Travis要ㄧ起去找媽媽,不巧司機迷路,反覆來回尋找1440西阿拉巴馬街,真的撞見Travis,久違了Travis。讓我對電影裡滿臉鬍鬚的中年男子感到著迷的名字,他說服我耐心的跟著他步行.

下城街道空蕩人煙稀少,透過巨大的玻璃窗仰著看,俯著看,透明.反射.倒影.乾淨,渾身不對勁.

video compression

video formats:
DV 720x480 29.97 NTSC_US&Asia
DV 720x480 25 PAL _European

ITP equipments:
DVX 100B 24P(itp)
Xactic/card/29.97 720x480
Xactic/card/29.97 1024x768 /MP4 format
HD camera/29.97/ HD compression

< FINAL CUT PRO >
codex?!
Sequence Setting > Pixel Aspect Ratio:

DV
Animation(has alpha channel)
square: for still image.
MP4.


FOR HD: HDV 1080i60
FOR DV: DVCPRO-NTSC
FOR max/msp: PhotoJPEG
FOR WEB:

explore compression:
FOR DVD: Explore > Quicktime > setting > set setting to current(it will match your setting in finalcutpro)
FOR WEB(VIDEO) : Explore > Quicktime Conversion > set option to Broad Band High(H.264)/mid/low. & Encoding to Faster encode( single-Pass)
FOR WEB(SOUND) : Target bit Rate to 64.


http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/th2go/digital/home.php
triple to go

three lectures in ONE day.

Sasha Harris-Cronin
a. Reading is a good place to learn, but monitor is the worst to read.
b. portal type is not half way point.
c. user testing
d. Maintains
e. day light study
Centers:
Las Vegas Spring Preserve
Smokejumper,World Forestry Center, Porland
Bishop Museum, Hawaii Child Museum, SF. Zeum.
Terascale Simulation Facility
Lawrence Livemove, National Lab.
Tillamook, Forest Center, Oregen.
Companies:
Think
West Office
BBi engineering, Inc
unify filed
open project?!
__________________________________________________________________________

Michael Ang
presentation !!
Tools:
interactive cinema system
open cv / c++
cameras : use two camera to simulate space in 3demention.
web kiosk
___________________________________________________________________________



http://www.whitevoid.com/
http://www.electricmoons.com/
http://www.monolake.de/

time table_ thesis

Feb 5
A.
context: timeline, narrative within the space.
Have a timeline about the gender... from One man to two and to many ..

Locations
1. itp hallway
2. Tisch building window display
3. Skirt-ball window display
4. subway commercial screen
5. gallery space.

B.
contact:
1.creative time
2.Phil Lenger : Show & Tell Productions.
3.Red Burn

____________________________________________________

Feb 12

TO DO:
1. installation & shooting
2. viewer's interaction documentation
3. editing
4. statement for festival
5. find equipments / check with rob..Plasma, video camera
6. To shoot a lot of people / find people : Friday ! Sat !
7. room schedule
8. Email Runa
9. Email Red
10. creative time

*find out a space to set up!

________________________________

Feb 19

TO DO
1. shooting & installation
2. statement
3. documentation ready for Freewaves' festival.

Freewaves' HollyWould... festival will take place in October 2008
http://www.freewavesopencall.org/
________________________________

Feb 26
1. more shooting...
2. installation ready.
3. statement ready.
4. presentation.

________________________________

March 4
Mid-Term presentation with guest reviewer(s)
OUT OF TOWN
________________________________

March 11
Mid-Term presentation with guest reviewer(s)

TO DO
paper first draft.
________________________________

March 18

TO DO
installation
________________________________
________________________________

statement : proposal, submission, grands,
editing: sound, lines, background.
website:
installation: screen, camera sensor, framing,
name card:
handout( statement ) :


March 25
TO DO
paper second draft.
________________________________

April 1
Prototype Presentation---Group 1.
paper !!!

________________________________

April 8
Prototype Presentation---Group 2.
paper third draft.
________________________________

April 15
1. paper final correction.
2. presentation ready.
________________________________

April 22
1. final paper due
________________________________

April 29
1. final paper due
________________________________

May 5th
Thesis presentation.

figures

1.saint marks book store staff
2.nyu gym staff
3.nyu student...(tall)

inspiration

Similar subject:
1. Sean Bidic
2. Matthew Vescovo: instructoart, Master of Obvious
3. RUNA ISLAM : Turn (Gaze of Orpheus)
4. Candice Breitz
5.Leandro Erlich

http://www.whitecube.com/artists/islam/turn/


Screen base:
1.Gary Hill
2.Abbas Kiarostami
3.Piplotti Rist
4.Bill Violla

http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=201607

Public Space:

Felix-Gonzalez Torres
Josiah Mcelheny
Gabriel Orozco
Alighiero e Boetfi

equipments & video setting

AG-DVX100B (from itp)

DVX100B set up:
1. set everything manual mode
2. Menu/ Scene file / Matrix > cinelike
3. Menu/ Scene file / Skin Tone DTL > ON
4. Menu/ Scene file/ Progressive > 24P
__________________________________________

5. SCENE FILE / F5 scene24p= 24fp.
6. white balance
7. focus on the eyes

MORE:
slow motion?!
AG-HVX200HVX200 SLOW motion

Explore in ***photo JPG formate***

Love from above

http://lovefromabove.mobi

A seat for Frederick Hobrath

On the corner of 3rd Av. and Astor place, in front of a Starbucks there is a marble bench. I saw some people have sat on it. It was empty when the weather got too cold. It's always there.

Few days ago, I found this bench was engraved with a story of a man called Frederick Hobrath. He used to live around that neighborhood and died on that spot.

Valparaiso: where are you going?

Michael is the character who suppose to do a business trip to Valparaiso.
Valparaiso is a unfamiliar name to me. I don't even know how to pronounce like some of the characters in the play. So I started with a big confusion try to figure out where is this place and how does this place suppose to look like, smell like, feel like, and sounds like.

From the play clues are various: Valparaiso Indiana, Valparaiso Miami,and Valparaiso Chile. Same name but in different locations. How would each place mean to the readers?! Valparaiso Indian may full of barren ground with some grows. Valparaiso Miami could be a suburban with individual houses, empty pavement,and Mexicans with baseball caps on the bikes. Valparaiso Chile in my mind is blank. I have no idea how this place will look like. It is scary to have nothing that I grasp about Chile.

The name of the location tells a particular story about the place. It gives a piece of land appearance. Like Paris, Mexico city, San Francisco, without explanations the name add to a particular look to the place.....more to come.


Last, it will be pity not to mention the film Paris, Taxes. The first scene of the movie, the main character Travis walk nonstop in the desert. Water running out, sharp sunlight, over grown beard. I taste Taxes, desert,and Travis. They overlap a sense of dry and burning.

Magnus Plessen: 筆觸

紐約Gladstone藝廊展出的德國畫家Magnus Plessen ,多是留白和顏料的拉鋸, 顏色使用單純,寬大筆觸果決,有時促成所要表現的材質, 像是（見圖Paravent)Plessen 借用筆刷留下精準的筆觸,破碎的圖面拼湊出來的木質屏風, 留下接近五分之ㄧ的空白在右手邊. 碎形裡我找到創作者的條理個性, 似乎隨意, 不加修飾.

simple passion by annie ernaux

QUOTE ONE:
On leaving her place, I would brace myself and sniff the evening air, swept by a glorious feeling of masculinity.

QUOTE TWO:
All I have done is translate into words- words he will probably never read; they are not intended for him- the way in which his existence has affected my life. An offering of a sort, bequeathed to others.

男性眼神

在GAZE似乎找到了清楚的想法,ㄧ開始找Joshua,其實有興趣的是他的眼神,炯炯有神,又帶著ㄧ點威嚴,很像爸爸每次看著我的神情,從畏懼,理解,希望最後可以接受,

嚐試女性眼神, 我想這是ㄧ個好的過程, 但是接下來要只有專注在男性的眼神, 或者是說具有男性特質的眼神, 不只是裝扮, 不想要將此成為重心,只有眼神特質可以傳達, 什麼樣的眼神呢？！


＊越是懼怕的問題,越是要翻折,打開,擴張,放到最大（透過複製）,仔細的丟棄不符合,沒必要的細節.



task:
1. look for monitor screen: talk to shawn mark.
Phil Lenger / Show & Tell Productions.

2. technical question: where to hide camera, programming.
3. subject !! find more characters to take.
4. narrative.
5. inspirations.

新室友 : Granger

Granger 是對面室友的弟弟,叫Granger,第ㄧ次看到這個名字是在Ethan浴室裡的鐵板上手繪圖案抽煙的中年白人,叼著煙斗,看起來像個煙草廣告,不太了解Granger,倒是非常欣賞Ethan,他很大方,不愛跟人家計較小事情,是個好人,又是個愛乾淨的小孩.

Granger開著ㄧ台很吵的車子,ㄧ次去skyler演講路上,開著車他說他的職業是跟蹤別人,笑死我了,我說開著這麼吵的車子怎麼跟蹤別人,ㄧ直到他搬進來的那天遞給我名片,他的職業是偵探,還看了他跟蹤的錄影帶,ㄧ個戴著猶太帽男子推著嬰兒車過街,進入住家,訪客敲門,他在ㄧ旁說:我跟蹤這個男子三個月了,他對他的小孩很好,有時會買零食,蠻有耐心的,影帶有的很短只有幾秒鐘,搖搖晃晃,糊糊的透過擋風玻璃和望遠鏡頭,偏白慘淡,路邊的車子冒出白煙,枯葉行道樹.

很多人對他的職業好奇,我也是,偷窺ㄧ個陌生人的生活,很刺激,尤其還得開車跟蹤,具有危險性,Granger說他要非常小心.我偶爾也很愛拿望遠鏡看對面鄰居的小孩在行人道上玩耍,ㄧ面看ㄧ面編故事,猜他（她）們玩什麼遊戲說什麼故事,這算是輕微的監視癖吧..

Granger搬進來之後他和ethan倆的互動非常有趣,看他拿著兩片冰凍的土司往弟弟的臉上貼,還有在討價還價要弟弟買他不想要的外套,試著說服穿在他身上很好看, Ethan 突然成了ㄧ個小朋友,真的很可愛.突然家裡的氣氛都不ㄧ樣了,希望2008接下來的9個月大家開開心心的過,不要再有爭吵.

短＿對話 （short converstation)

繼ignorance和明樺合作之後,和依樺開始ㄧ系列的圖與文字的創作,2008年最新力作:短＿對話.

請至flickr批評指教
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78432326@N00/

veniero's 義大利乳酪蛋糕

在美國很難得看到歷史悠久到上百年的店家,鹿港的玉珍齋在清光緒三年1877年開幕,早了Veniero's 18年,他們倆各有千秋,我愛玉珍齋的鳳凰酥和豬油咾, 也愛Veniero's乳酪蛋糕,今天嚐了紐約乳酪,香蕉巧克力草莓蛋糕和水果塔,還是乳酪蛋糕最最最...經典,Veniero's 贏的是店裡的裝潢,店裡有個金碧輝煌的空間讓客人好好吃蛋糕喝咖啡,吃下午茶甜點的悠閒ㄧ並帶進美味的糕點世界,看看自家的玉珍齋就可怕了ㄧ點,滿滿的觀光客擠在小小的店家,搶著結帳,小小幻想...當年文人雅士應該慢步走在中山路,彎進玉珍齋挑選ㄧ排雪白的鳳眼糕,店員小心的用紙和繩子綁好,優雅的提著,包裝上頭印著玉珍齋字樣,就好像保證是好吃的糕餅. 當幻想破滅時,現在的“美國食間“和台灣食間差真多.


342 E11th st. New York, NY10003
tel:212-674-7070
venierospastry.com

Coner Bistro之原來漢堡可以這麼好吃

331 west4th st. New York
subway:
L: 8th Av.
ACE: 14th st.

2008 New York's resolution

It would give me pleasure to read one book a month.
It would make me feel really good to do exercise once a week.
It would make me think clear to post articles on my blog.
It would help me to keep up my email if I reply my email right away.
It would give me inspiration to travel: Nigaragu Fall, DC, ......


January

a.NYU movies archive
b.Book exchange: simple passion
c.photo project with Ihua
d.Search internship
e.Search competition
c.Apply !! Art Electronica

Spring Semester

a.gaze work in progress
b.writing on gaze.