暗夜裡的52枝火柴  
Fifty-Two Matches in the Dark 

2021 | 8min 31 sec | Digital | color & b/w | sound

 

影像概念｜
現在社會的運行還是依靠著權力結構和父權體制。除了性別，也可以是任何一種邊緣或受迫的聲音。影像於一根火的時間，藉由「光」，探索因權力介入而造成的失衡狀態，以夢中囈語般的情境，重新面對日常中的權力關係。
 

Nowadays, the society still runs on power structure and patriarchy. There are all kinds of voices from those being marginalized or oppressed other than just gender voices. With the dancer’s body as materials, this piece explores the deep scars caused by the intervention of power in the memories.

 

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音樂解說｜
在那個瘋狂的時代，五十二位知識分子選擇了結束自己的生命。而又在那五十二年之後，我重讀到了他們的故事。在此作品中，一個機械性的形象不斷的出現，然後又不斷的消逝。在交替之間那些在狹縫中的微细音響一直在變化，並逐漸顯示出它們才是作品的主體，一直至那第五十二次的交替之後。（文／許德彰）

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Like some countries in Europe in WWII, they had many sad stories to tell. During the 10 years Culture Revolution in China from 1966 to 1976, there were many intellectuals, authors and artists had been found suicided. When I read about these 52 suicided intellectual stories, which is alluded by the 52 multiphonics or longer passages in the piece.The air noise after them can be seen as a wind that blow the light away. In terms of the technique, I think its very important to connect all the different extended/ordinary techniques together in a very short amount of time. the changes from one techniques to another are often very quick, and the performer still need to care about the overall phrasing at the same time. (Text by Tak-Cheung HUI)