傷城

City of Sorrow

2008∣DVCAM∣Color∣9mins

Experimental, urban,traffic, social situation

For a long time, penetrating invasiveness of the camera has been inherent to the storytelling conventions of documentary film. This type of narrative inquiry entails probing deep into the heart of matter, as the camera remains pointing at the subject’s body and soul the whole time. The peculiar way of seeing embedded in this type of “in-depth” reportage, which almost inevitably carries a sense of intrusiveness, has long been a mainstream practice in documentary film, and remains a popular mode of narrative to this day.

Our everyday life is a string of random and contingent events which cannot be materialized into a story due to a lack of logical connection between these events. In other words, we are surrounded by a vast amount of shallowness on a daily basis. This series of documentary films foreground this sense of shallowness, hoping to offer a possible escape from the hegemony of depth. The director uses mechanical equipment to collect and string together images of these random moments to forge a unique form of critique.

Festivals & Awards

2009 Asian Art Biennial Viewpoints & Viewing Points Exhibition https://event.culture.tw/NTMOFA/portal/Registration/C0103MAction?actId=52558

2006 Taiwna International Documentary Festival

2010 Golden Harvest Awards Best sound design

導演∣鄭立明

城市發展的過程，是否太過於追逐速度、追求建設，而造成了破壞、遺忘？台灣正努力邁向全球化，拼命地進行重大交通建設，這個過程中，人與時間、空間的關係迅速地被改變。本片以街頭的交通建設與人的活動影像作對比、並置、重組，企圖由影像實驗來觀察，並思考這一已然「不可逆」的發展原則。

2009第二屆亞洲雙年展/觀點與「觀」點/國立台灣美術館https://event.culture.tw/NTMOFA/portal/Registration/C0103MAction?actId=52558

2006 台灣國際紀錄片雙年展

2010 金穗獎最佳聲音設計/柯宜均/劉小草