火的記憶 / Ghost next to the City

Video work "Ghost next to the City". The script is written according to a conflagration which happened years ago in Treasure Hill. Through photo documents and interviews with residents, one can relate various images of fire to the past lifestyles of residents, whether it be fire accidents, bonfires, or fires for the purpose of producing light and warmth. These flickers of light can be seen as historical signifiers, linking together all the different people and memories belonging to this land.

At present, Treasure Hill has been transformed and regenerated as an Artist Village. How to recollect the historic local memories and let them permeate into the present or even the future through the practice of contemporary art is a major issue that challenges us today. To this date, the flames of Treasure Hill have not yet ceased and are continuing to spread. Through various forms of fire (light) and images, it allows us to "see / illuminate" the different textures of Treasure Hill.

<火的記憶>錄相作品，根據過去寶藏巖的一場火災事件延伸而來。從居民和照片紀錄中，在過去任何形式的火總是和當時住民的生活相關聯，無論是火災、營火、還是為了製造光線或取暖。這些大大小小的火焰是一種歷史的堆疊符號般，串起人與人，記憶與記憶之間的聯繫。

如今寶藏巖已轉變更新為具規模的藝術村方式營運，如何透過創作回朔其在地的歷史記憶，或能使其滲透至今日以及未來，是我們當下所面臨的重要問題。至今仍未熄滅以及不斷重新蔓延，透過火(光)線和影像的不同質地「看／照明」寶藏巖。

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Ghost next to the City / 火的記憶

Single Channel Video with Sounds, Color / 13 mins, 36 secs / 2011 / Taiwan

A filmography, list of exhibitions /

11, 2011 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid / at Centre Georges Pompidou /  
             Paris / France.

11, 2011 Dans le cadre du programme Résonance de la Biennale d’art contemporain de 
             Lyon / Une terrible poétique in vivo / OLIVIER HOUG GALERIE / Lyon,France.

09, 2011 Shih-Tung Lo solo exhibition / Annual - Shifting, rapidly or very slowly / 
             Open-contemporary Art Center / Taipei, Taiwan.

Film Credit /

腳本/導演 羅仕東 Lo Shih-Tung

攝影 張鎮瀅 Chang Chen-Ying

編曲與鋼琴演奏 楊舜評 Yang Shuen-Ping

小提琴演奏 吳尚謙 Wu Shang-Chian

燈光 呂駿 Liu Jiun

剪接後製 林聖文 Lin Sheng-Wen

靜態記錄 高啟舜 Gau Chi-Shuen

演員 林季妤 Lin Ji-Yu

      許柏堅 Hsu Po-Jian

      陳亭聿 Chen Ting-Yu

      李昀    Li-Yun

      梁云繻 Liang Yun-Ru

      謝牧君 Shie Mu-Jiun

      劉千瑋 Liu Chien-Wei