
On 21 December 2022, 24 videographers from the Micro Narrative Laboratory presented 29 short pieces of videography enacting their presence... Varied voices. Contrasting disposition. A broad range of artistic and media resources… The works will stay on-site at Floating Projects on FOUR parallel screens 24-31 December.

29 short pieces of videography by 24 young makers enacting their presence, human-tool assemblage, and the making of experiences from fragments of attentive moments ...

Wavering thought paths as collage-montage videos… Speak to the air, trust that magic is just around the corner; most importantly, to Love is to Be…#4 D-Normal/V-Essay online video zine, collected and edited by Linda Lai. 說出來吧!天大地大, 魔法就在身邊。會有人愛我嗎?這確實需要點自我勸解。… 黎肖嫻蒐集彙編,搖擺的思路發了聲。《平地數碼》網上錄像誌第4期。
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More wavering thought paths… Is remembering the same as nostalgia? What does street photography remember? Shall I be pretty, shall I be loved? What would happen to to me when I die? There are moments when you must spit it out… #4 D-Normal/V-Essay online video zine, collected and edited by Linda Lai. 記住就是懷舊了嗎?街頭攝影可記住的是甚麼?我長大後會漂亮嗎?會有人愛我嗎?我死了以後會怎樣?有些事情,確實不吐不快。… 黎肖嫻蒐集彙編,更多搖擺的思路。《平地數碼》網上錄像誌第4期。
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“And then… and then…” and more … wavering thought paths… Blocked. Light flashes, time passes. During the quarantine… Reach out. Enter 2022 with a peephole of love. The forbidden zone? Accept forgetting as well as remembering… Assembled and edited by Linda Lai「然後 …,然後 …,接著 …,於是 …」被阻擋著。光閃爍著,時間過去了。隔離期間…。伸手接觸。進入2022年,進入窺洞裡的愛情。禁區?接受忘記,同時接受還記起。…《平地數碼》網上錄像誌第4期。
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20 + 4 works on quarantine, isolation and (un)wavering thought path VOICES FROM THE ATMOSPHERE, issue #4, D-Normal V-Essay, , FP’s online video zine 「大氣中融融細語」,《平地數碼》網上錄像誌第4期。20+1 段關於隔離、獨思獨處的,堅定也搖擺的影像思路。
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The “Prolog” of “Our Manifestos II” (2021.05) explicitly examines videography as a way of living, an attitude of life, and the quest for in-depth transformation in the midst of complex, crisis living. In the 2nd of the 5-part series, Linda Lai discusses videography as soundings, ways to voice out as crafted thought paths, the materiality of remembering as micro narratives.《我們的錄像宣言2》於「據點一杯茶」5次連載的第2篇:黎肖嫻開宗明義把錄像書寫看為一種創作人的活的型態和取向,以至於對深度轉化的渴求。如是,對錄像書寫的認知遠超狹義的藝術操守和理所當然的影像美學。這次,她提出了錄像書寫作為「發聲」的藝術的面向。「記住」,必須透過「思路」的展現,而這就是錄像的「微」敘事性格。
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One Take, many iterations (2000-2020) One Take A digital video by Linda Lai Image & voice performance: Linda Lai Automatic writings generated by One Take – Polyphony 一天,突然好想逃離這個世界。 眼前的澳門文化中心斜流,六月晚晝和暖的陽光,水流淌散於橫紋石屎的肌理上再人工不過 。手不覺間在搖而沒有終止的意願,六分鐘的數碼錄像,在隨意不拘的弧線運轉之中以單鏡頭變化出蒙太奇和剪接的幻象。我盪得心也開了,破口處滲溢的,彷彿都是綿綿歲月的茵陳細碎瑣事。在快慢門和色溫光圈的不加思索變易下,涓流滑動的水精靈誘我領我尋索那已失散多年的音韻。大調元音、五度在捉迷藏。 我發聲,所以我存在。 有聲無韻。 至於我失去的是甚麼聲甚麼韻,我還在尋找。 One Take (originally in three parts) seeks to experiment the relation between image and sound by juxtaposing different soundscapes against the same set of […]
\nAn accidental death in February (?) 2018 ended young artist Anna Chim’s barely started exciting journey of creative adventures. While revisiting principles of economizing in image-making in film and art history in preparation for my teaching, I accidentally returned to this saved message Anna sent me.
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With Videography. Micro Narratives. Temporal Beings. Our Manifestos (2018.07), seven young artists put forth their interim statements on what they have done with videography, why, and open ends that could be taken into the future. The 140 pages of writings (plus a DVD of video works) are not all that came out of the three years of contemplation, research and queries. …
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