susan pui san LOK

susan pui san lok is an artist, researcher and writer based in London. Her work ranges across installation, moving image, sound, performance and text, evolving out of interests in notions of nostalgia and aspiration, place and migration, translation and diaspora. Recent exhibitions include the 1st Asia Biennial / 5th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art (2015-16), and solo shows at CFCCA, Manchester (2016), Derby QUAD (2015), and MAI, Montréal Arts Interculturels (2014). Previous projects include Lightness (2012), commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella (FVU) and De La Warr Pavilion; Faster, Higher (2008), commissioned by FVU and BFI Southbank Gallery, London, (2009); DIY Ballroom/LIVE (2007-08), a Cornerhouse/BBC Bigger Picture National Touring commission; and Golden (2005-ongoing).

Trailers (2015, 4’00”

《Trailers》抽樣了Google街景視圖,以及由金庸著作的《射雕三部曲》(上世紀50年代出版的新武俠經典)的20多份改編作品中,片頭、預告片、主題曲和宣傳片段,交織世俗和每日神話般的風景。

該影片是作者持續進行的《RoCH Fans & Legends》項目的一部分,借鑒了40多個由粉絲上傳到媒體三部曲的改編作品。ROCH代表《神鵰俠侶》,《射雕三部曲》的第二部。武俠是中國小說、電視和電影的武術劍術流派,通常以男俠和女俠的冒險和打鬥情節為特色。《RoCH Fans & Legends》探討了一些武俠幻想、風景和原型、三部曲在流行文化中無數的翻譯,和無重的重複圖像。

經Derby QUAD和CFCCA(中國當代藝術中心)委託,與Animate Projects 和索爾福德大學合作,由英格蘭藝術委員會國家彩票支持。