32.《生活计时. 1-7章》
蒙哥·汤姆森
《生活计时. 1-7章》
2022年
4K有声视频
总时长47分32秒
Mungo Thomson
Time Life. Volumes 1-7
2022
4K video with sound
Total run time: 47'32''
蒙哥·汤姆森，1969年生于美国加利福尼亚林地，现生活工作于洛杉矶
Mungo Thomson, born in Woodland, California, United States, 1969, lives and works in Los Angeles
《生活计时》由7个定格动画短视频组成，蒙哥·汤姆森引用百科全书为素材，通过互联网高速图书扫描仪将这些书籍扫描成为电子版本，在此过程中，素材数据被重新采集录入，并自动合成了如同在翻阅书籍一般的动态视觉效果。
《生活计时》的每个短视频代表了不同的章节，分别探索了范围广阔的人类经验。其中，前1-4章的素材取自同名图书《生活计时》，而后面三章的脚本则来自艺术家在其它延伸区域收集的资料。汤姆森旨在通过此作品探讨数字化和将模拟材料转换成数据的过程，以及这些材料在互联网被反复传播时造成的信息损耗和模糊。从园艺、健身到食谱，这组影像呈现了各种信息由实体到电子的转化时刻，由此开启了围绕历史、技术和感知的对话。
Time Life consists of 7 short stop-motion animation videos. Mungo Thomson applied encyclopedic material and used a high-speed internet book scanner to scan the books into digital versions. In the process, the data is re-recorded and automatically synthesized into a dynamic visual effect, as if flipping through a book.
Each short video in Time LIfe represents a different chapter in which Thomson explores the wide range of human experiences. The first 1-4 chapters are drawn from a book called Time Life, while the scripts for the following three chapters are drawn from material collected by the artist from other sources. Thomson aims to explore the process of digitizing and converting analogue materials into data, as well as the information wastage and ambiguity that these materials cause as they are retransmitted over and over on the Internet. From gardening to fitness to cookbooks, the images present the moment when information is transformed from physical to digital, opening up a dialogue around history, technology and perception.
音乐来源 | Music
第一章 | Volume 1. Andrea Centazzo and Pierre Favre, “Koan #16” (2005), Ictus Records Catalog Number 504
第二章 | Volume 2. Laurie Spiegel, “Clockworks” (1974)
第三章 | Volume 3. Sven-Åke Johansson, “Nahbild” (1972)
第四章 | Volume 4. Lee Ranaldo, “Hurricane Sandy Transcriptions” (Excerpt) (2021)
第五章 | Volume 5. Original Score by Ernst Karel
第六章 | Volume 6. Pauline Oliveros “Single Stroke Roll Meditation” (1974), PoPandMoM Publications - All Rights Reserved
第七章 | Volume 7. Original score by Adrian Garcia
《KID MATTERS》
语音导览即将上线，敬请期待。
我们邀请小朋友作为电子导览的讲解员，捕捉他们看展的第一刻反应，他们的心情、问题都会被录制成为音频。我们尝试把解读的语言回归到最简朴的状态，以稚嫩的语言、好奇心拉平观众与作品的视线，重组展签及语音导览的传统模式。