電影以外 - 高安兄弟系 Other Than the Movies - Coen Series

- CHIU Yee-ling 趙綺鈴

高安兄弟的電影好看,可是總不由地注意到他們電影以外的好東西。

O Brother, Where Art Thou?Soundtrack

中學時期,逛影碟舖時,隨手拿了張封套漂亮的VCD,因而看了第一齣高安兄弟的電影〈O Brother, Where Art Thou?〉。幽默瘋狂,節奏輕快流暢,營造故事獨特的時空和氣氛亦十分出色。最印象深刻的是電影大碟的歌曲,如 Big Rock Candy MountainO Death In the Jailhouse Now等,十年後時至今天仍然位居本人 itune playlist 曲目之首幾十位。

T-Bone Burnett 製作的〈O Brother, Where Art Thou?〉電影 Soundtrack 2002年奪得第44The Grammy Awards Album of the Year。〈O Death〉奪得 Best Male Country Vocal Performance。〈I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow〉則獲 Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.

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The Revolving Cultural Imagery of a New China – a response to the Art HK 2010 新中國新意象?-對2010 香港國際藝術展的一些想法

YIP, Olivia Wai-ka

a work of photography seen at the Art HK 2010

The Art HK has often been a chance for a friends’ reunion of mine every year in late May. It was never a bad idea to gather old friends for an art fair like this and dine at a local hotpot-restaurant with beers afterwards. I did not mean to be critical at first, but the ‘selling’ activities were too overwhelming. With special privilege provided by a friend working in a local gallery, we were able to attend the VIP session of the Art HK 2010. On a more general level of observation, it was the guests in attendance that first caught my attention. Most visitors were extraordinarily well-dressed – they looked as if coming from a world beyond mine. …

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存在於空氣與時間中的現在進行式文庫 Archival Records by Cedric Maridet, a review

- Edwin Lo

亞洲藝術文獻庫的駐場計劃每一年都會邀請本地或海外藝術家、策展人在文獻庫進行創作或研究。2009年十一月至2010年五月的駐場藝術家是居港法籍聲音藝術家 Cedric Maridet 。他利用文獻庫的環境與文獻, 創作其最新作品聲音裝置《文獻紀錄 · 記錄文獻》(Archival Records)。筆者前後兩次觀聽這個作品, 並嘗試從觀聽這個作品的經驗整理出一些經驗與看法。

一般來說, 我從不指望在展覽開幕的時候可以看到或聽到什麼東西; 展覽開幕一般來說就是社交場合, 大家拿起酒跟某人聊起, 人來人往的熱鬧景象。然而, 令我感到意外的是, [Continue reading]