Excerpt of Phoebe Man's animation "Rewriting History"

original copy: 3'55'' miniDV color sound
Many women have experienced indecent assaulted. The number of reported indecent assaulted cases has increased rapidly in Hong Kong. "Share indecent assaulted experience" is a hot topic on a popular Hong Kong forum on the Internet.
"Rewriting History" is a series of art works which aims to rewrite the artist's and other victims' personal experiences. It provides a way to face these negative experiences. Through cutting and sculpting, destructing and constructing, these negative feelings and one's imagination can be released.
Each story in the art work has its uniqueness and tries to confront social misconceptions. For examples, some people think it is no big deal to touch women or to have sex with women without their consent because women fantasize about these things. In fact, women should have their autonomy over their bodies. Plus who would like having sex or being touched under threat and being humiliated? The crime can bring lasting trauma to the victims.
"Rewriting History" has 4 versions: writing, paper cutting, installation and animation. When comparing with other works with similar topic which put emphasis on the impact, Phoebe's works are subtle and have kind of psychological undercurrent. These works help bring self-empowerment and encourage mutual respect society.
For this animation, when the artist was looking at her paper cutting, she could see them moving. Therefore she made an animation to put all the imaginative scenes together. There is a little girl fighting with a big hand. Big hand is a symbol of power. People sexual assaulted other people because of power. They need reassurance or they are assertive.
For more information, please visit: http://www.cyman.net/RW/
Trailer edited by Siu Bing.
作品「重寫歷史」的創作意念
許多女性都有被非禮的經歷，近年香港非禮案件數字不斷攀升，「分享非禮經驗」更是一個香港流行的網上討論區的長期話題，可見問題的嚴重性。
作品「重寫歷史」，通過重寫作者自身和別人的非禮經歷，去面對一些負面的經驗，通過剪、雕、，破壞與重建，去釋放感覺和想像。
每個故事都有其特殊性，並討論一些社會上的錯誤觀念，例如有人認為摸女人和強行跟女人造愛沒有甚麼大不了，因為女人愛被寵愛。其實，女人對自己的身體應有自主權，加上哪有­人喜歡在被迫和被侮辱的情况下被摸或造愛？這些罪行可以為受害者帶來持久的創傷。
「重寫歷史」有四個版本: 文字創作、 剪紙 、裝置 和動畫。相比一些著重震撼力的同類作品，文晶瑩採用含蓄但又有張力的手法。作品可說是一個解咒與自我充權的過程，並希望能引起社會對有關問題的關注，以及推廣一個兩性互相­尊重的社會。
動畫版源起於作者看著自己的剪紙，它們好像會動似的，於是想到製作動畫，把各種意象放在一起。動畫裡面有一隻大手和小女孩。大手有權力的象徵，許多人侵犯別人，不只是為了­性滿足，而是為了權力慾。他們需要得到自我肯定和別人的注意。
http://www.cyman.net/RW/
預告片製作:小炳

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• stopmotion
• animation art
• feminist art
• sexual assault
• paper cutting
• social issue
• Rewriting History
• Phoebe Man Ching Ying
• Hong Kong Art
• 文晶瑩
• 香港藝術
• 女性藝術
• 剪紙
• 動畫
• 重寫歷史
• EX!T
• 台灣國際實驗媒體藝術展