中環  
Central
2001
超8 毫米及35毫米轉載於DVD
Super 8 and 35mm on DVD
10’30”
多明妮可‧貢札雷斯‧佛斯特
Dominique GONZALEZ-FOERSTER

法國 / 1965年生於法國史特拉斯堡,現於巴黎和里約熱內盧生活及工作   France / 1965 born in Strasbourg, France, now living and working in Paris and Rio de Janeiro
電影、文學、現代建築與藝術史是法國藝術家多明妮可‧貢札雷斯‧佛斯特作品的基礎,她的作品以一種寧靜地、私密地的口吻質問現代城市生活。作品〈中環〉是藝術家以水和城市為靈感的短片三部曲之一,以王家衛電影為參照與呼應的文本。影片拍攝香港維多利亞港口碼頭的清晨,鏡頭下徘徊於維多利亞海港的女人,以獨語的方式訴說著自己即將見到分隔兩地的哥哥。她喃喃自語「⋯⋯如果他已經抵達,那我們期待什麼發生?是下一次的離別,或下一次的到港呢?船隻總是來來去去,人總是望著別人的背,當面對面時又面面相覷⋯⋯」,藝術家以影片描繪出一座城市如夢般的孤寂肖像。1997年香港回歸中國,在回歸前後引起香港歷史上另一次的大移民潮,拍攝於2001年的這件作品也以某種情緒回應港人對於不確定未來的移民方案。影片中的帶著英式殖民建築色彩的天星碼頭 ,已在2006年被拆除重建,消失的城市記憶,僅能在影片中尋找。
Film, literature, modern architecture, and art history are the basis for French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s artworks. Her works often involve a quiet, intimate interrogation of contemporary urban life. The work Central is one of the short film trilogy inspired by water and city, a text alludes to and echoes with Wong Kar-Wai’s films. The artwork was filmed in the early morning at Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong, with a woman wandering around at Victoria Harbor, soliloquizing of her meeting with the long-lost brother around the corner. She whispers “…If he’s already arrived, what do we expect? Is it yet another departure, or another arrival at the harbor? Boats come and go; people gaze one another’s back, and stare silently at each other when face to face, nonetheless…” The artist portrays a lonely silhouette of a dream-like city. Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, and came yet another big wave of immigration around that period in the history of Hong Kong. The artwork, shot in 2001, somehow echoes the immigration solution of the people of Hong Kong in the face of an uncertain future. Star Ferry Pier that carries the tint of colonial architecture in the film has been demolished and rebuilt. Nowadays, we can only find the faded reminiscence of the city in the film, nevertheless.
本作品由西九文化區M+博物館收藏 The work is collected by west Kowloon M+ Museum