︎Making Kin(o)!︎
實驗電影創作者的自主放映
Making Kin(o)! 7 - Analog film experiments sharing session of Tsai Yi-Chin
蔡易錦實驗底片創作分享會
時間｜2025. 2.20（一）20:00-21:30
地點｜藝術家集合工作室「歡迎光臨麟光社」
蔡易錦於2024年9月開始到芬蘭的Filmverkstaden進行為期四個月的駐村創作。在駐村期間以植物與自然為主題，在類比底片上實驗各種技法。在分享會中將會放映以phytogram及photogram技法創作的16mm素材、以Bolex拍攝後接觸印樣並刮片的16mm正片小品，及展示以mordançage技法創作的35mm素材。
Tsai Yi-Chin began a four-month artist residency at Filmverkstaden in Finland in September 2024. During the residency, her work focused on plants and nature, experimenting with various techniques on analog film. In this sharing session, they will screen 16mm footage created using phytogram and photogram techniques, showcase 16mm short works shot with a Bolex camera that were contact-printed and hand-scratched, and exhibit 35mm material created using the mordançage technique.
︎ 藝術家介紹
蔡易錦，臺南人。畢業於政大廣電系及RE:ANIMA歐盟聯合碩士。
她以生命經驗為靈感，創作停格動畫作品、紀錄片及實驗影像。目前專注於觀察光影，並以植物與自然為主題進行實驗底片創作。TSAI Yi-Chin was born in 1992 in Tainan, Taiwan. Being a filmmaker, animator and video artist, she focuses on finding ways to reflect her life experience and observations of the world.
With the combination of experiments of the making process, under camera animation, mixed materials techniques and analog films, she creates abstract flowing visuals and explores the possibilities of expressing emotion in different means.
https://tsaiyichin.com/
蔡易錦實驗底片創作分享會
時間｜2025. 2.20（一）20:00-21:30
地點｜藝術家集合工作室「歡迎光臨麟光社」
蔡易錦於2024年9月開始到芬蘭的Filmverkstaden進行為期四個月的駐村創作。在駐村期間以植物與自然為主題，在類比底片上實驗各種技法。在分享會中將會放映以phytogram及photogram技法創作的16mm素材、以Bolex拍攝後接觸印樣並刮片的16mm正片小品，及展示以mordançage技法創作的35mm素材。
Tsai Yi-Chin began a four-month artist residency at Filmverkstaden in Finland in September 2024. During the residency, her work focused on plants and nature, experimenting with various techniques on analog film. In this sharing session, they will screen 16mm footage created using phytogram and photogram techniques, showcase 16mm short works shot with a Bolex camera that were contact-printed and hand-scratched, and exhibit 35mm material created using the mordançage technique.
︎ 藝術家介紹
蔡易錦，臺南人。畢業於政大廣電系及RE:ANIMA歐盟聯合碩士。
她以生命經驗為靈感，創作停格動畫作品、紀錄片及實驗影像。目前專注於觀察光影，並以植物與自然為主題進行實驗底片創作。TSAI Yi-Chin was born in 1992 in Tainan, Taiwan. Being a filmmaker, animator and video artist, she focuses on finding ways to reflect her life experience and observations of the world.
With the combination of experiments of the making process, under camera animation, mixed materials techniques and analog films, she creates abstract flowing visuals and explores the possibilities of expressing emotion in different means.
https://tsaiyichin.com/
Making Kin(o)! 6 - Experimental films of LIN Yen-Chao
麟光四射 ：林延昭短片放映
時間｜2024. 6.17（一）20:00-21:30
地點｜藝術家集合工作室「歡迎光臨麟光社」
放映片單：
Reed Factory
2007 | Super 8 to digital | 3:35
Super 8 film portrait of the now demolished George W. Reed Factory in St Henri, Montreal. This building was opened in 1895, also known as the Babcock & Wilcox factory. It was abandoned around 1982 and demolished in 2014.
over no things
2008 | 16mm to DV | b/w & colour | 10:00
A deeply personal film that pays tribute to my grandmother through the observation of daily life and the loss of memory.
From Within
2015 | b/w | digital | 1:10
A frame by frame overhead projector animation telling the story of genesis and culmination with human teeth, cat bones, found objects and insects.
We Shift
2015 | b/w | digital | 1:25
A frame by frame overhead projector animation displaying a dance of unfolding shapes and colors coming together for transformation.
To Be Free
2015 | b/w | digital | 1:25
A frame by frame overhead projector animation illustrating the unavoidable flourish of the spirit and climatic submission of the flesh.
The Spirit Keepers of Makuta'ay
2019 | sound | color | super 8 to HD | 10:57
Shot on location in the traditional Amis territory, The Spirit Keepers of Makuta’ay travels through villages on the east coast of Taiwan, where nature, colonization and population migration merge to create a unique spiritual landscape. The hand processed super 8 unravels mixed faith expressions from Daoist ritual possession to Presbyterian funeral, from personal prayers to collective resistance, all the while attempting to trace the memories of past Amis sorcerers.
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神秘短片數部隨放
︎ 藝術家介紹
林延昭台北出生，十三歲移居蒙特婁。她的作品探討記憶與歷史的殘留痕跡和文化遺產與個人幽靈學的交互關係，範圍涉及宗教、占卜、民間傳說、堪輿學(占卜杖探尋水源 / 礦脈)、神秘科學、煉金術、風水和能量： 一切可以被感知但不一定可見的事物。延昭也是一個自然歷史愛好者和積極的收藏家，蒐集來自礦物、植物、動物和工業的殘留痕跡。她的跨領域創作透過直覺、合作、尋覓和收集，結合各種工藝技術，如珐琅、紡織和玻璃，創造出裝置作品、雕塑和實驗電影。
Yen-Chao Lin is a Taipei born, Montreal based artist. Her work navigates memory and the spectral traces of history, drawing from traditions in religious and divination practices, folklore, dowsing, occult science, alchemy, Feng Shui, and energy—things that can be sensed but are not always visible. Yen-Chao is also a natural history enthusiast and an avid collector, gathering remnants from minerals, plants, animals, and industrial artifacts. Through means of intuitive play, collaboration, scavenging and collecting, her tactile practice often incorporates various craft techniques, such as copper enameling, glass, and textile; creating installations, sculptures, and experimental films.
http://www.yenchaolin.com/
麟光四射 ：林延昭短片放映
時間｜2024. 6.17（一）20:00-21:30
地點｜藝術家集合工作室「歡迎光臨麟光社」
放映片單：
Reed Factory
2007 | Super 8 to digital | 3:35
Super 8 film portrait of the now demolished George W. Reed Factory in St Henri, Montreal. This building was opened in 1895, also known as the Babcock & Wilcox factory. It was abandoned around 1982 and demolished in 2014.
over no things
2008 | 16mm to DV | b/w & colour | 10:00
A deeply personal film that pays tribute to my grandmother through the observation of daily life and the loss of memory.
From Within
2015 | b/w | digital | 1:10
A frame by frame overhead projector animation telling the story of genesis and culmination with human teeth, cat bones, found objects and insects.
We Shift
2015 | b/w | digital | 1:25
A frame by frame overhead projector animation displaying a dance of unfolding shapes and colors coming together for transformation.
To Be Free
2015 | b/w | digital | 1:25
A frame by frame overhead projector animation illustrating the unavoidable flourish of the spirit and climatic submission of the flesh.
The Spirit Keepers of Makuta'ay
2019 | sound | color | super 8 to HD | 10:57
Shot on location in the traditional Amis territory, The Spirit Keepers of Makuta’ay travels through villages on the east coast of Taiwan, where nature, colonization and population migration merge to create a unique spiritual landscape. The hand processed super 8 unravels mixed faith expressions from Daoist ritual possession to Presbyterian funeral, from personal prayers to collective resistance, all the while attempting to trace the memories of past Amis sorcerers.
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神秘短片數部隨放
︎ 藝術家介紹
林延昭台北出生，十三歲移居蒙特婁。她的作品探討記憶與歷史的殘留痕跡和文化遺產與個人幽靈學的交互關係，範圍涉及宗教、占卜、民間傳說、堪輿學(占卜杖探尋水源 / 礦脈)、神秘科學、煉金術、風水和能量： 一切可以被感知但不一定可見的事物。延昭也是一個自然歷史愛好者和積極的收藏家，蒐集來自礦物、植物、動物和工業的殘留痕跡。她的跨領域創作透過直覺、合作、尋覓和收集，結合各種工藝技術，如珐琅、紡織和玻璃，創造出裝置作品、雕塑和實驗電影。
Yen-Chao Lin is a Taipei born, Montreal based artist. Her work navigates memory and the spectral traces of history, drawing from traditions in religious and divination practices, folklore, dowsing, occult science, alchemy, Feng Shui, and energy—things that can be sensed but are not always visible. Yen-Chao is also a natural history enthusiast and an avid collector, gathering remnants from minerals, plants, animals, and industrial artifacts. Through means of intuitive play, collaboration, scavenging and collecting, her tactile practice often incorporates various craft techniques, such as copper enameling, glass, and textile; creating installations, sculptures, and experimental films.
http://www.yenchaolin.com/
Making Kin(o)! 5 - Declarations of Love / One Big Eye
時間｜2024. 6.17（一）19:00-21:00
地點｜藝術家集合工作室「歡迎光臨麟光社」
Declarations of Love
《示愛》
Tiff Rekem, 2022 / 29 mins
對一位衰老中的父親形象的沈思碎片，以及他與2020年的那場性別揭曉派對，南加州大火，和聖貝納迪諾山麓間的關係。
A fragmentary rumination on an aging father figure and his nearness to the gender-reveal-party fire that scorched the San Bernardino foothills in 2020
One Big Eye (Installation Version)
《一隻大眼》（裝置版）
Sobia Ahmad & Benny Shaffer, 2024 / 16mm film transferred to 4K, B/W, sound, 22 mins.
《一隻大眼》是一部手工沖洗的16mm電影，是藝術家持續探索猶他州中南部Pando這片古老的美洲顫楊樹林的計畫階段之一。這片樹林看似由47,000棵樹組成，但實際上它們共享一個巨大的根系，是地球上最大的有機體。本片將關於Pando的科學、民間傳說和神話熔冶一爐，折射出這座巨大地下根系網絡，探索人類與其他生物的共生關係。影片在家中廚房水槽沖洗，使用咖啡顯影劑及其他環保材料如蘇打粉、維他命C粉和鹽進行顯影。
One Big Eye is a hand-processed 16mm film that is part of an ongoing engagement with Pando, an ancient quaking aspen grove that extends across 106 acres in south-central Utah. Seemingly 47,000 individual trees, it is unified by a single immense root system, making it the earth’s largest and heaviest known organism on land. Weaving scientific, folkloric, and mystical ways of relating to Pando, the project reflects on the underground network of roots to explore a shared ecology between human and more-than-human beings. The footage was processed at home over the kitchen sink using an experimental coffee-based developer, which includes other eco-friendly domestic materials such as washing soda, vitamin C powder, and salt.
︎ 藝術家介紹
Sobia Ahmad是一位跨領域藝術家，她透過攝影、時基媒材和社會實踐，探索日常經驗、物品和儀式的超驗性力量。她用底片沖洗工作去探討關係性、相互性、知識體現、材質實驗和DIY精神。她在卡內基梅隆大學取得藝術碩士學位，作品曾在約翰遜藝術博物館、工藝與設計博物館及史密森尼美國藝術博物館展出。Sobia Ahmad is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores the transcendental power of everyday experiences, objects, and rituals through photography, time-based media, and social practice. Her process-based work engages in conversations about relationality and reciprocity, embodied knowledge, material experimentation, and DIY ethos. Ahmad received an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Her work has been exhibited at the Johnson Museum of Art (Ithaca, NY), Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco), and the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Women Filmmakers Festival (Washington, D.C.), among others.
Benny Shaffer是一位電影人及策展人，透過媒體人類學和實驗電影，探索藝術與生態的交集。他的電影, 錄像與聲音作品在亞洲、歐洲和北美的電影節及藝術空間展出。曾在布拉德劇院、哈佛電影檔案館及波士頓當代藝術中心等地策劃電影放映。2022年獲得哈佛大學社會人類學和批判媒體實踐的博士學位，現為波士頓每分鐘革命電影節的共同創辦人及匹茲堡聲音+影像的董事會成員。Benny Shaffer is a filmmaker and curator who explores the intersections of art and ecology through the audiovisual approaches of media anthropology and experimental cinema. His work in film, video, and sound has been exhibited at film festivals and art spaces in Asia, Europe, and North America. He has curated film screenings at the Brattle Theatre, Harvard Film Archive, ICA Boston, UnionDocs, and other venues. He received his PhD in Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice from Harvard University in 2022, where he was a Film Study Center fellow and a member of the Sensory Ethnography Lab. He is currently the co-director of Revolutions Per Minute Festival in Boston, and a board member of Pittsburgh Sound + Image.
時間｜2024. 6.17（一）19:00-21:00
地點｜藝術家集合工作室「歡迎光臨麟光社」
Declarations of Love
《示愛》
Tiff Rekem, 2022 / 29 mins
對一位衰老中的父親形象的沈思碎片，以及他與2020年的那場性別揭曉派對，南加州大火，和聖貝納迪諾山麓間的關係。
A fragmentary rumination on an aging father figure and his nearness to the gender-reveal-party fire that scorched the San Bernardino foothills in 2020
One Big Eye (Installation Version)
《一隻大眼》（裝置版）
Sobia Ahmad & Benny Shaffer, 2024 / 16mm film transferred to 4K, B/W, sound, 22 mins.
《一隻大眼》是一部手工沖洗的16mm電影，是藝術家持續探索猶他州中南部Pando這片古老的美洲顫楊樹林的計畫階段之一。這片樹林看似由47,000棵樹組成，但實際上它們共享一個巨大的根系，是地球上最大的有機體。本片將關於Pando的科學、民間傳說和神話熔冶一爐，折射出這座巨大地下根系網絡，探索人類與其他生物的共生關係。影片在家中廚房水槽沖洗，使用咖啡顯影劑及其他環保材料如蘇打粉、維他命C粉和鹽進行顯影。
One Big Eye is a hand-processed 16mm film that is part of an ongoing engagement with Pando, an ancient quaking aspen grove that extends across 106 acres in south-central Utah. Seemingly 47,000 individual trees, it is unified by a single immense root system, making it the earth’s largest and heaviest known organism on land. Weaving scientific, folkloric, and mystical ways of relating to Pando, the project reflects on the underground network of roots to explore a shared ecology between human and more-than-human beings. The footage was processed at home over the kitchen sink using an experimental coffee-based developer, which includes other eco-friendly domestic materials such as washing soda, vitamin C powder, and salt.
︎ 藝術家介紹
Sobia Ahmad是一位跨領域藝術家，她透過攝影、時基媒材和社會實踐，探索日常經驗、物品和儀式的超驗性力量。她用底片沖洗工作去探討關係性、相互性、知識體現、材質實驗和DIY精神。她在卡內基梅隆大學取得藝術碩士學位，作品曾在約翰遜藝術博物館、工藝與設計博物館及史密森尼美國藝術博物館展出。Sobia Ahmad is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores the transcendental power of everyday experiences, objects, and rituals through photography, time-based media, and social practice. Her process-based work engages in conversations about relationality and reciprocity, embodied knowledge, material experimentation, and DIY ethos. Ahmad received an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Her work has been exhibited at the Johnson Museum of Art (Ithaca, NY), Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco), and the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Women Filmmakers Festival (Washington, D.C.), among others.
Benny Shaffer是一位電影人及策展人，透過媒體人類學和實驗電影，探索藝術與生態的交集。他的電影, 錄像與聲音作品在亞洲、歐洲和北美的電影節及藝術空間展出。曾在布拉德劇院、哈佛電影檔案館及波士頓當代藝術中心等地策劃電影放映。2022年獲得哈佛大學社會人類學和批判媒體實踐的博士學位，現為波士頓每分鐘革命電影節的共同創辦人及匹茲堡聲音+影像的董事會成員。Benny Shaffer is a filmmaker and curator who explores the intersections of art and ecology through the audiovisual approaches of media anthropology and experimental cinema. His work in film, video, and sound has been exhibited at film festivals and art spaces in Asia, Europe, and North America. He has curated film screenings at the Brattle Theatre, Harvard Film Archive, ICA Boston, UnionDocs, and other venues. He received his PhD in Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice from Harvard University in 2022, where he was a Film Study Center fellow and a member of the Sensory Ethnography Lab. He is currently the co-director of Revolutions Per Minute Festival in Boston, and a board member of Pittsburgh Sound + Image.