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wing 唐詠詩

從跟詠詩說請她做駐留藝術家,她一直給妳靜默的表情,直至駐留完結。事實是,詠詩是位很專業的動畫家,她廿多年來為觀眾創造動畫角色和故事,卻無需與觀眾在現實中接觸,所以工作性質的靜默是她的專項。

這次駐留讓她接觸社區,不僅讓社區的孩子學會創造和製作他們自己的動畫,亦讓她發現自己當年在街上遊玩的童年社區記憶;土瓜灣的孩童和社區空間關係讓她重新導引鄰里和孩子的的經驗,因為遊戲的空間就是鄰里之間的距離。

所以一個轉動的單車輪就是鄰里的推動器,其實也是動畫會「動」的原理,由街坊工匠重新挪用杜象的車輪作品的動畫播放器,創造的動畫充滿社區環境的視覺,牛棚紅磚牆的背景,平凡的窗框前澆花的動作,重複又重複的黑描白景,如平淡的社區生活,詩意藏於動畫中鄰里的無聲和泰,一如詠詩的表情。

Starting from the date Wing Sze accepted to be a resident artist, she always had a quiet look until the end. In fact, Wing Sze is a professional animator. She has created animated characters and stories for the audience for more than 20 years, but she did not have to contact the audience in reality, so the quietness of her work is her unique characteristic.

The residence allowed her to reach out to the community. It not only enables the children in the community to learn to create and produce their own animations, but it also let her discover her own childhood memories of playing in the streets. The relationship between the children and the community space in To Kwa Wan led her to rediscover the neighbourhood and childhood experience because the playing space is in a short distance within the neighbourhood.

In her residence, a rotating bicycle wheel was made as a propeller in the neighbourhood. In fact, it is also the principle of animation. The neighbour craftsman re-appropriated Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel as the animation player, creating an animation full of vision of the community environment. The background of the wall, the action of watering flowers in front of the ordinary window frame, the repeated black and white scenes were just as the bland community life. The quietness and peacefulness of the neighbourhood were hidden in the animation, just like the expression of Wing Sze.