イメージフォーラム・フェスティバル 2018

The Milky Way Xi Xi / 16mm (digital version) / 2min. / 1968 / Hong Kong
Routine LAW Kar / 16mm (digital version) / 2min. / 1969 / Hong Kong
Tai Chi Ch’uan Tom DAVENPORT / 16mm (digital version) / 10min. / 1969 / USA
EXPERIMENT 002 HUANG Hua Cheng / video / 39min. / 1994 / Taiwan The Prophet SU Yu Hsien / digital / 25min. / 2016 / Taiwan
The Prophet SU Yu Hsien / digital / 25min. / 2016 / Taiwan
　

This program includes five films by artists who were indirectly involved in the 1960s artistic experiments. The Theater Quarterly did not just serve as a medium bringing in latest news on the Western art world, but also functioned as a platform for artists to present their new creations. Macao-born, Hong Kong based film critic Law Kark and Hong Kong’s renowned writer Xi Xi both had briefly served as editor of Theatre Quarterly in the 1960s and made experimental films at that time which are included in this program. In addition, Tom Davenport, an American independent filmmak- er who spent years studying the Chinese language and culture in Taiwan, was commissioned by National Geographic to film there. This program includes his first documentary Tai Chi Ch’uan in which he captured the philosopher Nan Huai-chin practicing Tai-chi at Taiwan’s northeastern coast. The last two shorts provide an indirect view of the artistic achievements of Huang Hua-cheng, a pivotal figure who co-founded Theater Quarterly and spearheaded the 1960s’ experimental movement in theater, film, and visual art. As none of Huang’s films have survived, the video documenta- tion of the 1994 seminar Theater Quarterly and I, in which Huang played his 1967 experimental work Experiment 002 in the original 8mm format, allows us to have a peek of his original work, whereas The Prophet is a video remake of Huang’s first attempt in experimental theater.