藝術家專題— 黛博拉・史察門
ARTIST FOCUS：DEBORAH STRATMAN
「發生在我們身上的事 / 對世界的地質而言無關緊要 / 但發生在世界地質上的事 / 對我們而言卻並非無關緊要。」
—— 休・麥克迪阿米德（Hugh MacDiarmid）
藝術家與導演黛博拉・史察門長期探究權力、控制與信仰，揭示地方、思想與社會之間的複雜聯繫。本屆「藝術家專題」單元選映史察門的三部作品，每部作品皆深切地反思人類與世界以及宇宙奧祕的關係。
史察門的作品挑戰人類中心視角，邀請觀眾以想像力進入非人類的主體經驗之中。她的創作跨越宇宙與大地、人類與地質之間的邊界，凸顯萬物——無論是塵世還是星辰——彼此交織相連的本質。
What happens to us / Is irrelevant to the world’s geology / But what happens to the world’s geology / is not irrelevant to us. – Hugh MacDiarmid
Artist and filmmaker Deborah Stratman examines power, control, and belief, revealing the intricate connections between places, ideas, and society. Our Artist Focus program showcases three selected films by Stratman, each offering profound meditations on humanity's relationship with the world and the mysteries of the cosmos. Stratman's films challenge anthropocentric perspectives and invite viewers to imaginatively engage with nonhuman subjectivities. Bridging the cosmic and terrestrial, human and geologic, her work underscores the interconnectedness of all earthly and celestial matter.
#2 ……這些閃爍的星星！
...These Blazeing Starrs!
簡介 Synopsis:
自古以來，彗星的出現便被視為災難的徵兆：象徵浩劫、救世主的降臨、動盪與末世。本片以這些冰核燃燒的流星火球為題，探索彗星與占卜預言之間的歷史聯繫，將十五至十八世紀歐洲版畫，與美國太空總署噴射推進實驗室（NASA JPL）的影像結合在一起。
此片將現代科學測量與古老的占星解讀並置，將當前對天體的精密探測，以及過去仰望星空、憑直覺解讀天象的方式對比。如今，我們已將彗星視為儲存太陽系起源信息的時空膠囊，甚至透過以火箭撞擊探測其光譜訊號。在某種意義上，彗星依是預言者——只是解讀的方式已然改變。
Since comets have been recorded, they’ve augured disaster: catastrophe, messiahs, upheaval and end times. A short film about these meteoric ice-cored fireballs and their historic ties to divination that combines imagery of 15th-18th century European broadsides with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory footage.
…These Blazeing Starrs! juxtaposes a modern empirical desire to probe and measure against older methods, when star gazers were translators, explicating the sky more intuitively for predictions of human folly. Comets are now understood as time capsules harboring elemental information about the formation of our solar system. Today we smash rockets into them to read spectral signatures. In a sense, they remain oracles – it’s just the manner of divining which has changed.
2011｜英國 UK｜ 14'16 ｜黑白 B&W
導演．Dir. 黛博拉・史察門 Deborah Stratman
#1 最終幻境 Last Things
簡介 Synopsis:
《最後的事物》從岩石和礦物的角度探討演化與滅絕；這些物質存在於人類之前，並將超越人類、持續存在。在科學家與思想家如林恩・馬古利斯（Lynn Margulis）及瑪西婭・比約納魯德（Marcia Bjørnerud）的引領下，並引用J.H. Rosny的早期科幻文本，黛博拉·斯特拉曼呈現出一系列令人驚嘆的影像，從微觀形態到廣袤的景觀，試圖描繪一幅不以人類為中心的演化圖景。
Last Things looks at evolution and extinction from the perspective of the rocks and minerals that came before humanity and will outlast us. With scientists and thinkers like Lynn Margulis and Marcia Bjørnerud as guides and quoting from the proto-Sci-fi texts of J.H. Rosny, Deborah Stratman offers a stunning array of images, from microscopic forms to vast landscapes, and seeks a picture of evolution without humans at the center.
2023｜ 美國、葡萄牙、法國、約旦 USA, Portugal, France, Jordan｜50'｜彩色 Color
導演．Dir. 黛博拉・史察門 Deborah Stratman
#3 名稱並非所指之物
The Name is not the Thing named
簡介 Synopsis:
這部影片探索一些我們共同經歷但難以言喻的感受，並遊走於既是自身，又可作為他者替代的場域之中。片名來自阿萊斯特・克勞利（Aleister Crowley）1918年翻譯的《道德經》。
In support of experiences that are essentially common, but to which language does not easily adhere, the video passes through places that are both themselves, and stand-ins for others. The title is taken from Aleister Crowley’s 1918 translation of the Tao Te Ching.
2012｜英國 UK｜10'30｜彩色 Color
導演．Dir. 黛博拉・史察門 Deborah Stratman