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第二单元：前缀曰后

TOTAL 68 MIN
总时长：68分钟

The POST EVERYTHING program points out the relationship between innovative aesthetics which transform cultural output and the past as a resource for the construction of the present and the future. It shows a world which fetishizes the new as a surplus value. The program brings together works by artists who attempt to paint a picture of the making of future through the constant transformation of the past and present. A small step forward can already mean shaking up all definitions. Can you turn a desert into a utopian city? How do we relate to world-changing media events? Are we happy with simulacra instead of the real things? And how to be an artist in a hyperreal world?

创意的美学可作为文化输出，过往是构建未来与当下的素材，“前缀曰后”这一单元指明了这两者之间的联系，展示了一个以滋养新的事物作为附加值的世界。这个单元的艺术家们都尝试描绘一个景象-持续转化过去与当下来构建未来。向前的一小步足以证明撼动所有的定义。

你可以将沙漠变成乌托邦吗？我们跟改变世界的媒体事件相关联吗？相对现实而言，沉浸模仿的世界里我们是否更开心？在超现实世界如何成为一个艺术家？

LAND OF THE SUN

阳光之地

Niklas Goldbach / 12 min

12分钟

LAND OF THE SUN was filmed in California City in November 2014. California City is the third-largest city in the state of California and is located in the Mojave Desert. The City had its origins in 1965 when real estate developer and sociology professor Nat Mendelsohn purchased 80,000 acres (320 km2) of Mojave Desert land with the aim of master-planning California’s next great city. He designed his model city, which he hoped would one day rival Los Angeles in size, around a Central Park with an artificial lake and a golf course. Growth did not happen anywhere close to what he expected. To this day a vast grid of crumbling paved roads, scarring vast stretches of the Mojave Desert, intended to lay out residential blocks, extends well beyond the developed area of the city.

这部作品拍摄于2014年11的加利福尼亚。加利福尼亚城是加利福尼亚州的第三大城市，位于莫哈韦沙漠。城市起源自地产发展商同时也是社会学家Nat Mendelson在莫哈韦沙漠买下了320平方公里的一片土地，他梦想将其打造成加州的大城市。Nat Mendelson设计了城市模型，梦想跟洛杉矶一样，城市可以有一个人造湖和高尔夫球场的中央公园。但发展却远远不如他的设想。至今，铺设的道路在城市原有发展的区域如巨大的网一样，在向莫哈维沙漠延伸，在居民区铺开。

JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE

正义已得到申张

Franz Reimer / 8 min

8分钟

JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE is a performance film based on the iconic photograph THE SITUATION ROOM by Pete Souza. As a reenactment of the mise en scène the work intents to restore a tangible temporal dimension to the imagery. In a life-size model of the original Situation Room in the White House, a person imitates the positions and postures of all 13 depicted people, during which President Obama‘s speech on the assassination of Osama Bin Laden can be heard. The person starts to multiply until he is all of the people present in the picture simultaneously. For an ephemeral moment the reenactment is completed and the person and his duplicates mirror perfectly their originals in the White House. Justice has been done!

这是一个表演作品，基于白宫记者Pete Souza的讽刺照片“战略办公室”。通过重演的场面调度，艺术家意图重新构建图片中那一刻的维度。处决了本•拉登之后，奥巴马总统正在发表演说，以同样大小的房间来重现白宫的战略办公室，一个演员同时扮演了当时在场的所有人，走位和姿势都与照片中人物一模一样。演员开始复制，直到他将照片中所有人都表现出来。在短暂的这一刻，演员完美地将白宫中原来的那些人都扮演了出来。正义得到了申张！

SIMULACRA

世界之仿

Clemens Wilhelm / 33 min

33分钟

“SIMULACRA” was shot in the “Window of the World” Entertainment Park in Shenzhen (China) which presents 140 copies of the world’s most famous tourist attractions.  A tour through the park simulates a journey around the world: the Gizeh Pyramids, Stonehenge, San Marco, the Statue of Liberty, Niagara Falls, the Taj Mahal, Mount Fuji, etc. However, all of them are dwarfed by the replica of the Eiffel Tower. What do these buildings mean when they are taken out of their original contexts?

该作品拍摄于中国深圳的“世界之窗”，这个娱乐公园展示了世界上140个著名旅游景点。在园内游走就像环球旅行一般：埃及金字塔，圣马可，自由女神像，尼亚加拉大瀑布，泰姬陵，富士山等等。还有，高高耸立于其中的是埃菲尔铁塔。当这些建筑脱离了原来的环境，它们存在意义是什么？

MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF INNER SPACES

内心世界的物质成分

Erkka Nissinen / 15 min

15分钟

Three men are trying to change the material conditions by social action.

这一短片在香港拍摄，结合冷面笑匠演员巴斯特基顿般的喜剧感来捕捉呆滞的类哲学的自言自语。以影像观察了艺术家在短时间内准备展览工作的混乱思维。