故事（七）：陳哲 STORY 07 by Zhe Chen
很榮幸，剛剛出爐的第3屆三影堂攝影獎大獎得主 陳哲 便是今天為我們講第七個故事的攝影師。假雜志曾經(jīng)介紹過她的“可承受的”系列。而這次正值她的新系列“蜜蜂”上線，于是我就邀請她講講這個系列背后的故事。陳哲前些日子正好也從加利福尼亞帕薩德納藝術中心設計學院畢業(yè)，在祝賀之余，也要祝愿，一個剛剛年過二十不久的攝影師的未來有著很多可能性。很多人看到她的“可承受的”系列作品之后難以理解或接受，但是當你真正了解了她創(chuàng)作的原點和背后的故事后，便會明白這些作品的意義和力量。至于這個新系列為什么叫“蜜蜂”？請慢慢看她的作品，作品之后是文字，看完之后也許你就明白。 We are lucky, Zhe Chen, the hottest winner of Three Shadow Centre photography grand prize 2011 will tell a story for us. Jia Za Zhi introduced her The Bearable series last year. And she just released her lastest series Bees, so I invited her to talk about the background story of this series. By the way, she just graduated from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. We not only congratulations to her here, but also wish her a bright future. Let’s read her new works, the words are behind.
《蜜蜂》 它們把生命留在了自己制造的傷口里。 —— 維吉爾 (古羅馬詩人) 為了生命，抵押生命?！睹鄯洹酚涗浟诉@樣一群人，當面對生命中的混亂、暴力、疏離與無可避免的失去時，他們在自己的身體上留下痕跡，以此確認并保存詩意的心。2010年，以《可承受的》（過去四年我個人自傷史之記錄）作為護照，我接近了這群生命的抵押者——蜜蜂們。在與他們交換故事的過程中，我與自己沒能做到的和曾經(jīng)努力過的可能性相遇，并感動于人們是如何執(zhí)拗地對激烈的情緒做出反應，又如此不懈地復原自己。無論各自的生活多么不同，但我們確定無疑地共享了同樣的情緒。 一切所謂的“異常”，都無法也不可能被歸咎于某個特定的成因。正如我們無法從化合物中分辨出形成它的物質，人的心理構成并非點對點的因果關系，而是一連串的交互反應：因果互為因果，此層影響彼層。憂郁種下自省的種子，蜜蜂們深入地思考、感受、探索，從而在心里搭建出一個獨立運轉的宇宙。在那里，外人眼中看來不正常的因素盡數(shù)得到解釋。 《蜜蜂》是為了敲擊人們對這一群體的成見，而非提供插圖式的印證：他是一個人，不是一類人；他不能被社會演練出的公式所預期。并不是每個人都堅強，一些人總是更加敏感。塵埃落下，有人揮手彈開，認為不值一提；有人將它們全部吸收，布滿身體。在不夠強壯的時候，蜜蜂們選擇這樣一種解決方法，以面對生活中的坎坷。 我希望作品第一眼看上去是關于秘密和情緒的，同時它富有揭示性的信息，像是為無法回答的問題所列的目錄。 觀者始終無法親面蜜蜂的表達，他們看到的只是照片，讀到的只是字。怎樣才是對人之為人的精彩概括？我對這種展現(xiàn)有一種責任感。 “Bees” They left their lives in the very wounds they had created for themselves. - Virgil (Roman poet, 70BC – 19BC) To jeopardize existence for existence itself: “Bees” recorded a marginalized group of people in China, who, faced with chaos, violence, alienation and irredeemable losses in life, feels propelled to leave physical traces and markings on their bodies, in order to preserve and corroborate a pure and sensitive mind from within. In 2010, having “The Bearable”(a photo series documenting my own self-infliction in the past 4 years) as my passport, I had the opportunity to develop a close relationship with some of these obstinate souls – the bees. During the process of exchanging secrets with them, I crossed path with certain possibilities that were formerly unachieved but towards which I had struggled greatly in my personal life. I’m struck by the unyielding actions and reactions they carry on with while encountering sudden and acute emotional fluxes, and moved by the recurrent effort they make to recover themselves afterwards. No matter how different our lives seem to be, we undoubtedly shared common psychological experiences. Nothing named “abnormal” could be attributed to a certain definite cause. Just like how it is impossible to compartmentalize a chemical compound to identify its original constituents, our psychic is indivisible, the make-up of which consists in a network of chain reactions, instead of linear relationships. Cause and effect interact both as cause and as effect; One level of reactions closely influence another. Depression plants the seed of introspection. The bees take it in; They reason it, embrace it and explore it, forming an isolated universe in their own minds. These self-sustained universes contain every reason that explains the “abnormality” that no one who lacks in common experiences could decode. I intend my photographs to inquire upon society’s prejudice and preconception towards this community, and not to become illustrations or pictorial evidence for the topic at hand: every subject is an individual, not just “one of them” – his or her life cannot be predicted or dictated by any constructed social code or notion. Not everyone is strong, some are just naturally more sensitive. When the dust settles, some wave their hands and walk away, and others soak it up and digest it. When they feel weak, the bees come up with a rather alternative solution to carry them through the hardships. I hope a first glance of my work conveys the idea of secrecy and sentiments, under which lies information awaiting exposure and recognition: like an index page pointing towards all the unanswered questions. The viewers will never be in direct communication with these bees, unfortunately. They can only see the images and read the words. What is the best way to summarize the reason for our existence? After all, we are only human. I feel responsible to be part of this dialogue.
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