晚宴 The Banquet

「晚宴」這件作品以仿劇情電影的方式完成的錄像作品。在記錄式的鏡頭之下，我截取一段生活的切片，並放大被攝者在其中的情緒與精神樣貌，呈現非寫實的狀態。這些情境也可以擴張至一個集體經驗，那些容易被忽略的微小片刻。

在多人擁擠的餐廳或夜市，我常注視那些獨自用餐的客人。他們以一種隔離的方式存在，與桌上的食物獨處。那樣的精神狀態，「吃」成為一種排解動作，其精神狀態被帶離此地，或是完全的被味覺佔滿。因此我藉由一連串儀式性的鋪陳—刷牙、梳洗、化妝、更衣，然後在公共場合中飲食，結束後再卸除我們的外殼，彰顯現今生活裡，某些當下的無力與脆弱。

Like a feature film, this project showed the heroine elaborately put make-up, put on an evening gown and wore shinning jewelry before setting out for a date. She arrived to her destination, it was not a high-end restaurant, but an outdoor night market, To the audience’s surprise, her ceremonial dressing up was not for anyone, she shopped alone and dinned alone. In the end of the video, she went home and began washing away her make-up. The whole event brought the audience the feelings of fragility and solitude common in human nature.

演出:賴玫君
拍攝協力:馬維元 陶美羽