半夜的鐘聲 The Legend of the Bell

  • 名稱|半夜的鐘聲
  • 媒材|單頻道錄像, 立體聲
  • 尺寸|10’00
  • 年代|2020
  • 簡介|故事發生在近午夜的時刻,湖面埋伏著兩名於水中待命的水兵,分別為一位資深與資淺的水兵,他們的任務是等待岸上敲鐘並模仿水鳥鳴叫,以取悅岸上聽鐘的老國王。等待時,他們聊著鐘的往事,由於影中世界裡已沒有鐘的存在,真正的鐘早因戰爭而遺失。人們只能揣摩字面上的定義進行重製,然而新的鐘聲充滿了破綻。因此皇宮中的部下決定請教「全國最聰明的人」,冀望解決這個窘境。

  • Title|The Legend of the Bell
  • Material|single channel video, stereo
  • Length|10’00
  • Date|2020
  • Caption|The story takes place around midnight. Two sailors, one more experienced than the other, are instructed to hide and wait on the lake. Their mission is to imitate the sounds of waterfowls when bells are sounded on land to please an old king, who finds bell ringing pleasing. As they wait, they start talking about the past of bells. In fact, bells no longer exist in the world of the video, as authentic bells were all gone due to wars. Consequently, people can only reproduce bells according to the definition of bells. However, the sounds of newly made bells are inevitably flawed. So, the palace staff decide to ask “the smartest person in the whole nation” to get them out of this embarrassing situation.