陈翠梅：就因为你按了快门吗？ Just because you pressed the shutter?
随着图像技术的迭代，源自19世纪的物理成像方式被21世纪的移动通讯设备顶替了。今天，或许不是自由引导人们，而是技术引导人们。在人人都是摄影师的时代，一切都是那么随时可变。那什么才是不变的？隐藏在图像技术背后的人心、对图像的渴望，会不会始终是亘古不变的呢？策展人王懿泉这样写到。
In the historical Abbaye de Montmajour, Tan Chui Mui, Malaysian filmmaker of Chinese descent, expands on the notion of image and artwork: “The photograph captures the scene, but the scene was always there. You didn’t build the camera. Why should the photograph belong to you? Because you composed the shot? Just because you pressed the shutter?”
陈翠梅同样问到，“一张照片，拍摄了某个风景。风景一直都在。摄影机也不是你制造的。为什么照片属于你？因为你的构图吗？就因为你按了快门吗？”
在回答陈翠梅点出的疑惑之前，我们或许可以思考得再深入本质一些。策展人发觉，“在一个需要费一些力气才能找到机械快门的时代，在快门乔装打扮成为电子触摸屏及其表面之下的电磁机制的时代，人类获取图像的那一扇“门”已经离散进入了图像本身之中了。”
For this exhibition, the artist produces new works generated by artificial intelligence (AI), mirroring her reflections on copyright, property, and image making. The Kinmen (2022) series presents her imagination of the land of her ancestor’s, Kinmen Island, in Taiwan. The Arles (2023) series represents the historic town in an unusual light. The Tower, designed by famous architect Frank Gehry, and the Arles Amphitheatre, a UNESCO world heritage site, are humorously placed into algorithmically generated images.
The images recall those of Japanese tourists from the 1980s who, taking advantage of their country’s economic growth to travel in Europe and North America, captured myriad photographs of Western architecture on home cameras. In Tan's conceptual works, however, the Japanese have been replaced by Chinese tourists, and the era has switched to the 2000s.
《陈翠梅：就因为你按了快门吗？》是马来西亚电影人陈翠梅在法国的第一次个展，由王懿泉策划，是法国第54届阿尔勒国际摄影节的重要展览。本次展览在著名的历史建筑蒙马儒修道院举办，是第8届集美·阿尔勒国际摄影季“发现奖”的获奖展览巡展。陈翠梅专门为此次法国个展创作了全新作品。
展期：2023年7月3日至2023年9月24日
Just because you pressed the shutter?, was the first solo exhibition of Malaysian filmmaker Tan Chui Mui in France, which is curated by Wang Yiquan. The exhibition, as a highlight in the 54th Rencontres d'Arles (2023), was presented in the historical architecture, the Abbey of Montmajour. As the 8th Jimei x Arles Discovery Award (2022), the exhibition toured from Xiamen, China, and Tan created new works for the French edition.
The exhibition was on view from 3rd July to 24th September, 2023.
随着图像技术的迭代，源自19世纪的物理成像方式被21世纪的移动通讯设备顶替了。今天，或许不是自由引导人们，而是技术引导人们。在人人都是摄影师的时代，一切都是那么随时可变。那什么才是不变的？隐藏在图像技术背后的人心、对图像的渴望，会不会始终是亘古不变的呢？策展人王懿泉这样写到。
In the historical Abbaye de Montmajour, Tan Chui Mui, Malaysian filmmaker of Chinese descent, expands on the notion of image and artwork: “The photograph captures the scene, but the scene was always there. You didn’t build the camera. Why should the photograph belong to you? Because you composed the shot? Just because you pressed the shutter?”
陈翠梅同样问到，“一张照片，拍摄了某个风景。风景一直都在。摄影机也不是你制造的。为什么照片属于你？因为你的构图吗？就因为你按了快门吗？”
在回答陈翠梅点出的疑惑之前，我们或许可以思考得再深入本质一些。策展人发觉，“在一个需要费一些力气才能找到机械快门的时代，在快门乔装打扮成为电子触摸屏及其表面之下的电磁机制的时代，人类获取图像的那一扇“门”已经离散进入了图像本身之中了。”
For this exhibition, the artist produces new works generated by artificial intelligence (AI), mirroring her reflections on copyright, property, and image making. The Kinmen (2022) series presents her imagination of the land of her ancestor’s, Kinmen Island, in Taiwan. The Arles (2023) series represents the historic town in an unusual light. The Tower, designed by famous architect Frank Gehry, and the Arles Amphitheatre, a UNESCO world heritage site, are humorously placed into algorithmically generated images.
The images recall those of Japanese tourists from the 1980s who, taking advantage of their country’s economic growth to travel in Europe and North America, captured myriad photographs of Western architecture on home cameras. In Tan's conceptual works, however, the Japanese have been replaced by Chinese tourists, and the era has switched to the 2000s.
《陈翠梅：就因为你按了快门吗？》是马来西亚电影人陈翠梅在法国的第一次个展，由王懿泉策划，是法国第54届阿尔勒国际摄影节的重要展览。本次展览在著名的历史建筑蒙马儒修道院举办，是第8届集美·阿尔勒国际摄影季“发现奖”的获奖展览巡展。陈翠梅专门为此次法国个展创作了全新作品。
展期：2023年7月3日至2023年9月24日
Just because you pressed the shutter?, was the first solo exhibition of Malaysian filmmaker Tan Chui Mui in France, which is curated by Wang Yiquan. The exhibition, as a highlight in the 54th Rencontres d'Arles (2023), was presented in the historical architecture, the Abbey of Montmajour. As the 8th Jimei x Arles Discovery Award (2022), the exhibition toured from Xiamen, China, and Tan created new works for the French edition.
The exhibition was on view from 3rd July to 24th September, 2023.
