Door Games, Window Frames: Near Drama (single-channel video version) at EXiS 2012: 《景框戲門》(單窗錄像版)

Chiu Han LAI

Door Games, Window Frames: Near Drama (single-channel video version) at EXiS 2012: 《景框戲門》(單窗錄像版)

Chiu Han LAI (Artist)

School of Creative Media

Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video

Abstract

a Linda Lai video / PAL 16:9 / b & w / 11m 30s a single-channel 3-window digital video, adapted and re-edited from a 3-channel computational installation of the same title, a found footage work exploring stylistic mannerism in Hongkong film melodramas in the 1960s. [Concept / Artist Statement] Door Games Window Frames: Near Drama is originally a generative 3-channel projection consisting of sequences of open-ended drama, now adapted into a single-channel, 3-window combinatorial drama. The work deploys a database of about 500 movie clips extracted from 11 HK Cantonese thrillers and melodramas from the early 1960s. Exploring the mannerism and formulaic structures of such films, I discovered a key feature – the frequent use of the opening and closing of doors to introduce a scene, and the use of windows to highlight emotively charged moments in melodrama.

Translated title of the contribution	《景框戏门》(单窗录像版)
Original language	English
Size	11 minutes 30 seconds
Publication status	Published - 31 Aug 2012
Event	EXiS20112 (program: EX-Now 4 - , Korea, Republic of Duration: 31 Aug 2012 → 2 Sept 2012

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1 RGC 43 - Film, video
1 RGC 44 - Performance and participation in exhibits

"Door Games Window Frames: Near Drama" at "Hong Kong – Tales of the City" with webinar participation in a moderated seminar
LAI, L.C.-H. (Artist), 13 Mar 2020
Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 44 - Performance and participation in exhibits
"Voices Seen, Images Heard" in Ex-Now at EXiS 2010
Lai, L. (Artist), 1 Sept 2010
Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video

Acquisition of 4 digital works by M+, West Kowloon
Lai, L. C. H. (Recipient), 31 Oct 2018
Prize: Other distinction

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Door Games, Window Frames: Near Drama (single-channel video version) at EXiS 2012: 《景框戲門》(單窗錄像版)

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Research output

"Door Games Window Frames: Near Drama" at "Hong Kong – Tales of the City" with webinar participation in a moderated seminar

"Voices Seen, Images Heard" in Ex-Now at EXiS 2010

Prizes

Acquisition of 4 digital works by M+, West Kowloon

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