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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster 多米妮克．岡薩雷斯–弗爾斯特
Central 中環
2001
French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster created the 35mm film 'Central' in 2001. The second of a loose trilogy of films set in different waterfront locations, 'Central' unfolds at the Star Ferry Pier and Kowloon Public Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui. As the camera looks towards Central across the harbour, a Cantonese voiceover guides the work’s narrative.
The work opens with an unnamed narrator waiting for her brother to arrive. The siblings’ relationship seems fraught; the meeting is fated to be a disappointment. From various vantage points, the woman’s voiceover observes and speculates on the people and environments she sees, while the camera cuts between views, or pans to follow movement. Boats bob near the dock and pass calmly in front of the skyline opposite the terminal. The air is heavy with moisture. The grainy and frequently shaky footage and muted colours intensify the film’s sombre mood. ‘Are all people bound together?’, the narrator wonders. In reflecting on the links and fissures between individuals, 'Central ' conveys an impression of Hong Kong that is both familiar and alienating.
The work opens with an unnamed narrator waiting for her brother to arrive. The siblings’ relationship seems fraught; the meeting is fated to be a disappointment. From various vantage points, the woman’s voiceover observes and speculates on the people and environments she sees, while the camera cuts between views, or pans to follow movement. Boats bob near the dock and pass calmly in front of the skyline opposite the terminal. The air is heavy with moisture. The grainy and frequently shaky footage and muted colours intensify the film’s sombre mood. ‘Are all people bound together?’, the narrator wonders. In reflecting on the links and fissures between individuals, 'Central ' conveys an impression of Hong Kong that is both familiar and alienating.
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