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Chang Chao-Tang 張照堂
Face in Motion 刹那間容顔
1976
Face in Motion depicts Chang Chao-Tang from the shoulders up, dressed in a light tank top, shaking his head and contorting his face. The background is pitch black, and he is lit with an almost otherworldly glow. The artist recorded at two frames per second, rather than the typical twenty-four, speeding up the erratic movement. He occasionally flips upside down or appears in blue and green colourised layers on top of the colourless original. A high-intensity electronic track, ‘Pulstar’, by the Greek musician Vangelis, accompanies the video and accentuates its volatile energy.
Chang created Face in Motion while he was working in Taipei as a photojournalist at the China Television Company, a Kuomintang party-owned channel. It carries forward the unsettled, surrealist sensibility of his earlier photography, which he began exhibiting in the 1960s.He continued to work in video in the following decades, including making a series of realist documentaries focused on aspects of Taiwanese culture and identity. As a kind of self-portrait set to music, Face in Motion bridges distinct phases of Chang’s oeuvre.
Chang created Face in Motion while he was working in Taipei as a photojournalist at the China Television Company, a Kuomintang party-owned channel. It carries forward the unsettled, surrealist sensibility of his earlier photography, which he began exhibiting in the 1960s.He continued to work in video in the following decades, including making a series of realist documentaries focused on aspects of Taiwanese culture and identity. As a kind of self-portrait set to music, Face in Motion bridges distinct phases of Chang’s oeuvre.
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