Close-ups 小團圓記
2014 / 28:40 / Color / Sound / 1.78:1 / Taiwan / Original format: Mixed media > HD Digital
Close-ups is an experimental documentary that attempts to reconstruct memories using different media, including diary, photos, video and sound. In 2013, I returned to my homeland and unexpectedly had a reunion with my mother. We had been apart for over thirty years.
一部嘗試結合文學與影像的實驗紀錄片，以日記、照片、錄像、聲音等不同媒材交錯重疊，記述一個遊子一次返鄉的記憶。故事開始於二零一三年的夏天，我重新踏上家鄉的土地，沒想到，遇見自幼一別三十年的母親。一趟旅行，等於重新翻開了自己和土地和母親的三者關係。到來有時，離去有時，至少電影還留住了這些日子的一瞬之光。
Artist statement: When I was young, I was separated from my mother. Thirty years had passed. I was not able to recognize her face and I didn’t know her personality. Small things like diet, hobbies, habits, I knew nothing about. In 2013, an unexpected encounter between mother and daughter. For a moment, it seemed somewhat real, yet surreal. All that was said, all that we had done, in bits and pieces, the uncertainties. After a period of time, I could begin to doubt that it ever happened. On this trip, between the coming and going there was no time to reflect. Although it was hard to meet each other, it happened after all. I documented these days, the very short moments we had together, that would have been otherwise swept away in the flow of time.
跋：自幼與母一別，三十有已，不認其面容，不知其性情，小事如飲食、興趣、習慣，一概不知。今二零一三年，母女偶遇。一時間，幾分真切，幾分虛幻。說過什麼話，做過什麼事，瑣瑣碎碎，飄飄然然。時間一長，怕是自己也要懷疑起來。一趟旅行，停停走走，無暇回顧。相逢雖難，終究有時，草記這些日子，細小片段，是以小團圓記。
Interview:
2014 南方影展手冊, p74-75, 與談人：黃柏喬, (Chinese)
