Neither Buddha Nor God – Running Script 神以外靈以內——行書帖
2021 / 12:42 / Color / Sound / 1.37:1 / USA / Original format: mixed media > 35mm
Neither Buddha Nor God – Running Script looks at different time-scales, contrasting the drift of tectonic motion to the ephemerality and instability of organic life.
Running script (as opposed to regular script) is a style of Chinese calligraphy that has a semi-formal, slightly abbreviated character. It attempts to capture the elusive thoughts and feelings that occur in the moment of writing.
The scanning technique was inspired by early cameraless filmmaking. Objects are placed directly on the scanner and moved, consciously or unconsciously, as light passes through them with successive images creating a record of their movement.
《神以外靈以內——行書帖》觀看不同的時間尺度，將地球板塊的漂移與肉體生命的稍瞬即逝進行重疊與對照。
行書體（相對於楷書）在書法中具有流動、略顯簡略的特徵，運筆間保留書寫當下的情感。這裡借以行書個性運用於影像表現中，著眼於日常的轉瞬和零碎的細節，如一封封關切卻略嫌短促的訊息，維繫著遠方家人。
片中掃描技術的靈感來自實驗電影中的無相機電影 (cameraless) 概念——物體置於掃描儀上，光線穿過物體，有意識或無意識移動，連續掃描，如此記錄它們的運動狀態。
Artist statement:
This film began when my father was diagnosed with an illness and embarked upon a long medical journey. All the exam reports and scans referred to life in the most accurate but also the most abstract way. What could these numbers and measurements say about a person? Looking at the mountains, the earth, and the ocean, I pondered the impermanence of individuals.
創作理念：
這部電影始於我父親被診斷出患有疾病並開始了漫長的醫療之旅。所有的檢查報告和掃描都以最準確但也最抽象的方式提到了生活。這些數字和測量值能說明一個人什麼？觀山、觀地、觀海，思索個人無常。
「本片因劉行欣父親生病而向「內」監控的醫學掃描影像，器官形體不斷在影片盤旋自轉，佐以地景遊走飄蕩的公路影像，關照內（Micro）外（Macro），影像行進彷彿書寫行書，彷彿書寫生命，不斷開頁鋪展，而回應器官的病變和衰敗，也讓這一影像手帖逐漸走成一幅「破山水」」。—弱影像與破山水──2022 年南方影展中的女性影像美學觀察， 文：許耀文