Alice Kok 郭恬熙: 2007

15/08/2007

欣賞Alice Kok作品後感 by Dennis Ng

早前有機會去欣賞Alice Kok發佈她最新的一個錄像作品。說是錄像作品其實只對了一半，因對我來說，這其實是一個行為藝術。

作品中展示了數個在西藏的家庭與及他們流落在印度的家庭成員，他們各自透過Alice的攝錄機互相傳達思念之情和由衷的祝福。對於他們，可以再次聽見及看見身處異域親人的聲音和影像，實在有如神跡降臨般奇妙和珍貴。但這些卻是我們平常垂手可得的。

看到快樂的泉源其實就在於跟親人一起好好生活。希望能夠與家人再次遇上、不再分離，就是餘生唯一所求。即使物質上有所缺失，當家人重臨，一切也是富足。

我們常說要做一些東西或事情可以帶來正面的影響，相信Alice這個作品必然已是一例。透過這樣的創作，不知已帶給這些家庭多少歡樂，多少繼續好好生活的生命力。

對於作為觀眾的自己，有太多東西需要自省，同時又是給我在煩擾的工作中享受了片刻寧靜。再次提醒自己社會上還有很多有意義的事情在發生，有很多有心的人還在創造更多有意義的事情。被壓迫、被遺忘的人和事卻又同時存在，自己生活和工作上的煩惱相比下實在不是什麼回事。我們應把怨氣化作創造有意義行動的推動力，相信生活必然變得更美。

另外，今次我還邀請了我的一位同事一起前往。其實我亦希望令我的一些沒有特別接觸過藝術的朋友和同事也可以對藝術有多點了解，希望他們也可以看看辦公室外還有很多不同的事情在發生，有不同的人在努力為自己的理想而奮鬥，還有希望讓他們感受到藝術工作和創作實在是經過嚴謹的過程得出的成果。而且我們卻不會只是公利地追求結果，而是怎樣在過程中學習，享受，重而得出應得的結果和觀眾的反應。而我的這位同事就被Alice的勇敢和驚人的意志所吸引著。

其實好的藝術真的可以改變你的觀點，當然，我所指的是正面的改變，例如它可使人變得更加積極，改變從前功利的思想，了解到不同地方的不平事等等。希望更多藝術家本著嚴謹的態度創作，更多觀眾以認真的態度看藝術。

03/05/2007

Back to India

With 20 hours of video footages from the 11 families back in Tibet, I headed directly to the refugees handicraft center in Dharamsala,in India. The past 3 months’ physical hardship through the Tibetan winter is now working as a midday dream in the Indian summer.

I told them that on my last stop in Tibet, I was looking for the brother of Tenzin in Balou. I had a telephone contact number but it turned out to be incorrect. I was running out of money so I could not have stayed much longer in town. So I decided to ask the people in the street if they know Tenzin’s brother. One of the many pool players in the street has pointed his finger towards the mountains and said, “Over there!”

I looked at the mountains that surrounded us and decided to walk on. Then I saw on my right there was a Tibetan tea house. For some reason I told myself that there could be a hint.

I entered. And saw a man. I walked up to him and ask him if he knows Jime Gonlu, Tenzin’s brother. He said, “ That’s me.”

When I told the story to Tenzin, he told me that was karma.
Families are bonded to gather.

Now with the Tibetan families’ videos shown back in India, the “reunion” was completed and we got to live the tears and laughter. If only the reunion was not by video but with physical presence it could of course have been much better.

But meanwhile, I've got the videos alright and maybe they are good enough to be put together.