Studies No. 1-4 (2015)

Study No. 1 (2015) from Alex Yiu on Vimeo.

Study No. 2 (2015) from Alex Yiu on Vimeo.

Study No. 3 (2015) from Alex Yiu on Vimeo.

Study No. 4 (2015) from Alex Yiu on Vimeo.

Studies No. 1-4
2015
Four channels video

This series of videos is titled “Studies No. 1-4”. I captured footage of a washing machine using a time-lapse camera and then filmed another video on top of it in the same duration. This creates a visually connected yet varied sequence. This work explores poetics, time and the sublimity of everyday life through a musical form called “Studies”. It’s an analogy for how musicians and artists practice with their instruments but here it applies this to everyday life as an unavoidable practice and study.

The ideal way to present these videos would be to project them side by side on the same wall.

這系列錄像題為《練習曲 No. 1-4》（Studies No. 1-4）。我利用縮時攝影捕捉了洗衣機的運作，並在相同時長內疊加拍攝了另一段影像，從而營造出一組視覺上既相連又多變的序列。本作借用音樂形式中的「練習曲」（Studies），探索詩學（poetics）、時間，以及日常生活的崇高感（sublimity）。這是一個隱喻，以此類比音樂家與藝術家透過樂器所作的操練，將之延伸至日常生活，視為一種無法迴避的實踐與研習。

展示這系列錄像的理想方式，是將其並排投映於同一面牆上。