白色大樓－貢奈 White Building - Kong Nay

白色大樓－貢奈 White Building - Kong Nay

高畫質單頻道錄像裝置 single-channel HD video，9'25"，2016

Kong Nay is one of relatively few great Chapei Dong Veng masters who survived the Khmer Rouge era. Blind from the age of four due to smallpox, he is very gifted in music as a singing poem. He used to live in the White Building, and now he lives in the Kampot Province, the countryside of Cambodia. The artist visited Kong Nay with photographers and sound recordists and made this long-take video. In this video, Kong Nay performs an ancient story about Chapei Dong Veng.


貢奈是柬埔寨少數僅存的柬埔寨魯特琴（Chapei Dong Veng）大師，雖然四歲時便因染天花而雙目失明，但卻是有極高音樂造詣的吟唱詩人。在紅高棉統治期間，貢奈幸運地保存了性命，他曾經居住在白色大樓當中，現今則是居住在柬埔寨鄉下(Kampot Province)的住所。藝術家帶著攝影師與錄音師拜訪貢奈，並以一鏡到底的方式創作了這件錄像。影片中貢奈唱述一段有關柬埔寨魯特琴遠古的故事。

白色大樓－姐妹 White Building - Sisters

白色大樓－姐妹 White Building - Sisters

高畫質單頻道錄像裝置 single-channel HD video，1'50"，2016

Yon Davy and Yon Chantha are sisters born in the White building and have been living there since then. Davy specializes in contemporary dance, while Chantha specializes in traditional dance Apsara. The artist invited them to perform in a new-built building in Phnom Penh. During these years, Phnom Penh has seen rapid development with various modern buildings built, whereas the old White Building faces dismantling. The scene in this video reflects the changing faces of a city. In this video, the sisters are having a body conversation via two different types of dances on the construction site.

Yon Davy與Yon Chantha是一對出生於白色大樓的姐妹，至今仍然居住在白色大樓內，Davy的專長是當代舞蹈，而姊姊Chantha專長是阿帕撒拉（Apsara）傳統舞蹈。藝術家邀請兩人在金邊的一棟新建大樓中表演。近幾年金邊快速發展，各式高樓平地而起，但老舊的白色大樓卻面臨即將被拆除的命運，這個拍攝場景反映了都市變遷的面貌。影片中，姊妹二人在建築工地中，透過兩種不同類型的舞蹈，進行一場肢體的對話。

白色大樓－天台 White Building - Rooftop

白色大樓－天台 White Building - Rooftop

高畫質單頻道錄像裝置 single-channel HD video，4'25"，2016

Nou Samnang and Mel Phanna are young Chapei Dong Veng musicians. They were invited to hold a performance event on the rooftop of the White Building, and all the residents in this building were invited to attend. The video comprised this main scene. The performance is in the form of traditional Chapei Dong Veng, while the two of them have a conversation that is sometimes against each other. The history and current state of the White Building are hence presented in a witty way.


Nou Samnang與Mel Phanna是兩位年輕的柬埔寨魯特琴（Chapei Dong Veng）表演者，藝術家邀請他們在白色大樓的屋頂平台上舉辦一場表演活動，並邀請大樓裡的居民參加，並以此作為影片拍攝的主要場景。表演的內容是一種傳統的柬埔寨魯特琴說唱擂台形式，兩個人時而一搭一唱，時而針鋒相對，以詼諧的方式表述白色大樓的歷史與現況。

白色大樓－猴子舞 White Building - Sva Pul

白色大樓－猴子舞 White Building - Sva Pul

高畫質單頻道錄像裝置 single-channel HD video，2'37"，2016

Sva Pul is a Cambodian traditional dance. The dancers are mainly children with masks on their faces as pupils of Hanuman, the Monkey God. The artist invited them to perform on the ground floor of the White Building. As the original design of the White Building adapted one of Rural Khmer houses, the ground floor used to be an open space until the residents built houses there when it became shallow and dark. The dancers are giving an impromptu performance in the cramped space. The artist also invited architect Pen Sereypagna to make a 3D animation depicting the original building and display it along with Sva Pul.

猴子舞(Sva Pul)是一種柬埔寨的傳統舞蹈，舞者為以身形較為嬌小的孩童為主，他們頭戴面具，扮演的是猴神哈努曼（Hanuman）的子弟兵。藝術家邀請他們在白色大樓的一樓（ground floor）表演。原本的白色大樓結合了柬埔寨傳統的高架屋設計，因此一樓是一個開放的交流空間，如今則是居民自建居所，成為一個狹小封閉的陰暗空間。舞者在狹小的空間中穿梭，即興演出。另外，藝術家也邀請建築師Pen Sereypagna繪製建築原貌的3D動畫，與猴子舞一同呈現。

白色大樓計畫 White Building Project

白色大樓計畫 White Building Project

White Building Project, made by Chia-Wei HSU in 2016, is a series of videos in a collaboration with the performance artists who used to live in the White Building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia gained independence in 1953 from the colonization of the French. Three years later, Vann Molyvann, who studied Architecture in Paris, returned to his country and was appointed as Head of Public Works and State Architect. He, therefore, opened the Golden Age and supervised the design of many of New Khmer Architecture. The team chose the 24-hectare land along the Bassac River and accomplished an ambitious urban planning project, including the multi-layers and low-cost residential houses and public buildings, such as the National Theatre Preah Suramarit and the Exhibition Hall.

In 1963, the White Building located in this area inaugurated. With the lowest price, it offered 468 units of residents including municipal officers, general officers and teachers. The team combined the style of French Minimalism and the concept of Cambodian traditional Stilt house and constructed this four-floor building along the river. The long arcade extends 325 meters. You can overlook the rive, no matter where you are in the building.

In 1975, the soldiers of Khmer Rouge occupied Phnom Penh, the citizens moved away, the White Building was left behind. The ideal of New Khmer Architecture and the Golden Age disappeared. While the Khmer Rouge was in power, 90 per cent of artists were executed as the traditional performance art was regarded as a symbol of the old regime. After the collapse of Khmer Rough government, the survival performance artists were called to live in the White Building. Being through the 50-year civil war, humidity, fire and lack of funds, this building eventually turned into a grey and worn-out residency for low-income residents with poor facilities.

From the past to the present, the White Building, performance art and politics were closely interwoven. Hus Chia-Wei made a series of videos in response to the White Building with the performance artists. With different places and different performance artists, the ‘performance image’ involving people and space was hence created in the context of the White Building.

白色大樓計畫是許家維2016 年的創作，是他與曾經居住在柬埔寨金邊白色大樓裡表演藝術家合作所創作的一系列影片。柬埔寨1953年脫離法國殖民統治獨立。三年後，在巴黎修讀建築的旺莫利萬(Vann Molyvann)回國，擔任公共工程部城市規劃與住房局主任，設計了不少劃時代的「新高棉建築」(New Khmer Architecture)。他們圈中了沿著巴薩河（Bassac）24公頃土地，實現了一個雄心勃勃的城市規劃方案，包括興建多層次、低成本的住宅和公共建築樓，諸如博覽館和國家大劇院。

1963年，位於此地區的「白色大樓」落成，並以最低的價位提供給入住的468個單位居民，包括市政府工作人員、教師和公務員。曾到巴黎專修建築學的萬莫尼萬和團隊糅合法國簡約風格和柬埔寨傳統高架屋概念，倚河而建四層高大樓，裡面長廊延綿325米，不論你身在哪個單位，都能眺望河景。

1975年，紅高棉(Khmer Rouge)士兵攻下金邊，市民被遷出城市，大樓因此被遺棄，新建築與新時代理想一起幻滅。紅高棉期間，由於傳統表演藝術被視為舊時代的象徵，大約有九成的藝術家在這段時間淪為戰火下的亡魂。1979年紅高棉政權垮台後，倖存下來的表演藝術家，受召集回到這棟大樓居住。經歷將近50年歲月、內戰、潮濕、大火和缺乏資金，大樓最終變為今日設施簡陋的低收入者居所，外觀破舊灰黑。

從過去到現在，白色大樓、表演藝術以及政治，三者緊密的無法切分，有鑑於此，許家維透過與表演藝術家的合作，拍攝了一系列有關於白色大樓的影片。這是透過不同地點與不同的表演藝術家，針對白色大樓的脈絡，結合人與空間所形成的“表演影像”。