創作理念 · STATEMENT
她把能證明自己的東西,一件件穿戴整齊。
蘇美的〈伊南娜下冥界〉裡,女神每過一道門,就被取下一件服飾或權能之物。這裡是七組物件:窄冠、串珠、雙圓章、領片、戒指、量尺與細繩,以及深藍披風,那是青金石的顏色。
門框起初高大,人很小;物件一件件離身,鏡頭一步步靠近她的手。到了低矮的大廳,她只剩一身白衣,坐在地上看高窗落下的光。
原典裡,回到地上需要有人替代。這裡有人在門外敲板求援,有人端來一碗水,兩個人一起拉起閘門;她把空白的名牌推了回去,不讓等待落到另一個名字上。
交出去的東西仍收在七個托盤裡。兩個人走出去,門前仍有人在等。
Read the statement in English
One by one, she puts on everything that proves who she is.
In the Sumerian "Inana's descent to the nether world", the goddess is stripped of a garment or an emblem of power at each gate. Here there are seven sets of objects: a narrow crown, beads, twin round badges, a collar plate, a ring, a measuring rule and cord, and a deep-blue cape, the colour of lapis lazuli.
At first the doorways tower and she is small; as each object leaves her, the camera moves closer to her hands. In the low hall she wears only white, sitting on the floor beneath the light of a high window.
In the old text, coming back requires a substitute. Here someone knocks at the outer door for help, someone brings a bowl of water, and two people raise the gate together; she pushes the blank name tag back, so the waiting does not fall to another name.
What she gave up stays on seven trays. Two people walk out, and someone is still waiting at the gate.