Adrain Paci: 一塊石頭的故事

"The story of a piece of marble - the story of a stone - taken off the mountain, rolled down, brought onto the boat and then transformed from nature into culture by human actions."

Video artist Adrian Paci introduces his wondrous work 'The Column'.

Artist Adrian Paci (b.1969) escaped violent riots in Albania in 1997 and took refuge with his family, in Italy. The fact of being at a crossroads, at the frontier of two separate identities, underlies all his work on film.

In this video Paci introduces us to his 2013 film 'The Column'. The column is an art piece produced on a boat trip between East and West: It is "the story of a piece of marble, the story of a stone, taken off the mountain" he says. This piece of marble is "rolled down, brought onto the boat and then transformed by human actions" he explains. But, he adds, the film is also a story of faces, bodies, human presence and human actions. Nature is detached and transformed, turned into culture.

While a column traditionally symbolizes temples and power, Paci chooses to always have it lying down, and thus it also becomes a sign of impotence. As it is made in China, also a question of authenticity, he says.

Importantly, the trip continues - it is a process of becoming, demonstrated by tools moving.
Adrian Paci was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner at Jeu de Paume, Paris

Camera: Germain Ferey

Edited by Kamilla Bruus

Produced by Marc-Christoph Wagner, 2013

Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

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[電動工具嗡嗡響]

你知道嗎? 它就像童話般降臨

這雕刻品是在旅途中

在船上

做出來的

你知道，這個童話原本是一個雕塑的構想

不知何故，是出生於

海洋中心的

一個藝術作品

但是同樣地，這個模型在旅途中從西而來

往東前進，後來又掉頭回來

往西前進

但與這像童話的東西很靠近

這是現實的艱困

工作的艱辛

我的意思是，工作被剝削的方式，你知道嗎

利潤背後的邏輯

是創造出運輸時間及製作時間之間的巧合

[電鑽敲打聲]

在我的工作裡，可以看見很多人

很多臉孔，很多身體

所有的故事都與這些身體有所連結

有了這些－它們就是人們的經歷

這個作品卻稍為不一樣

你要知道，這是一塊大理石的故事

一塊石頭的故事

從山上取得

滾下山

再滾上船

然後，然後它開始了這躺旅程

開始轉變

當然這種說法比較像隱喻

但在同一時間，你可以在這作品裡，這影片裡，
看見臉孔，看見身體，看見人的各種行為

這是關於這塊大理石，但同樣地，亦關乎到人對它的各種行為

這不是他們的個人故事

但這可以說是他們的存在

你知道，他們的存在是重要的

而他們的行為，則同樣重要

這是－

其實，這根柱子是他們製造出來的

但不是以奇妙的方式製造出來

[船的引擎隆隆響]

這來自自然的轉變

你會與它的實質分離

然後

透過行動，變成一種文化的表現

所以這是自然的

從自然走向文化