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Director Val Lee
Photography Paul Shih
Performers Vinson Fraley, Tajee Harrison
Movement Advisor I-Lin Liu
本作拍攝於李奧森獲2019年亞洲文化協會紐約獎助計畫期間進行。
The production of this work was conducted during an Asian Cultural Council fellowship awarded to Val Lee in 2019.
2019, 4K, 23’23’’, 錄像
文森．佛列利 (Vinson Fraley) 與塔吉 (Tajee) 在旅館房間會面，他們在完全陌生的狀況下共同執行行動草稿，房間內有一攝影師負責記錄。
「我第一次進這房間時，感覺不像真的，像是在夢裡，一切都沒發生」。
鬼丘鬼鏟與少年愛倫．湯普森固定每週一在布魯克林公共圖書館或超市咖啡區見面，在相當小的筆記本上進行訪談；筆記本裡有監獄、食物、鍛煉身體的方法以及其他男人。
2019, 4K, 23’23’’, USA
Vinson Fraley and Tajee meet in a hotel room. As complete strangers, they work together to execute an action script. A photographer is in the room to document the process. 'When I first entered the room, it felt unreal, like it was a dream, and none of this was happening.'
Every Monday, Ghost Mountain Ghost Shovel meets with young Aaron Thompson at the Brooklyn Public Library or at the café in a supermarket. They conduct interviews over a rather small notebook. In the notebook, there are mentions of prison, food, workout routines, and other men.
N ACTION SCRIPT
3:00-3:05
Tajee and Vinson take all the food from the fridge and eat on the bed. Vinson walks in and out of the frame several times.
3:06-3:10
Vinson puts his arm over Tajee’s shoulder. Both sit down facing the camera and hold their breath for as long as possible. Repeat.
3:11-3:15
Vinson and Tajee touch each other’s shoulders and never let go. They repeatedly kick each other’s calves and see who scores better, gradually escalating into wrestling on the floor.
3:16-3:20
Vinson lies face down on the bed. Tajee stands on his back and strikes several boxing poses for two minutes.
Vinson moves a chair, stands on it, stretches his back, walks his fingers across his chest, and repeatedly whispers the number “14A 2316” with eyes closed.
Tajee stands very close to the window, looking out.
3:21-3:25
Tajee walks to the bathroom, takes off his t-shirt, wets his hair completely, and comes back dripping wet, sitting on the bed.
3:26-3:30
Vinson grabs both of Tajee’s legs, flips him upside down, and dominates him in various poses around the room for four minutes. Tajee follows Vinson’s lead.
Both lift their shoulders and stand extremely close to the wall, facing it for one minute.
3:31-3:35
Vinson and Tajee jump quickly on the bed for three minutes. Vinson occasionally jumps on and off the bed.
Vinson (making loud movements, mumbling, talking, shouting, singing—but never clearly articulating words) goes to the bathroom, takes off his t-shirt while sitting on the toilet seat, wets his hair, puts on a helmet, water dripping, and comes back boxing furiously.
Tajee sits at the corner of the bed closest to the door.
3:36-3:40
Vinson dries his hair with red towels in the bathroom and drops them all on the floor when done.
Tajee puts Vinson’s clothes back on him.
Vinson lies down on the floor in a "dying" pose. Tajee stands next to him, looking at a notebook. Tajee says "1," Vinson strikes the first dying pose. Tajee says "2," Vinson switches to the second pose. Continue through poses 3, 4, and 5.
3:41-3:45
Tajee goes to the bathroom, dries himself off. He picks up a knife, holding it offensively, walking in and out of the frame several times.
Vinson invents various sign language gestures to say “This is not real.”
3:46-3:50
Vinson moves his body hypnotically and slowly.
Tajee eats a banana and balances the half-eaten banana upright on the table.
3:51-3:55
Vinson carries Tajee like a baby and places him in uncomfortable positions in different corners of the room.
3:56-4:00
Tajee speaks into the recorder, saying: “I was 16. I was 17. I was 19. I was 19 and a half.”
Vinson puts eyedrops in Tajee’s eyes continuously for two minutes.
4:01-4:05
Vinson stands on the bed and breaks down swimming movements step by step.
Tajee strikes a queer pose on the bed and stares at him.
4:06-4:10
Both sit together on the bed. Tajee looks at the camera while Vinson finishes the banana.