Gao Yuan 高源
Lunar Dial 月晷, 2016
Animated short film, color, sound, no dialogue 动画短片、彩色、有声、无对白
15'
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs
'Lunar Dial' is an animation short film by Gao Yuan (b. 1986 Kunming, China) which took six years to produce (2010-2016). The backdrop of the animation 'Lunar Dial' consists of...
"Lunar Dial" is an animation short film by Gao Yuan (b. 1986 Kunming, China) which took six years to produce (2010-2016). The backdrop of the animation "Lunar Dial" consists of acrylic paintings Gao Yuan created and over 400 handmade drawings digitized onto the film. Each individual scene in the film is not necessarily related to or in chronological order with the previous scenes it juxtapose with, but it is connected through rhythm, spacing, sound and silence. This creates a distant familiarity like that in memory and dream. The title was chosen for its reference to moonlight, shadowy imprecision, time, and dream sense. A lunar dial, like a sundial, is an ancient device for measuring time, but it is dependent on the moonlight for its mechanism.
"Lunar Dial" was nominated as Tiger Awards for Short Films at “International Film Festival Rotterdam” (2017).
Her practice centers on animation and painting, illustrating the relevance and difference of homogeneity and repetitiveness of images and concepts, and the temporality of the two. Her work is rich with symbolism, conveying the uncertainty of consciousness.
《月晷》是高源（1986年生于中国昆明）历时六年（2010-2016）完成的动画短片。背景均为布面丙烯绘画，动画以逾400张手绘作品等合成。短片中每个单独场景并非绝对关联，也没有前后时间的线性关系，而是由节奏、空间、声音和静寂串联起来。由此产生如梦似幻、遥远又熟悉的氛围。标题取自其与月光、暧昧、时间和梦境的联系。月晷与日晷同为古代测量时间的工具，不同在需借助月光而非日光。
《月晷》曾获得鹿特丹国际电影节短片金虎奖提名（2017）。
高源的艺术实践以动画和绘画为主，着眼于图像和概念间的联系与差异，包括两者的暂存特质。她的作品象征意味浓厚，传递着意识的不确定。
"Lunar Dial" was nominated as Tiger Awards for Short Films at “International Film Festival Rotterdam” (2017).
Her practice centers on animation and painting, illustrating the relevance and difference of homogeneity and repetitiveness of images and concepts, and the temporality of the two. Her work is rich with symbolism, conveying the uncertainty of consciousness.
《月晷》是高源（1986年生于中国昆明）历时六年（2010-2016）完成的动画短片。背景均为布面丙烯绘画，动画以逾400张手绘作品等合成。短片中每个单独场景并非绝对关联，也没有前后时间的线性关系，而是由节奏、空间、声音和静寂串联起来。由此产生如梦似幻、遥远又熟悉的氛围。标题取自其与月光、暧昧、时间和梦境的联系。月晷与日晷同为古代测量时间的工具，不同在需借助月光而非日光。
《月晷》曾获得鹿特丹国际电影节短片金虎奖提名（2017）。
高源的艺术实践以动画和绘画为主，着眼于图像和概念间的联系与差异，包括两者的暂存特质。她的作品象征意味浓厚，传递着意识的不确定。
展览
Screenings and Exhibitions2022
The Belonging of Plants, Juanzong Cabinet, Xiamen, China (co-curated by Juanzong Cabinet & Capsule Shanghai)
2019
Temporary Garden: Tiger Lily and Agave, curated by Chai Mi and Elizabeth Ross, SNARTE Space, Jiang Xi Province, China
Field Meeting Take 6: Thinking Collections, Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2018
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, China
Art Basel Hong Kong Film Program, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China
Pity Party, curated by Yang Zi, Sleepcenter, New York, USA
Intimacies and Imagined Futures, SOMA Art Space, Berlin, Germany
2017
Eternal Return, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, China
Erarta MOTION PICTURES: International Festival of Shorts about Paintings, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
M+ Screenings: City Limits, Broadway Cinemateque, Hong Kong, China
Sun Xun, Gao Yuan, Henry Coombes, Telescope Artist Studio, Beijing, China
Awards
2017
Tiger Awards for Short Films (nominated), International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2016
Special Mention of the Jury, CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Queretaro, Mexico