G 每日一字 Alphabet (After Amanda Lear)

每日一字
Alphabet (After Amanda Lear)

2017,單頻錄像,3分32秒
Single-channel video, 3'32"
皮亞特.珂施摩斯基
Piotr KRZYMOWSKI

波蘭 1989年生於波蘭,現於倫敦生活及工作
Poland 1989 born in Poland, now living and working in London

1977年法國歌手阿曼達.李爾發布她的歌曲「字母表」,以一句歌詞「時間潛行,事物在我的世界中隨之變化,這是我給我這個年代的孩子一個新的字母表」。這首歌曲在李爾的吟誦下,除了詩意地反應了歌手本人的自我描繪,也同時反射了她所居處的整個70年代光輝與苦難。

在此件作品中,皮亞特以李爾的概念,做一首描繪2017-2018年這個當下的歌曲。利用谷歌搜尋引擎錨定字母表中每個字母的第一熱搜字詞,為李爾的歌曲創造了個當下的面貌。這些新詞很多來自新發展的公司、服務形式或財團名稱,而對比過去,詞的調性也展現了快節奏、免洗文化、大量消費、無盡資訊及即時的欲望滿足。

French singer Amanda Lear released her song “Alphabet” in 1977 with lyrics “…time goes on / and things are changing in my world. / Here is a new alphabet / for the children of my generation.” Sung by Lear, the song not only poetically reveals the self-portrait of the singer, but reflects the glory and suffering of the whole 1970s she lived in.

In this work, Piotr followed the concept of Lear and created a song about this very time of 2017-2018. Using Google Search Engine to anchor the first word pops up for each alphabet, the artist creates a contemporary appearance for Lear’s song. Many of the vocabulary come from new start-ups, service forms, or corporate names. In comparison to the previous version, the tone of the lyrics demonstrates fast pace, disposable culture, mass consumption, endless information, and instant satisfaction of longings.