嘉手苅志朗生於1985年復歸後的沖繩，畢業於沖繩縣立藝術大學，目前仍以沖繩作為生活與創作的基地。〈插曲〉這件錄像作品以美軍軍政府統治沖繩時期及相當著名爵士女歌者與世山澄子（Sumiko Yoseyama）為主角，藝術家載著與世山女士繞行現今日本航空自衛隊那霸基地的前駐日美軍那霸空軍基地，並近距離地捕捉與世山女士隨著汽車卡式播放帶吟唱，熟稔地詮釋著1950 年代由美國歌手珍・克里斯堤（June Christy）所演唱的爵士名曲「插曲（Interlude）」時，面容每一個幽微著變化。對嘉手苅來說「吟唱著爵士樂曲這個由佔領者美軍所帶來的樂音，如同失語而受迫已非自身的語言傳達訊息一般，呼應著沖繩的歷史現實。」
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Born in Okinawa in 1985 after the reversion and graduating from Okinawa Prefecture University of Arts, Shiro KADEKARU is an Okinawa-based artist who casts Sumiko Yoseyama, a famous Jazz singer who has been known to the public since the time under United States administration, as the main character of his video work. The artist drives her around Naha Air Base, which is one of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force bases and was the former air base for U.S. Army. During the recording, Mrs. Yoseyama skillfully sings “Interlude”, the popular jazz song sung by the American singer June Christy in 1950s, with the cassette played in the car and the artist catches every subtle change on her facial expression closely. For KADEKARU, Jazz is a music genre brought to the island by the occupant—the U.S. Army and singing it is like forcing someone losing his/her own language to express his/herself with alien languages. Singing Jazz songs thus is an action resonating the historical reality of Okinawa. |
