Recycled

Collaboration with Lei Lei (sound Art by Zafka)
Date: 2014

"Recycled" is a video directed by the Beijing-based animation artist Lei Lei, who sewed pictures together at a rate of about eight per second. The same pose, and the same setting, appear over and over, from people perching on a Ronald McDonald statue to proud stances at major destinations. It reveals the surreal imagescape and stupendous depth of the Beijing Silvermine archive, from which Lei Lei selected over 3000 photos. The selected pictures form the basis of this experimental short film. It won the Grand Prix shorts in the category non-narrative at the 2013 Holland International Animation Film Festival.

《回收》是一部由北京动画艺术家雷磊执导的视频，他以每秒8张左右的速度串联照片。同样的姿势，同样的环境，一次又一次地出现，从人们栖息在麦当劳叔叔的雕像上，到人们在各大景点意气风发地留影。雷磊从“北京银矿”中挑选了3000多张照片，呈现出了这个档案库超现实的影像景观和惊人的深度。这些照片构成了这部实验性短片的基础。该片获得2013年荷兰国际动画电影节非叙事类短片大奖。