The Moonshore I
月之滨 I
2022
11m53s
单通道影像（动画，超8毫米胶片), 4K，彩色，声音
Single-channel Video (animation, super 8 film), 4K, color, sound
《月之滨》系列的故事开始于一种海洋有毒微藻（拟菱形藻），这种藻类会代谢出一种神经毒素，而永久性丧失部分短期记忆与意识混乱是此类毒素中毒的典型特征；但这有毒微藻，在透射电镜下，却好似交叠在一起的电影胶片，或再放大一些时，看上去又更像是早期计算机的前身——分析机与差分机用来记录信息的打孔卡。令人失忆的毒藻，其微观形态却像是人类用以储存外置记忆的媒介。那么，在更深层的时间里，虚构这样一个时空分支，在那个未来中海洋即将要成为一片无尽的粘稠酸液，充满拟菱形藻的水域，成为了真正的”遗忘之海”。想象最初无法避开伤害的第一代新滨海人，想象记忆丧失性贝毒成为触发加速的诱因之一，想象在一个极端情形下依赖外置记忆的循环，想象一个安抚疗愈A.I.，它记得你所有的感官讯息，所有的神经动作电位，《月之滨 I》便以这样的人工智能的口吻展开叙述，TA试图在梦境中唤回一名决意放弃使用外置记忆设备的人类。在语言之外，不断变幻的CGI图景与已过时的算法生成的幻象，更像是一种回望与抓取、朝向更遥远未来的喃喃自语。
The story of the "The Moonshore" series begins with a toxic microalgae called Pseudo-nitzschia, which produces a neurotoxin that causes permanent short-term memory loss, confusion and disorientation as typical symptoms of poisoning. However, this toxic microalgae, when viewed under a transmission electron microscope, appears like overlapped film strip, or when further enlarged, looks more like the punched cards used as information storage for precursors of the modern digital computer (the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine). The toxic algae that causes memory loss has a microscopic form that resembles the medium used by humans to store ‘external’ memory. “The Moonshore I” depicts such a future in which the ocean are vast bodies of water filled with toxic algae blooms and slimy acid . On such a "shore of amnesia”, first generation of neo-coastal people failed to escape at the beginning of the crisis and they have to heavily rely on an A.I.-based ‘extracorporeal’ circulation of memory. The caregiver A.I., who whispers like an aging priestess remembers all the sensory messages, all the neural action potentials, and becoming the anchor point of connection with this world in turmoil.