🎉🎉🎉“Samsara Ep1.” Puts Taiwan On the Map! New Media Artist Hsin-Chien Huang Wins the Top Awards of SXSW🏆🏆🏆🥳
The awards ceremony of the American international film festival, South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), will be held in the morning on March 20, 2021. The latest VR production created by artist Hsin-Chien Huang has taken the festival by storm and bring home the prestigious “Jury Awards” in the virtual cinema competition category. “Samsara Ep. 1” is the first VR production from Taiwan to receive such honor and has put the creativity of Taiwan on the map!
In the acceptance speech, Huang mentioned that he would like to thank the jury of SXSW for the recognition and encouragement. It was absolutely his honor to win this award. He’d also like to thank the full support from the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan 文化部, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency 文化內容策進院 Taiwan Creative Content Agency , and Kaohsiung Film Archive 高雄市電影館 VR 體感劇院 VR FILM LAB to make it possible to complete the work. Finally, he thanked all the crew members of the production for letting the world see how amazing the VR production from Taiwan.
The story background of “Samsara” is set as a timeline when humans completely destroyed the environment on earth and begin to go on a quest through space for hundreds of years. People try to immigrant to a new planet, so they redesign the DNA to adapt to a new environment and evolve into a new life form. However, after so many years, people gradually realize that it is never possible to find a new planet to settle. They merely keep returning to the original earth they have damaged in a different era, in a different life form, as an endless circle of reincarnation.
The plot involves many different social issues, including ecology, technology, natural resource, and war, and calls on viewers to reflect themselves with a profound philosophical perspective. Moreover, several concepts of embodied cognition are used in the story to make viewers transform into different animals, including Taiwan’s indigenous species, such as Taiwan Blue Magpie and Formosan Black Bear, to interact with the scenes. “Samsara Ep.1” also features the latest somatosensory technology, including the 4Dviews shooting techniques by the Industrial Technology Research Institute and Taiwan Creative Content Agency, with 48 4DV-EX-Z cameras and a digital shooting system composed of a high-sensitivity 4 million-pixel full-color CCD sensor. “Samsara Ep.1” is able to be taken from an omnidirectional view without blind spots and be shot without any blind spots to create the ultimate immersive experience.
The first SXSW was held in Austin, Texas in 1987. This long-standing international event is held around March every year ever since. The festival features various themes, such as films, music, VR/AR, art and games, etc. The SXSW is the world’s largest event for creative content. Many creators and brand owners in the fields will not miss out on the festival. Therefore, the festival has become a trial balloon, attracting hundreds of bands and film crews to participate, estimated over 400,000 people joining the event. This year, the festival has changed the event to an online form for the first time since the pandemic is raging as before. All screening events, industry matchmaking, seminars will be carried out via its own online platform, SXSW Online, without difficulty. It has made it possible for all the artists, creators, and professionals to break down the physical borders and participate in this magnificent annual event together.
There are nine productions in total nominated in the Virtual Cinema Competition category this year, with teams from the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Poland, Australia, South Korea, and so on. This is the first time that “Samsara Ep.1” has competed in the international film festival and has achieved a great result with much international recognition. This is also the first time for Taiwanese production to receive an award from the SXSW competition. The full version of “Samsara” is expected to start the global tour in the second half of the year. Huang said that “Samsara” would return to Taiwan for its Asian premiere and ask the fans in Taiwan to stay tuned!
✔️SXSW website: https://www.sxsw.com/festivals/film-awards/
✔️SXSW YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9G_7NZh_Oo&feature=emb_logo
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同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過1萬的網紅Alena Murang,也在其Youtube影片中提到,"Re Lekuah" is the first music video in the Kelabit language. Director: Ashley Duong Producers: Alena Murang and Ashley Duong Featuring the track "Re...
indigenous music canada 在 Alena Murang Facebook 的最佳貼文
On CBC Radio (Canada) alongside powerhouse indigenous women voices 💥 8pm on Sunday, that’s 9am on Monday 11/3 Malaysian time.
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This week, @CBCReclaimed brings you songs to honour Indigenous women — it’s all about raising up the voices of our sisters, mothers, daughters, grandmothers and aunties.
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Featuring: • Women's Warrior Song
• Renata Flores, "Tijeras"
• Ladi6, "Outta Time"
• Daytrvp, "Back to Me"
• Eekwol & T-Rhyme (F.W.B.W), "Revitalize"
• Chhoti Maa, "Wetbacksoulmusic"
• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, "Under Your Always Light"
• Bear Fox, "Four Beings"
• Amanda Rheaume, "Return to the Water"
• Beatrice Deer, "My All to You"
• Alena Murang, "Re Lekuah" (Pepper Jam Remix)
• Kardajala Kirridarra, "Ngabaju (Grandmother's Song)"
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indigenous music canada 在 瘋馬部落生活旅行 Facebook 的精選貼文
關於達瑪巒文化藝術團
about the Tamaluan Culture and Art Troupe
近年來深感原住民傳統文化受到外來文化之衝擊至大,保存傳統固有文化使之流傳久遠,正是吾輩所應努力達成的使命。乃結合社區具文化熱誠之青壯年,在部落長老及社會各界的深耕與催化之下,於90年10月9日呈南投縣政府文化局核可後,正式登記立案,始創立-達瑪巒文化藝術團。
In recent decades, Taiwan’s traditional indigenous culture has been increasingly threatened by external influences. Preserving indigenous culture and passing on traditions are the objectives that this troupe is working to reach. Combining the passion of the community and culture-oriented youth and the wisdom of village elders, as well as the resources of society, the Tamaluan Culture and Art Troupe formally registered with the Nantou County government on October 9, 2001.
達瑪巒文化藝術團成立前曾於88年春應邀率團赴中國大陸福建省泉州市參加(中國第六屆國際南音大會唱),每場演出深獲熱烈的迴響,89年夏,應邀隨台灣原緣文化藝術團遠赴澳洲參加(2000年雪梨奧運世界之聲)演出,91年應受邀遠赴中國大陸北京、內蒙..等地區文化交流演出,92年夏應行政院原住民族委員會受邀隨團遠赴加拿大溫哥華(台加文化交流)台灣文化節演出,不僅榮獲國際人士推崇,達成了宣揚文化與交流目的。
Even before this troupe was founded, it was already winning audiences over at home and abroad. For example, in the spring of 1999, it was invited to participate in a large concert in Quanzhou City of Fujian Province in China, and in the summer of 2000, performed at a world music concert to celebrate the Sydney Olympics. In 2002, the troupe returned to China performing in a number of cultural exchange concerts in Beijing and Mongolia. In 2003, it was invited to perform in Vancouver Canada.
貳、成立宗旨:
喚醒布農族人肩負傳承布農傳統文化藝術的使命感,讓年輕一輩的族民共同去珍惜、認同甚而擔負傳承先祖所遺留之珍寶文化,乃是成立達瑪巒文化藝術團的宗旨。藉此凝聚布農族人的智慧與力量,將祖先遺留下美妙動人的旋律齊唱發揚到全世界。
indigenous music canada 在 Alena Murang Youtube 的最佳解答
"Re Lekuah" is the first music video in the Kelabit language.
Director: Ashley Duong
Producers: Alena Murang and Ashley Duong
Featuring the track "Re Lekuah" by Alena Murang learnt from Tepu' Doo' Ayu and produced by Pepper Jam Productions.
Listen on iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, and Tidal.
Credits at the end of the video.
Kinuan pupuh tauh Kelabit — nuk ngilad, kinih, mey ngan anak tauh nuk riak neh
www.alenamurang.com
www.facebook.com/ashleyduongfilm
Every story is born of a place and of a people. To keep a story alive means to acknowledge the life of the place and people. The Kelabit people have a tradition of telling stories through song, the storyteller sitting for nights on the floor of the raised longhouse, singing an epic.
The last two generations have lived through rapid transitions: from practising headhunting, ceremonial tattooing and animal sacrifices, to embracing Christianity in the 1930s; from having zero electricity to 24-hour solar-powered energy. Parallel to this was the introduction of formal schooling, money and deforestation. Whilst the storytelling traditions could not carry speed with the vast changes, one thing remained constant for the Kelabit: hard work.
Re Lekuah is an old song rich with figurative meanings, many of which are lost and open to speculation. Literally though, the song gives insight to the hard work that young women had to do in the village, and perhaps a desire and longing for something more. Placed in an urban, contemporary setting, life isn’t much different.
Customarily, an elder would transmit the oral tradition to her children and grandchildren, but Alena’s grandmother didn’t live long enough to pass on her stories. Alena learnt this song from Tepu’ Do’o Ayu, asking her blessing to rearrange and to share the song outside the community - whatever it takes to make people listen, is the reply.
Re Lekuah, the music video, presents dualities: drawing parallels and contrasts across time (old versus young; past versus present) and space (rural versus urban).