Bent Time

《弯人时刻》受到科学家的启发——他们指出宇宙边缘的光线会发生弯曲，从而推测时间也可能会弯曲。影片以单点透视的视觉路径穿越美国，从直线加速器（原子碰撞装置）的内部出发，行经新墨西哥州查科峡谷的古太阳历遗址、俄亥俄河谷的土墩文化遗址、金门大桥与布鲁克林大桥等高能场所。受这一理念启发，汉默使用9毫米超广角镜头，并以“每英尺物理空间拍摄一帧胶片”的方式模拟时间弯曲的概念。影片配有波琳·奥利维罗斯（Pauline Oliveros）为人声与手风琴创作的原创配乐《响尾蛇山》。——芭芭拉·哈默 

Bent Time is influenced by scientists who have noted that light rays curve at the outer edges of the universe, leading them to theorize that time also bends. A one-point perspective visual path across the U.S. begins inside a linear accelerator—an atom-smashing device—and travels to such high-energy locations as the home of an ancient sun calendar in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico; the site of Ohio Valley Mound cultures; the Golden Gate and Brooklyn Bridges; and beyond. Inspired by this idea, Hammer used an extreme wide-angle lens of 9mm and “one frame of film per foot of physical space” to simulate the concept of time bending. The film is accompanied by Pauline Oliveros’ original score for voice and accordion, Rattlesnake Mountain. —Barbara Hammer 

导演：芭芭拉·汉默
摄影：芭芭拉·汉默
类型：实验短片
对白语言：英语

Director: Barbara Hammer
Cinematographer: Barbara Hammer
Genre: Experimental Short Film
Language: English

芭芭拉·汉默（Barbara Hammer）是酷儿电影的先驱人物，创作生涯横跨五十年。作为一位实验影像艺术家，她的作品不断探索女性、女同性恋与身体政治的视觉呈现。从16毫米胶片到录像装置，汉默以影像发掘被历史隐没的女同性恋故事，并以诗性、身体化的方式重塑其存在。她曾说：“我的作品让那些不可见的身体与历史得以显现。作为一名女同性恋艺术家，我在空白的银幕上留下女同性恋的生命印记，为未来留下一份文化记录。” 

Barbara Hammer (1939–2019) is celebrated as a pioneer of queer cinema, whose fifty-year career profoundly shaped experimental and feminist film practice. A visual artist working across film, video, and installation, Hammer created a groundbreaking body of work centered on lesbian identity, female sexuality, and the politics of the body. Her films illuminate histories and lives that were once invisible. As Hammer stated, “My work makes these invisible bodies and histories visible. As a lesbian artist, I found little existing representation, so I put lesbian life on this blank screen, leaving a cultural record for future generations.”