The Female Gaze of Women Filmmakers “女性凝视”影像创作系列分享论坛

"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." said the French writer Simone de Beauvoir. Based on her and many other feminist authors, the gender identity of woman is an "historical-cultural" and "socio-political" construction rather than a biological definition.

“女人不是天生的，而是后天变成的。” 法国作家西蒙娜·德·波伏瓦说。根据她和许多其他女性主义作家的观点，女性性别身份是一种“历史—文化”和“社会—政治”建构，而非单纯的生物学定义。

In today’s modern society, women struggle to get rid of their predestined role of decoration and “L’objet du désir”. This objectification and alienation have oppressed women’s creativities and limited their growth and development as human beings. In the artistic arena, especially in the film industry and mainstream media, this phenomenon is even more flagrant. 

在当今现代社会中，女性努力摆脱已被注定的装饰和“被渴望的客体”角色。这种客体化和异化压制了女性的创造力，限制了她们作为人的成长和发展。在艺术领域，尤其是影视和主流传媒领域，这种现象更为明显。

Women’s right is a human right. In the last century, women’s self-consciousness began to awaken significantly around the globe. Today, women’s voices have ever been heard more clearly - Women should and must have equal rights, freedom, and opportunities in their lives and expressions - no longer as “the other”, but as “I”.

女性权利是一项人权。上个世纪，全球女性的自我意识开始普遍觉醒。今天，女性的声音比以往任何时候都更加清晰可闻——女性应该而且必须在生活和表达中拥有平等的权利、自由和机会——不再是“他者”，而是“我”。

What happens when a woman looks at the world with her own eyes and expresses her own thoughts? What’s the difference between the “male gaze” that dominates and the “female gaze” that observes and contemplates? When a woman thinks, writes, desires, and creates, what is she trying to say and achieve indeed behind this “female gaze”?

当一个女性用自己的眼睛看世界，用自己的想法来表达时会发生什么？主宰式的“男性凝视”与观察和冥想式的“女性凝视”有什么区别？当一个女人思考、写作、渴望和创造时，在这种“女性凝视”背后她究竟想要表达和实现什么？

12 women filmmakers, writers, and artists from different countries and cultural backgrounds, are going to share with us their creating process and life experiences as women creators, through 8 sessions of a talk series event. Whether alone or in conversation with another, the guest speakers will help us “turn the look back”, to discover the creative source of power that we all have in us.

12位来自不同国家、不同文化背景的女性电影人、作家和艺术家，将通过8场系列探讨，与我们分享她们作为女性创作者的创作历程和生活经历，引发思考。无论是独自一人还是与另一位嘉宾对话，她们都将帮助我们“回转视线”，发掘我们每一个人自身拥有的内在创造力。

“Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.” said the British writer Virginia Woolf. All genders can create films with a female gaze. All female gaze expresses a certain awareness and awakening in its singular uniqueness. This talk series will take an approach of artistic exchange and sharing, rather than an academic and theoretical lecture. We’ll hear the women filmmakers’ authentic creating stories, from the “Dogma 95” film movement to the behind-scenes of contemporary documentary, fiction, and art video production. Often multi-talented and crossing different art forms: writer, director, producer, actress, cinematographer, choreographer, dramaturge, poet, artist… These women creators will use their art, thoughts, and experiences to bring us a new perspective towards the future. 

“当作为女性不再是一份受保护的职业时，任何事情都可能发生。” 英国作家弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫说。所有性别主体都可以用女性凝视创作电影。所有的女性凝视都在以其独一无二的独特性表达着某种意识和觉醒。这个探讨系列活动将采取艺术交流和分享的形式，而非纯粹学术性的理论讲座。我们将聆听这些女性影像艺术创作人的真实故事，从“道格玛95”电影运动到当代纪录片、故事片和艺术视频创作的幕后故事。这些常常身兼多职、跨界于不同艺术领域的：作家、导演、制片人、演员、摄影指导、编舞、编剧、诗人、艺术家……这些女性创作者们将用她们的艺术、思想和体验帮助我们以全新的视角展望未来。

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