藝術家介紹
Artist Introduction
Myra Su（蘇有群）是一位現居美國芝加哥的偶戲藝術家與多媒體創作者。他以光影戲創作為基礎，並持續探索卷軸偶戲、執頭偶及影像等多元表演形式。近年來，他專注於結合數位科技與偶戲媒材，發掘以物件為核心的獨特敘事方式。
除了個人創作之外，Myra 亦為 Manual Cinema 的巡演演員。該團隊以光影偶戲聞名，並曾榮獲艾美獎。他同時也是 Puppet Slam—Nasty, Brutish & Short 的共同策展人，該活動每年舉辦六場，亦是芝加哥國際偶戲節每年一月的重要固定節目之一。
Myra Su is a puppeteer and multimedia artist based in Chicago, USA. Her background is in shadow puppetry, but her work also explores crankies, tabletop puppetry, and video. Recently, she has become interested in combining digital technology with analog puppetry to create unique object-centered stories.
In addition to her independent work, Myra is a touring performer with Manual Cinema, an Emmy Award-winning shadow puppetry collective. She is also a co-curator of Nasty, Brutish & Short, a puppet slam held six times a year that has become a staple of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival’s programming every January.
駐村作品
Residency Work
《線的未來式》
《STRIPES》（線的未來式）試著從平凡的日常裡找出不凡之處，而故事就從一個不起眼的條碼開始。
世界末日降臨，人類已不復存在。然而，工廠依然運轉，交通號誌仍按表操課，電腦系統也持續在線。城市裡一片寂靜，只有機器運作時的嗡嗡聲與嗶嗶聲，迴盪在空無一人的街道上……
《STRIPES》（線的未來式）跟隨一台擁有自我意識的條碼掃描器，深入自動化工廠的內部，踏上一段尋找自身存在意義的旅程。
作品結合偶戲與數位科技，從機器的視角探索這個人類消失後的世界。演出運用多種數位科技作為戲偶的感知器官，並將這些技術與劇場設備相互連結。當戲偶與周遭環境互動時，也能直接影響舞台上的燈光與聲音，讓戲偶與舞台環境形成即時回應的循環。
當機器開始感知、回應，甚至尋找自身存在的意義，一個不起眼的條碼，也因此有了全新的可能。
STRIPES
It is the end of the world. Humans are no more. However, factories continue to operate, traffic signals still run on clockwork, and computer systems remain online. Everything in the city is quiet now except for the humming and beeping of machines…
STRIPES follows a sentient barcode scanner through the bowels of an automated factory as it searches for purpose and meaning. By combining analog puppetry with digital technology, the show explores this post-human world through the perspective of machines. Different types of digital tech are used as the puppets’ sensory organs, which are also integrated with technology in the theater. As a result, puppets can directly impact lights and sound on stage as they interact with their environment. With a fully responsive feedback loop between stage and puppet, STRIPES strives to find magic in the mundane – in the humble barcode.
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