Live Performance, 25min. 21sec
《 砥柱2017》
baffle 2017
2600cm x 2400cm
10 football players, 1 coach, a film crew, gaffer tapes, football, whistle, etc
Outdoor Basketball court (Located at the Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU)
26th May 2017
10 football players, 1 coach, a film crew, gaffer tapes, football, whistle, etc
Outdoor Basketball court (Located at the Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU)
26th May 2017
《砥柱》（2017）是一場大型現場表演，由十位年輕足球員和一位教練共同參與。作品於 2017 年 5 月 26 日，即香港浸會大學視覺藝術院 BA 畢業展開幕當日，在學院的籃球場上進行。這場足球賽沒有發生在正式的足球場，而是在一個約 26 米乘 14 米的籃球場內被重新安排。
在這件作品中，我邀請並支付酬勞給十位足球員和一位教練，請他們參與一場「假的足球比賽」。這裡的「假」並不只是虛構，而是指向一種對運動規則和體育精神的刻意擾亂：一場比賽的競爭結構被操控，結果變得不可靠，而球員的角色也不再穩定。
當足球被放進籃球場的空間限制之中，原本屬於足球的邏輯被壓縮和移位，並轉化成一種混亂的編舞。進攻與防守、侵略與保護、忠誠與欺騙開始互相重疊。比賽中的兩邊不再是清楚分開的陣營，而更像是一組由規則、移動和集體相信所製造出來的不穩定位置。
作品試圖提問：競賽如何把身體分配到對立的兩邊？暴力如何在規則之中變得可以被接受？男性氣質又如何透過團隊、衝突、身體接觸和觀看被表演出來？
這場表演由一個製作團隊記錄，包括四位錄像攝影師、兩位平面攝影師、一位收音師和一位助理導演。透過現場行動與影像記錄的並置，《砥柱》 既是一場被安排出來的比賽，也是一個關於對立、規則和身體表演的研究。
Baffle (2017) is a large-scale live performance staged with ten young football players and a coach. Presented on 26 May 2017, the opening day of the BA Graduation Show at the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, the work took place not on a football pitch, but on a basketball court measuring approximately 26 by 14 metres.
For the work, I invited and remunerated ten footballers and one coach to perform a “fake football game”. Here, “fake” does not simply mean fictional. It refers to a deliberate manipulation of the rules and spirit of sport: a game in which the structure of competition is disturbed, the outcome becomes unreliable, and the roles of the players are no longer stable.
By placing football within the spatial limits of a basketball court, Baffle compressed the logic of the game and transformed it into a choreography of confusion. Offence and defence, aggression and protection, loyalty and deception began to overlap. The two sides of the match no longer appeared as clearly separate camps, but as unstable positions produced by rules, movement, and collective belief.
The work questions how competition organises bodies into opposing sides, how aggression can be made acceptable through rules, and how masculinity is performed through teamwork, conflict, bodily contact, and spectatorship.
The performance was recorded by a production crew including four cinematographers, two photographers, a sound recordist, and an assistant director. Through its combination of live action and cinematic documentation, Baffle became both a staged match and an investigation into the spectacle of opposition.
在這件作品中，我邀請並支付酬勞給十位足球員和一位教練，請他們參與一場「假的足球比賽」。這裡的「假」並不只是虛構，而是指向一種對運動規則和體育精神的刻意擾亂：一場比賽的競爭結構被操控，結果變得不可靠，而球員的角色也不再穩定。
當足球被放進籃球場的空間限制之中，原本屬於足球的邏輯被壓縮和移位，並轉化成一種混亂的編舞。進攻與防守、侵略與保護、忠誠與欺騙開始互相重疊。比賽中的兩邊不再是清楚分開的陣營，而更像是一組由規則、移動和集體相信所製造出來的不穩定位置。
作品試圖提問：競賽如何把身體分配到對立的兩邊？暴力如何在規則之中變得可以被接受？男性氣質又如何透過團隊、衝突、身體接觸和觀看被表演出來？
這場表演由一個製作團隊記錄，包括四位錄像攝影師、兩位平面攝影師、一位收音師和一位助理導演。透過現場行動與影像記錄的並置，《砥柱》 既是一場被安排出來的比賽，也是一個關於對立、規則和身體表演的研究。
Baffle (2017) is a large-scale live performance staged with ten young football players and a coach. Presented on 26 May 2017, the opening day of the BA Graduation Show at the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, the work took place not on a football pitch, but on a basketball court measuring approximately 26 by 14 metres.
For the work, I invited and remunerated ten footballers and one coach to perform a “fake football game”. Here, “fake” does not simply mean fictional. It refers to a deliberate manipulation of the rules and spirit of sport: a game in which the structure of competition is disturbed, the outcome becomes unreliable, and the roles of the players are no longer stable.
By placing football within the spatial limits of a basketball court, Baffle compressed the logic of the game and transformed it into a choreography of confusion. Offence and defence, aggression and protection, loyalty and deception began to overlap. The two sides of the match no longer appeared as clearly separate camps, but as unstable positions produced by rules, movement, and collective belief.
The work questions how competition organises bodies into opposing sides, how aggression can be made acceptable through rules, and how masculinity is performed through teamwork, conflict, bodily contact, and spectatorship.
The performance was recorded by a production crew including four cinematographers, two photographers, a sound recordist, and an assistant director. Through its combination of live action and cinematic documentation, Baffle became both a staged match and an investigation into the spectacle of opposition.
Photos taken by Tung Tung Tung
Photos take by Vincent IP
FULL VIDEO
DOCUMENTATION
Director, Writer, Producer, : Bobby YU Shuk Pui
Production Managers: Fox YIP , CHAN Kei Man
Executive Directors: CHAN Pui Shan, CHENG Sei Hong
Cinematographers: NGAI Jan, MUI Lok Him, YIP Yuen Ching
Sound: CHAN Hin Chung
Sound Editing: CHAN Hin Chung
Editing: CHENG Chi Shing, YU Shuk Pui
Colourist: YEUNG Hugo
Performers: TSANG Kai Fung, GIN HO Yin, YIP Chun To, KO Yiu Ho, WONG Kin Wai, CHENG Chi Wai,CHOW Chun Him, YUNG Ka Wing, WONG Tin Chi, LAM Chun Hang, WONG Yik Tsun, YU Shuk Pui Bobby