Erkki Huhtamo (Finland)
艾奇．胡塔莫 (芬蘭)

Spectators in Motion: a Media Archaeology of the Moving Observer
動態觀眾：媒體考古學的論述

1400 - 1500
When we think about moving images, we usually think about people sitting in front of a screen - watching a feature film in a cinema theatre, a TV show in front of the domestic screen, or perhaps playing a game with a PlayStation3. The idea of the fixed media observer has been questioned by recent developments in audiovisual culture - media users are now in motion, and in many different ways. Some of them are using media devices in their cars, others are listening to music from their iPods while jogging, and yet others doing multiple things with their smartphones while roaming the city streets. The idea of the mobile media user has been a long time in formation. This lecture presents a media archaeology of this complex process, touching on vision machines like panoramas and dioramas, and "people movers" like moving walkways, elevators, and escalators. It also discusses media culture in relation to garden visits as a model for future modalities of the cinema. The main purpose of the lecture is to give an idea of the complex dynamics that has regulated the relationship between media and users within media culture on its way from the past toward the future.
當我們想到動態影像，我們會聯想到觀眾坐在屏幕前面﹣如在電影院看電影、在家中看劇集，或玩PlayStation3。近年來視聽文化的發展會令我們質疑以往對固定媒體觀者的概念－多媒體用家現在從多種形式中活躍起來。有人在汽車內使用各種媒體設備，有些人在緩跑時用iPod聽音樂，更多的你我他在城市街道中用智能手機做各樣不同的工作。流動媒體使用者的概念漸漸形成。是次講座從媒體考古學出發，介紹這複雜過程。當中涉及到的有如全景畫、透視畫館的視像機器；自動人行道、電梯和扶手電梯等把人盛載的「搬運機」。講座亦會就園林觀訪如何設訂未來影院的模式進行討論。是次講座旨在從媒體文化的討論出發，探討媒體及使用者兩者間錯綜複雜的互動關係，借古鑑今，展望將來。