蘇贊·佩蒂是上世紀後四十最著名的獨立實驗動畫藝術家，荒誕、超現實、性心理探求和突破傳統都她作品被貼上的標籤。她的《蘆筍》在奧伯豪森短片電影節上獲獎，而另一部《歡樂街》又在聖丹斯電影節，紐約電影節獲最佳動畫短片獎，她曾在德國工作，製作動畫和支持著一家動畫網路公司，又在1986年至1992年在美國哈佛大學教授動畫等等。2006年也是在《歡樂街》11年之後她才推出了23分鐘的新作講述一位年老醜陋的醫生走向死亡的故事，根據佩蒂在墨西哥創作的一組畫作改編，劇本出自她的兒子之手。《醫生》也是她第一次同專業配音演員合作。
基本介紹
- 中文名：蘇贊·佩蒂
- 外文名：Suzan Pitt
- 職業：獨立實驗動畫藝術家
- 主要成就：《蘆筍》在奧伯豪森短片電影節獲獎
- 代表作品：《蘆筍》《歡樂街》《醫生》
生平,部分作品年表,Animated Films:,Expanded Film and Installations:,評論,1《歡樂街》Joy Street,2《NEW YORK TIME》,3《第四屆台灣國際動畫影展》,(4)其他,
生平
Suzan Pitt自1970至今創造了15部動畫作品，常常與音樂家合作，其中包括“碗（Bowl ）”(1970)、“蘆筍（Asparagus ）”(1979)和“歡樂街（Joy Street ）”(1995)等。她的作品在全世界眾多的電影節和、沙龍展、大學和博物館播放，包括芝加哥藝術學會、徒步者藝術中心和耶魯大學等地。她曾經獲得包括洛克菲勒基金會合作基金（一個專為公共藝術作品所設立的獎項），富步萊特法案基金學者獎和哈福大學研究基金等。同時，她也任教於許多大學，近來在加利福利亞藝術學會執教。
部分作品年表
Animated Films:
EL DOCTOR (2006) - Director, Producer, Designer. 23 min., 35mm color. This hand-painted animated tale tells the story of the drunken EL DOCTOR and his surreal experiences in a crumbling Mexican hospital. The Saint of Holes rearranges the doctor’s perspective and leads him on a sad and funny journey through the miraculous.
2006 Best Short Film Award, Sin Fronteras Film Festival, Albuquerque, N.M.
Chicago Latino Film Festival
San Diego Latino Film Festival
Special Jury Prize, Huesca International Film Festival, Huesca, Spain
Cinema Pochote, Oaxaca, Mexico
Hiroshima International Festival of Animated Films, Japan
Taiwan International Festival of Animated films, Taipei “The Films
of Suzan Pitt”
New Jersey Film Festival “Suzan Pitt Retrospective”
Dallas Video Festival
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
Cinesol, Harlingen, Texas
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, Ca.
Estenest, Bucarest, Romania
theatrical engagements: May 10-23, 2006 The Film Forum, NY, NY
“Cartoons: No Laughing Matter”
May 25, 2006 Los Angeles Filmforum
“The Films of Suzan Pitt”
August 15-30, 2006 Mary Riepma Ross Media
Arts Center
“Suzan Pitt Animation”
Troubles The Cat (1996) – Director. Twelve 6 min. sequences, video, color. Airing on the Cartoon Network, produced at The Ink Tank, N.Y.C. for the Children’s Television Workshop. An educational television series for pre-school children, which explores issues of ethnicity and self-awareness. The first totally original cartoon based on Latino characters to air in the United States.
Joy Street (1995) – Director, Designer and Producer. 24 min., 35 mm, color. A visual poem with music by the Jazz Passengers about our psychological and spiritual need to preserve nature. Aired on PBS in 1996 and Channel Four in England in 1997.
1998 NEMN Gold Apple Award
1997 Merit Award, International Wildlife Film Festival, Montana
First Place for Short Film, Naples International Film Festival, Italy
1996 London Film Festival, England
Sundance Film Festival
Hiroshima International Animation Film Festival, Japan
Cardiff International Festival of Film Animation, England
Oslo International Animation Festival, Norway
Festival due Noveau Cinéma, Montreal
24th Wellington Film Festival, New Zealand
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel
First Prize, Black Maria Film Festival
Portland International Film Festival
Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
South by Southwest Film Festival
Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
Arizona International Film Festival
Bumbershoot Film Festival, Seattle
1995 New York Film Festival
Colors/Colores (1995) – Director, Designer and Producer. 1 min. 15 sec. video, color. For the Public Broadcasting System. Five 15 sec. interstitial “spots” featuring bilingual characters (Spanish and English) for pre-school children aimed at increasing positive identity for children of Hispanic families.
Bam Video (1990) – Director, Designer and Producer. 3 min. video, color. Commissioned as a limited edition to raise funds for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. An animated mouse dance to “What A Wonderful World.” Also appeared on Showtime and MTV.
The Damnation Of Faust (1988) – Director and Designer. An opera by Hector Berlioz. One hour, 35 mm, color. For the Hamburg State Opera. The first “animation opera” in the history of opera design. Films were projected on front and rear screens built into the stage. These films became the psychological “under story” of the narrative development of Berlioz’s opera. Some were tightly synchronized to the orchestra (conducted by Gerd Albrecht) and some were used as backdrops. These were interspersed with large scenic paintings. 1988 Silver Mask Award, Friends of German Opera.
Surf Or Die (1987) – Director and Designer. 3 min. 35 mm, color. A music video for Profile Records, music by “The Surf M.C.’s.” A music video, which combined animation and live action. Aired on MTV.
Big Time (1986) – Storyboard and Animation. 3 min., 35 mm, color. For Warner Records, music by Peter Gabriel. A music video using elaborate model animation and starring Peter Gabriel. 1986 Best Music Video, MTV Music Awards.
The Magic Flute (1983-93) – Stage Design. Wiesbaden State Opera Theatre. Painted sets, costumes and animated films created for the Baroque Opera Stage in Wiesbaden, Germany. This production of The Magic Flute by Amadeus Mozart was in repertoire from 1983 through 1993. 1983 Production of the Year Award, Opera World Annual Award, Germany
Asparagus (1979) – Director, Designer and Producer. 20 min., 35 mm, color. An animated poem about the creative process. This short is one of the very few to move into theatrical distribution. Asparagus ran the midnight show circuit with David Lynch’s Eraserhead. The films played for two years at the Waverly Theatre in New York and the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles.
1979 Main Prize and International Critics Prize, Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany
Best Film of 1978, International Association of Film Animation, ASIFA East Annual Awards
First Prize, Ann Arbor Film Festival
First Prize, Kenyon Film Festival
First Prize, Baltimore Film Festival
First Prize, Atlanta Independent Film and Video Festival
Jefferson Circus Songs (1973) – Director, Designer and Producer. 20 min., 16 mm, color. A pixilated fantasy starring Minneapolis school children in a painted environment. Music by the Minneapolis Children’s Orchestra. 1974 First Prize, Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Whitney Commercial (1973) – Director, Designer and Producer. 3 min., 16 mm, color. For the Whitney Museum of American Art. Commissioned by the Whitney Museum to raise money for their independent filmmaker program. A cutout animation featuring mini-movies in a coin operated box. This commercial ran with every screening at the Whitney for two years.
Cels (1972) 6 min., 16 mm, color
A City Trip (1972) 3 min., 16 mm, color
Crocus (1971) 7 min., 16 mm, color
Bowl, Theatre, Garden, Marble (1970) 7 min., 16 mm, color. The above films are early-animated films produced by Suzan Pitt and distributed by the American Federation of Arts, The Netherlands Film Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Expanded Film and Installations:
Suone E. Immagine (1980), Venice Biennale. Film performance with composer Richard Teitelbaum, Venice, Italy.
Window (1980). A three dimensional interior and film installation commissioned and exhibited by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Asparagus (1979), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Film installation and exhibition of drawings.
Loops (1976). A multi-dimensional, live film theatre performance combining film on several screens, actors and music by the Harvard Composers Ensemble, 2-1/2 hours in length, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
評論
1《歡樂街》Joy Street
Suzan Pitt 的獨立動畫。一場有著糖果色的噩夢。一張空白的女人的臉。一個“蘆筍”象徵的“陰莖（phallus）”的世界。排泄和清刷……
《歡樂街》Joy Street(24 min. 35mm film and video) 1995
2《NEW YORK TIME》
一個封閉的絕望的女人，在一個象徵精神嚮導的“精靈”的指引下，由自殺到重生的令人驚異的故事。“稀罕的，華麗的情緒，充滿力量！”
--《NEW YORK TIME》
3《第四屆台灣國際動畫影展》
“……片長越短，越「可怕」也越具挑戰性，很可能種種深奧、複雜意涵全部都壓縮其中，讓你目不暇接、來不及仔細思考，稍縱即逝。Suzan Pitt的《蘆吮》(Asparagus)的蘆筍只是男孩陰莖的意象嗎？可以手握，可以吸吮，十足情色。「18禁」的珍奇可貴正是一般自以為「規矩」、「正派」的電影不敢碰的，它們為你另闢一扇窗。可是，也可以由口中吐出既似珠寶又像蘆筍的東西，甚至從女性肛門排出蘆筍般的穢物，而且就算蘆筍象徵男孩陰莖卻從不見男孩現身，顯然是女性自給自足的世界，既不打壓女性情慾，又不必依賴遷就男性，你能說不是頂尖的女性主義思維嗎？你能說不是為你開拓寬廣視野嗎？……”
——《第四屆台灣國際動畫影展》
(4)其他
第一次看到〈Joy Street〉是在一張Cartoon Noir的選集，無疑它是這裡面最驚艷的一部！
觀看Suzan Pitt的作品是一種非常令人激動的視覺體驗，尤其〈Joy Street〉里，這種體驗還是不斷變化的，Suzan她有很奇怪的空間感，所創造出來的一個又一個的夢寐般的奇幻景觀，簡直猶如來自外星球！
片中女主角在房間裡自殺的壓抑氣氛非常虐心；歡騰的"What A Wonderful world"（你肯定會忍不住去想到底那個菸灰缸上的老鼠是什麼材質的？）隨後,哭泣的鼠娃娃又領觀眾進入了一個奇異的世界末日；而影片的高潮是出人意料的叮叮噹噹和五彩繽紛！
Suzan Pitt的卡通片中常常會出現一種拉丁的熱帶雨林風情：
毛茸茸的嘉年華，
黏乎乎的草地，不斷生長蔓延鮮艷的牽牛花，
野猴子，各種各樣的水果，昆蟲與蝴蝶...
這些濃麗的富有生命力的東東總是讓人看了覺得渾身癢滋滋。
一部關於Suzan Pitt創作的記錄短片〈Persistence of vision〉（影象的執著）里。可以看到這女人在工作室里認真的移動固定一張一張的圖畫；她說“卡通片每秒十二張畫，而我認為每一張畫都至少需要好幾小時來畫成！”
這部24分鐘〈Joy Street〉，製作花了5年。
