Anna Yin wrote this poem inspired by the photos taken during the film project for public art: fossil record, and historical erasure incidents. Photos credit: Roy Marques CSC full life member
Two photographs were sent to me,
I worry about their exposure:
a little privacy in the shadows
a feast for the wild imagination…
I demand they be deleted.
There are so many surprises we cannot imagine.
We plan to shoot the poetry recitation by candlelight tonight,
but we know it will be a post-production technique-
decades ago, there was only silence,
butterflies fluttering in the imagination.
But you stubbornly kept
all the exposed parts
in your memory,
in your heart,
let them
toss and turn.
化石记录
两张照片传来
有些暴露
一点隐私在阴影中
在想象中发酵
我说删了吧
有很多意外是我们想象不到的
今晚我们设计烛光下的书声
但我们知道这是后期合成技术
很久以前那里只有沉默
蝴蝶在想象中飞舞
而你固执地保留
所有的暴露部分
在记忆中
在脑海里
翻腾
