1902年9月1日《月球旅行记》(Le voyage dans la lune) 在巴黎公映，这是人类第一次在光影幻觉的意义上登陆月球。而这位早在120年前就带领人类登陆月球的人，却不是宇航员。他是魔术师、演员、早期特效之父、也是我们伟大的电影先驱：乔治·梅里爱(Georges Méliès)。作为第一位将电影视角从卢米埃尔兄弟“对生活的真实记录”转移到“制造超现实的幻影”的人，梅里爱最先认识到电影的奇观本性。在移动影像的黑白年代，这位电影导演用革新的电影特技，叙事风格，以及鲜艳明亮的色彩灿烂了电影史乃至人类文明史。他将摄影机对准宇宙和魔法，让电影艺术超越了现实，并且辉煌地绽放在外太空。不可否认，对于第七艺术的诞生，梅里爱贡献巨大。

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相比于文学、戏剧、舞蹈、音乐、美术、建筑这些可触可感的艺术形式，移动影像在诞生之初其实不过是光的投射罢了，只有当它与观众的凝视相交以后，才会变成别的东西。EGOTRIP始终坚持电影不是学者的艺术，它是关于人的内在精神和共同愿景的艺术，是所有人的艺术。

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在恰逢《月球旅行记》120周年之际，EGOTRIP联合UCCA组织放映活动，为大家提供一个共同造梦的契机和空间。我们倡导让所有观众身处黑暗的公共空间，身处于世界上那些共同梦想的中心， 直截了当地去看，不带任何先入之见地观看聆听感受，让电影作为艺术的生命力回归到日常。

 

On 1 September 1902, Le Voyage Dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) was released in Paris. It was the first time that human beings landed on the moon in the sense of motion picture. The man who made it 120 years ago was not an astronaut, but an illusionist, actor, the father of early special effects, and our great film pioneer — Georges Méliès.

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Shifting the cinematic perspective from "the record of real life" defined by Lumiere brothers to "the making of surreal illusions", Méliès was the first to recognize the spectacle nature of cinema. In the black-and-white era of moving images, he enriched the history of film and even the history of human civilisation with innovative special effects, narrative styles and bright colours. Méliès aimed the camera at the cosmos and magic tricks, taking the art of filmmaking far beyond reality, staging on tremendous spectacles in outer space.It is undeniable that Méliès's contributions to the birth of the Seventh Art are crucial.

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Compared to literature, drama, dance, music, painting, architecture and other tangible art forms, motion picture at the beginning of its birth was just projections of light, which would become something else only when being watched by the audience. EGOTRIP always insists that film is not an art only for scholars, but an art for all people. It is about sharing the inner spirits and visions of us. With this original intention of celebrating the birth of the Seventh Art, our programme is mainly divided into two sections: Phenakistoscope Workshop for hand-made experience and a free public screening (Le Voyage Dans la Lune & Voyage à travers l’impossible).

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On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of Le Voyage Dans la Lune, EGOTRIP in conjunction with UCCA are launching a screening event to provide an opportunity and space for everyone to dream together. We put all audiences in a dark public space, like being at the centre of a world-wide shared dream, to watch and listen without any preconceptions, and bring back the vitality of film art.